Bosques Sostenibles
Santander, Cantabria, Spain · Company · National · since 2011
Cantabrian company planting corporate CO2-offset forests on burnt and degraded public land in Spain and Portugal
About
Bosques Sostenibles SL is a Santander-based company that designs, plants and maintains "corporate forests" for companies and individuals wanting to offset CO2 emissions. It typically works on fire-damaged or degraded public forest land (montes de utilidad pública) under agreements with regional governments and municipalities, which cede the CO2 fixation rights for 40 years in exchange for free reforestation; projects include the Valle de Iruelas and Navalacruz in Ávila (burnt in 2019 and 2021), Mijares, Las Rozas (Madrid), Viu de Llevata (Lleida) and Soraluze (Gipuzkoa). Its website reports more than 52 projects since 2011, 1,350,000 trees planted, 940 hectares repopulated, 240,000 tCO2 and 18,800 days of local employment, with about 300 companies and 95 individuals as offset clients. It says it is working toward B Corp certification; it publishes no annual report.
What they run
Shared reforestation sites (Iruelas, Las Rozas, Viu de Llevata, Mijares, Navalacruz, Soraluze) where companies and individuals buy trees to offset emissions; each project has a public page and map.
Reforestation of public forests 60 and 88 in the Valle de Iruelas and Sotillo de la Adrada burnt in July 2019, under agreements with the Junta de Castilla y León, the Asocio de Ávila and the Sotillo town council, at no cost to the owners in exchange for 40 years of CO2 rights.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restoredto date | 2024 | 201 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceSame interview (Jan 2024): '201 hectáreas repobladas' |
| Hectares restoredto date | 2026 | 940 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceCompany website counter read 2026-11-07: '940 ha de superficie repoblada' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2017 | 290,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceEuropa Press/Ecoticias article of 28 Dec 2017 relaying company figures: 'más de 290.000 árboles', 'más de 190 hectáreas', 'más de 40.000 toneladas' CO2 |
| Trees plantedto date | 2024 | 500,000 | Organization-wide | Estimated | sourceInterview with founder Elena Álvarez (page last updated 29 Jan 2024): 'casi medio millón de árboles plantados', 40,562 t CO2 offset. Rounded to 500,000 from 'nearly half a million' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 1,350,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceCompany website counters read 2026-11-07: '1.350.000 árboles plantados', 'más de 52 proyectos' since 2011, 240,000 tCO2, 18,800 jornales |
| Hectares restored | 2022 | 55 | Valle de Iruelas post-fire reforestation (Ávila) | Independently verified | sourceÁvilared, 26 May 2022: 55 ha repopulated in Valle de Iruelas and Sotillo de la Adrada (42 ha Scots pine + 2 ha birch planted on monte 60, plus 4 ha and 7 ha prepared for planting the following season) |
How they report
What earned it
- 0/20 Publishes annual tree figures: No year-by-year figures found
- 0/15 Figures are recent: No dated annual figure
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 6 of 6 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 10/10 Independently verified figure: At least one figure confirmed by a third party
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
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