ecosia

Ecosia

Plan

wow

I- Presentation of Ecosia II- How Ecosia's work III- Financial transparency of the company IV- Criticism and conflicts

Go!

I- Presentation of Ecosia

What is the goal of Ecosia?

Plant trees every time the users search on it.

How?

Ecosia gives his profit to different associations which helps poor countries to fight against deforestation.

• Burkina Faso
• Peru
• Tanzania
• ...

Ecosia say that he use 100% of his profits for our planet!

Some September numbers...

2,831,641€ profit in total : 27,1% (€767,379.72) concerns trees. 24,1% (€682,363 ) concerns operational costs 21,2% (€601,302) concerns taxes and social security 14,1% (€400,333) concerns reserves and Green investments 3,4% (€380,264) concerns advertising

they have plant 1,138,314 trees this month!

II- How Ecosia's work

Example of an Ecosia action in Indonesia

The different problems of Indonesia: - deforestation for plant palm trees for palm oil exploitation - endangered species (exemple: Orangs-Outans)

For reduce this problems: The association FKL and the company Ecosia, together they planted 500 000 trees to reduce deforestation.

They are ready to give money for other causes

800,000 € to fighting forest fires

Examples:

money to help Morocco face the earthquake of September 13

III- Financial transparency

implementation of means by ecosia to reassure users

- Regular reports showing the significant portion of the company's revenue that goes directly to supporting reforestation projects are easily accessible on their website

example of september 2023

Source: Ecosia website

- Ecosia provides specific and comprehensive information on the different tree species planted in divers regions around the world and the potential environmental benefits such as habitat restoration and carbon sequestration.

Source: Ecosia website

IV- Criticism and conflicts

Criticism

Some skeptics...

a breakdown of operating costs.

... the financial reports lack some important details

a clear allocation of funds to specific projects

Like

not really good quality and relevance of search results on Ecosia

Criticism

Ecosia's search results are provided by Microsoft's Bing search engine.

but Google would seem better...

Criticism

Does Ecosia really respect its commitment to confidentiality?

Critics have raised concerns that search results are produced by Bing, which may collect user data.

conflicts related to the selection and management of tree planting projects.

Conflicts

• where to plant trees
• how to coordinate with local communities
• how to assess environmental impacts

controversial and frowned upon by experts.

What constitutes a successful tree planting project?

Conflicts

• the number of trees planted?
• biodiversity restoration?
• carbon offsets?
• economic benefits to the community?

internal and external conflicts.

Conclusion

Music

- You Can Count on Trees by Mia Black -

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Original+Environmental+Song+-+You+Can+Count+on+Trees+by+Mia+Black

The END

thank you for listening to us

The main sources: https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-financial-reports-tree-planting-receipts/https://cariki.co.uk/blogs/the-green-road/is-ecosia-legit-or-fakehttps://www.choose-greener.com/ecosia-statistics/ https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosia ...