Cool Earth
BAL’s partnership with Cool Earth helps safeguard rainforests while supporting the communities that protect them.
BAL has formed an exclusive partnership with Cool Earth, which works alongside indigenous village to halt rainforest destruction.
BAL is the only company in the UK and Republic of Ireland supplying tile adhesives, grouts and preparation products to the construction industry to protect rainforest via Cool Earth.
Since BAL partnered with Cool Earth in 2011, the charity has already saved over 2 million acres from deforestation – that’s 263x the size of London! Protecting some 380 million trees has prevented over 500 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
More than 100,000 indigenous people are currently being supported, with habitats protected for 11 endangered species.
Rainforests are an integral component in the fight against global warming, crucially they absorb CO2. Cool Earth protects rainforest in imminent danger of being cleared. This protected forest then forms a protective blockade for tens of thousands of acres of adjacent forest. Funding a local trust, Cool Earth makes the local community the legal custodians of the land, and uses community rangers and satellite imagery to monitor and protect the rainforest 24/7 from illegal activity.
