Planting for positive impact

Collaborating with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 10,000 trees in 2022.

Planting for positive impact: collaborating with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 10,000 trees

We’re excited to collaborate this year with the Arbor Day Foundation – the largest non-profit membership organization dedicated to planting trees – on a pledge to plant or sponsor the planting of 10,000 trees in American forests of need. This partnership will include 11 community planting events for associates and clients, who will work together to positively impact their local communities through trees.

Trees are the most scalable and affordable natural solution to help neutralize the ever-increasing negative side effects of climate change. Trees help to remove pollution and carbon dioxide from our atmosphere, purify our water supply, benefit wildlife, cool cities and improve overall health and well-being.

Edward Jones' first tree planting event was at the Katy Trail outside of St. Louis on Saturday, April 16. Tree planting events will be held throughout the year in communities Edward Jones serves throughout the U.S. including Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Phoenix/Tempe, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego and St. Louis.

By partnering with organizations like the Arbor Day Foundation that share our passion and our purpose, we can continue to put our purpose in action and make a positive impact for our clients, colleagues, communities and society.

As we celebrate 100 years, Edward Jones continues to put our purpose in action, making a positive impact for our clients, colleagues, communities, and society. We do it by partnering with our clients, one another, and with organizations that share our passion and our purpose.

This year, we are collaborating with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant or sponsor the planting of 10,000 trees in 2022. We'll be engaging our clients, associates, and local nonprofits in 12 community planting events, who will work together to positively impact their local communities.

Well, there's thousands of reasons it's important to plant trees. Primarily, they are one of the most affordable and measurable ways that we can combat today's issues with climate change. They really have a long-lasting effect on communities from creating environmental equity, more social justice to even just cooling the areas we live in.

There are three focus areas for purpose action and impact. Partnering for lasting financial strength, promoting healthier futures, and advancing inclusive growth. Through the firm's history of conservation, including our commitment to the Katy Trail, and collaborations, such as this one, with the Arbor Day Foundation, we are creating a more sustainable future for all.

There's direct correlation between health and neighborhoods and the amount of tree canopy coverage.

On April 16, we held our first tree planting event at the Katy Trail in Missouri. The Katy Trail was chosen because it is strongly connected to Edward Jones' history. Ted and Pat Jones the firm's second managing partner and his wife played an instrumental role in the development and expansion of the trail, donating 2.2 million to the project in 1990.

Our next planting events are in rural and metro areas across the country, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas Fort Worth, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Raleigh-Durham, Tempe Phoenix, San Diego, and St Louis, and we're sponsoring the planting of 10,000 trees in American forests of need.

The environmental impact of these trees being planted include CO2 sequestration, air quality improvements, and stormwater runoff reduction. By collaborating with organizations like the Arbor Day Foundation that share our passion and our purpose, we can continue to put our purpose in action and make a positive impact for our clients, colleagues, communities, and society for years to come.

About the Arbor Day Foundation

Founded in 1972, the Arbor Day Foundation has grown to become the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees, with more than one million members, supporters and valued partners. Since 1972, almost 500 million Arbor Day Foundation trees have been planted in neighborhoods, communities, cities and forests throughout the world. Our vision is to lead toward a world where trees are used to solve issues critical to survival.

As one of the world's largest operating conservation foundations, the Arbor Day Foundation, through its members, partners and programs, educates and engages stakeholders and communities across the globe to involve themselves in its mission of planting, nurturing and celebrating trees. More information is available at arborday.org.

Planting for positive impact