# £12,500 from Superdry’s carrier bags donated to Trees for Life

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/21/12500-superdrys-carrier-bags-donated-trees-life/
- Published: 2016-07-21T17:10:07+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Sales of carrier bags from fashion retailer Superdry’s shops across Scotland have
raised £12,500 for conservation charity Trees for Life. It will use the donation
to help save Scotland’s ancient Caledonian Forest and its rare wildlife.**

[Scotland’s 5p charge on carrier bags](http://www.greenerscotland.org/cleanerscotland/carrier-bags)
in stores aims to reduce plastic bag use. [Superdry](http://www.superdry.com) has
gone one step further for the environment by ensuring that its bags are made of 
easily biodegradable paper rather than plastic.

![Trees for Life’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Micklewright (left) and Paul Thomas,
Superdry’s Energy and Environment Manager](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/
2016/07/steve-micklewright-paul-thomas.jpg)

_Trees for Life’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Micklewright (left) and Paul Thomas,
Superdry’s Energy and Environment Manager, with native tree saplings at Trees for
Life’s Dundreggan Conservation Estate._

Superdry’s Energy and Environment Manager Paul Thomas visited [Trees for Life](http://www.treesforlife.org.uk)’
s Dundreggan Conservation Estate in Glenmoriston near Loch Ness, to present the 
donation and to see some of the practical conservation action being carried out.

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He said:

> “We are really proud to be supporting Trees for Life’s restoration of the Caledonian
> Forest, one of the country’s most iconic but endangered habitats. A healthy environment
> benefits everyone, and it’s inspiring to support this project which is bringing
> new life to the wild landscapes of the Highlands.”

Although only a fraction of the former Caledonian Forest survives, Trees for Life
has planted more than one million trees at dozens of locations, and has created 
10,000 acres of new forest. It has pledged to establish one million more trees by
planting and natural regeneration by 2018.

Trees for Life was selected as the beneficiary charity by a staff vote of Superdry
staff.

How do you get your charity on the list for the next Superdry staff vote? It seems
that Superdry is reviewing its charitable activities at the moment, so it is not
clear at present.

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