TreeUtah and CLEARLINK team up to plant a tree for every employee
Online, September 24, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Today, CLEARLINK has teamed up with the nonprofit organization TreeUtah to plant more than 1,200 trees — one tree for every employee. More than 100 CLEARLINK and TreeUtah volunteers will be planting trees at Parley's Historic Nature Park today as a way to reduce employees' carbon footprints and teambuild with a lasting impact.
Community Impact:
"The trees we plant at Parley's Historic Nature Park will not only benefit our community today, but for generations to come," said Amy Collins, executive director at TreeUtah.
“At CLEARLINK, we firmly believe in giving back to the community that supports us,” said Phillip Hansen, chief executive officer at CLEARLINK.
By planting 1,200 trees, CLEARLINK will help provide enough oxygen for more than 2,400 people in Salt Lake County. According to research conducted by TreeUtah, a single mature tree can absorb up to 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year, adding up to more than a metric ton of absorbed carbon dioxide by the time that tree reaches 40 years old.
"Parley's Historic Nature Park is the Open Space Program's most popular natural area and provides a beautiful setting where bird watchers, dog walkers, and many other users from all over the valley come to recreate," said Lewis Kogan, Open Space Program manager for Salt Lake Parks and Public Lands. "We're excited to be able to work with TreeUtah and CLEARLINK volunteers to plant young trees, to further our restoration efforts there and enhance the experience for visitors."
With winter around the corner and the harsh inversion soon to follow, trees absorb odors and pollutant gases such as nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and ozone gases, filtering particulates out of the air by trapping the pollutants in their leaves and bark.
Employee Impact:
Throughout the summer, CLEARLINK volunteered with numerous nonprofit organizations across the Wasatch Front. CLEARLINK cleaned up Big Cottonwood Canyon with Save Our Canyons, assisted in elementary school vision screenings with Friends for Sight, and performed standard ranch work in Utah County for Hoofbeats to Healing, Courage Reins and Friends in Need. Finally, they will plant a single tree for every employee at CLEARLINK with TreeUtah.
"At CLEARLINK, we firmly believe in giving back to the community that supports us," said Phillip Hansen, chief executive officer at CLEARLINK. "We intentionally create opportunities for our people to grow personally and professionally, develop meaningful relationships and share unique experiences throughout their communities,"
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About CLEARLINK
CLEARLINK partners with the world's leading brands to increase their reach, drive and fulfill valuable transactions, and deepen insight into consumer behavior. CLEARLINK has delivered millions of customers to its brand partners, including AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink, Progressive and ADT, over the past ten years through its customized marketing, sales and analytics platforms. CLEARLINK, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and established in 2003, employs more than 1,200 local sales, technology and marketing professionals. To learn more about CLEARLINK, visit clearlink.com.
About TreeUtah
TreeUtah is known for organizing events along the Wasatch Front and across the state of Utah that are both fun and impactful for volunteers, supporters and the communities and natural spaces they benefit. TreeUtah's mission is to inspire and empower our communities to become active, knowledgeable stewards of our natural environment. We seek to educate people about the environmental and social benefits that trees provide as they improve our quality of life in so many ways.
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