Champion Homes Inc. announced its milestone achievement of helping to plant nearly two million trees with the Arbor Day Foundation, exemplifying the offsite homebuilder’s commitment to sustainability.
Since 2021, Champion Homes and the Arbor Day Foundation have worked together on 51 tree planting projects across the U.S. and Canada. These large-scale reforestation efforts are focused on areas where the company’s homes are built and delivered, the company said in a recent release.
As part of the celebration, Champion Homes hosted a tree-planting day of impact this Arbor Day (April 24) in Metro Detroit, where the company’s headquarters is located. Champion employees assisted with digging holes, planting trees and supporting other hands-on activities throughout the project.
“Through the planting of nearly two million trees in collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation, Champion Homes is proud to help clean the air we breathe, protect water quality and deliver lasting benefits to communities and future generations,” said Champion Homes President and CEO Tim Larson. “We are grateful for everyone that’s made this possible, including those taking the time to join today’s tree-planting day of impact in service of our local community.”
Through Champion Homes’s work with the Arbor Day Foundation, the company is helping restore Detroit’s urban forest and strengthen the health and resilience of the community, Champion Homes said. Detroit has lost hundreds of thousands of trees over the past several decades, according to the Greening of Detroit, one of the Arbor Day Foundation’s local planting partners.
Forest products are the largest raw material used in the construction of a home, and Champion Homes has taken proactive steps to balance its use through planting one tree for every one used in the building process.
Champion Homes said it is proud of the meaningful impact it’s had in collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation:
- Nearly two million trees planted in five years
- 975,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide sequestered, equal to 210,000 fewer cars on the road for one year
- 106 million gallons of runoff water avoided, enough water for 1.2 million people for one day
- 3,800 tons of air pollutants removed, enough oxygen for almost 7.7 million people for one day
