Terms and Conditions

Name and Laws

This site is created and controlled by Environmental Partnerships Ltd in England. As such, the laws of England will govern these disclaimers, terms and conditions, without giving effect to any principles of conflicting laws. Sponsor Trees is a brand, trademark and marketing arm of Environmental Partnerships Ltd. Environmental Partnerships Ltd owns this site and all its contents and takes full responsibility and liability for the performance of Sponsor Trees and will from here on be referred to as Sponsor Trees. For the avoidance of doubt the company to which this site refers is Environmental Partnerships Ltd and all payments incoming and outgoing will be made to and from Environmental Partnerships Ltd.

Offset Calculator

The metrics used in the Sponsor Trees calculator are based on those provided by the government governing body, the Carbon Trust and their research arm – DEFRA (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Their guidelines for Green house gas (GHG) emissions are the most up to date, provided in 2007. Sponsor Trees has taken reasonable care to ensure the information is accurate, but cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions in the information provided to us.

Emissions

In the calculation of the number of trees required to offset the carbon emissions, Sponsor Trees has used the estimation that on average one tree will offset 730kg of Carbon Dioxide during its full-lifetime. In actual fact trees can live for 100 years and each of the fast growing trees takes approximately 25kg of Co2 from the atmosphere each year for at least 40 years – equating to 1ton+ of Co2 over its lifetime. Individuals’ emissions have been calculated from averages provided by DEFRA under different circumstances in different properties etc. For even more accurate calculations than our questionnaire can determine, please contact us directly either by phone or email.

Planting of Trees

Sponsor Trees will endeavour to utilize established charities as tree-planting partners and will ensure the correct number of trees are planted. Sponsor Trees with its tree-planting partners will use its/their best endeavours to ensure the trees are planted in the chosen areas. There may be instances when it is not possible to plant a tree in the area requested. In these cases Sponsor Trees and/or its tree-planting partner reserve the right to plant the trees in the next best or most similar location.

Ownership of Trees

The party who sponsors the plantation of the tree does so for their own peace of mind and any moral, personal or other responsibilities they feel apparent to themselves and/or others. There is currently no official obligation for them to do so and they are free to choose to pay for as many or as little, if any, trees as they wish. The fact that they subsidized or sponsored the plantation of the tree can be used by them in any means they feel fit however, Sponsor Trees or its partners can not give any warranties or guarantees as to the future of that tree and similarly, the sponsor has no further obligations to it.

For the avoidance of doubt, neither Sponsor Trees or the certificated individual or company, or the individual or company who paid for the tree to be planted will have any legal or other rights to the tree at any future date.

Tree Sponsorship

This web site is provided by Sponsor Trees on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Sponsor Trees will contribute money for trees to be planted at least one month before the sponsorship is received from any party, and thus Sponsor Trees can not guarantee that any number of trees will be available for sponsorship at any time. In the event all available trees have already been sponsored that month, or that the number requested are not available then payment will not be processed until they are available and in these unusual circumstances, the sponsor will be informed of the position.

Copyright

The material and information contained within this web site or provided by Sponsor Trees are for your personal use and may not be reproduced or copied.

All content included on this web site including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, icons, images, calculations and software is the property of Sponsor Trees or its content suppliers and protected by UK and international copyright and trademark laws. Any use, including, but not limited to, the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance of the content on this site is strictly prohibited.

Trademarks and Logo

The “Sponsor Trees” logo and the phrase “Don’t delay, plant a tree today” are trademarks of Sponsor Trees and may not be used by any company or individual, in connection with any other product or service that is not that of Sponsor Trees, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among its customers, or in any manner disparages Sponsor Trees.

The Sponsor Trees logo can be used only when and where it is specifically authorized in writing and for those specific purposes and time frames only. Any party claiming to be a partner, sponsor or purchaser of products or services of Sponsor Trees must be so and must have a valid certificate to justify its claim.

Data protection and Privacy Policy

Sponsor Trees is the sole owner of the information collected on this web site and will at all times control and be responsible for such information. Sponsor Trees will not pass or sell any information held to any business or organisation except as necessary through the employment of a third party to help in certain areas, such as website hosting and secure payment processing. At all times however, Sponsor Trees will with all reasonable care, control and be responsible for the use of information. This does not include the potential release of non-name specific statistical analysis for research and improvement purposes.

Personal information does not have to be given to benefit from most of the website. However to take advantage of some of the services offered by Sponsor Trees, such as the posting of certificates, we will need information, such as a name and address.   When payment is made via our website then credit or debit card details will be sent directly to the bank through 128 bit encrypted secure processing facilities and not held on record by us or our hosting provider.

Disclaimer

Sponsor Trees has taken reasonable care to ensure that information is accurate at the time it was added to this web site. The website is intended to provide information and guidance only. Sponsor Trees is not liable for any incorrect or misrepresented information on this web site.

Sponsor Trees makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the site, the information, content, materials or products, included on this web site. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Sponsor Trees disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Sponsor Trees will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages.

Sponsor Trees reserves the right to make changes to this web site and these disclaimers, terms and conditions at any time.