The Queen's Green Canopy: Rentokil Initial becomes a founding platinum supporter

17 May 2021

Rentokil Initial plc (the Company) is delighted to announce that it has become a founding platinum supporter of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC). 

The Company operates across the UK and through the QGC is supporting the planting of trees in schools and in deprived urban areas, and the development of a green skills programme to support young people to improve their chances of finding employment. 

Plant a Tree for the Jubilee

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, the QGC’s Patron, has planted a tree to launch The Queen’s Green Canopy - a unique, UK-wide tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, by inviting people to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee.” 

Her Majesty The Queen joined The Prince of Wales for the first Jubilee tree planting in the grounds of Windsor Castle earlier this year.  

Everyone from individuals to Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties and schools will be encouraged to plant trees from October 2021 when the tree planting season begins, through to the end of the Jubilee year in 2022. With a focus on planting sustainably, The Queen’s Green Canopy will encourage the planting of trees to create a legacy in honour of The Queen’s leadership of the Nation, which will benefit future generations.  

Rentokil Initial: Founding Platinum Supporter

For several years, Rentokil Initial has supported biodiversity programmes around the world such as the ‘buy back and protect forever’ scheme at the Daintree Rainforest in Australia. The Company recently planted 3,500 trees to support this project.  It has also planted 2,000 trees in Indonesia as part of a reforestation programme. 

For three years, Rentokil Initial has supported the UK charity Cool Earth in protecting rainforest in Papua New Guinea (part of The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy), Mozambique and Cameroon. It does this by funding sustainable livelihoods in the local forest communities (from beekeeping to coco oil production) as well as providing health and hygiene support.

Andy Ransom, CEO of Rentokil Initial plc, said:

“On behalf of our colleagues and customers across the UK and the Commonwealth we are delighted to be a founding Platinum Supporter of The Queen’s Green Canopy.  This is a wonderful way to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 and we are pleased to support the planting of trees in schools and urban areas.”

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For further information please contact: 

Malcolm Padley
07788 978 199
[email protected]

www.rentokil-initial.com
www.queensgreencanopy.org