August’s Marketplace spotlight: Furthr

At the start of 2024, we celebrated the expansion of our employee benefit proposition by introducing Zest Marketplace to our customers.

The one-stop shop for all your employee benefit needs, Zest Marketplace plays host to an extensive catalogue of handpicked providers from our trusted benefits network, ensuring you have the very best offering available to your people.

Each and every month we shine the spotlight on one of our latest providers, and for the month of August, we’re delighted to introduce you to Furthr.

Who are Furthr?

Reduce your emissions. Fund climate projects. Make your difference!

Furthr committed to providing the support and resources for individuals and businesses to go, well, Furthr, no matter where they are on their journey.

It allows employees to sign up to a monthly subscriptions to help them do their bit for the environment. A subscription enables colleagues to:

• Restore forests: plant trees to help fight climate change and to provide a fair wage to our tree planters – lifting local communities out of poverty.
• Make up for your emissions:fast-track clean energy projects across the globe to reduce your impact on the planet.
• Measure and reduce your carbon footprint:receive monthly personalised tips on how to live greener.
• Track your impact:get updates on the projects you are supporting and see the difference you are making on the ground.
• Monthly Treewards raffle: get entries for Furthr’s Treewards raffle, with prizes including extra trees planted in your name, charity donations and much more!

Furthr helps employees to live greener!

To mark Furthr’s milestone of two million trees planted, Paul Dunca, COO of Furthr, thanked Zest for its contribution and helping expand the Furthr sustainability benefit to workplaces nationwide:

“Zest’s benefits platform makes it effortless for employers to add Furthr to their employee benefit and reward offering, so more teams can take meaningful climate action together.”

“At Furthr, our mission is simple: make meaningful climate action something every employee can own. By partnering with Zest, people can quickly understand their personal carbon footprint, reduce it with practical tips, and fund world-class climate projects, from protected reforestation to breakthrough community and energy emission reduction solutions. Together we’re turning climate concern into measurable impact and empowering workforces to become part of the solution, one small monthly contribution at a time.”

To find out more about Furthr, visit their Marketplace page on our website here.