Arsenal plan to plant over 20,000 trees in Kenya as part of their sustainability project to offset carbon released in printing the Arsenal Matchday Programme.

• Arsenal are creating a forest of over 20,000 trees in Bore, Kilifi County in Coastal Kenya as part of its sustainability project.
• The project will help offset the carbon released in printing the Arsenal Matchday Programme and provide a valuable timber cash crop for one community of poor African subsistence farmers.
• The Gunners hope that the project will inspire others to take action to protect the environment and make a positive impact in their own communities.

Arsenal are continuing their mission to make a positive impact on the environment by creating a forest of over 20,000 trees in Kenya.

The project will take place in Bore, Kilifi County in Coastal Kenya, an area that is increasingly prone to extreme weather events like droughts and floods.

The club has already employed 60 female workers to grow the seedlings for the forest.

According to a statement from Arsenal, the trees will help offset the carbon released in printing the Arsenal Matchday Programme, which requires a significant amount of paper.

“We’re planting over 20,000 trees like these in Kenya, to make up for some of the resources used and the carbon released in printing the Arsenal Matchday Programme,” their statement said.

“As they grow, the trees will draw down carbon from the atmosphere, give homes to birds, bees and other animals and in time they’ll provide one community of poor African subsistence farmers with a valuable timber cash crop – timber that’ll make up for some of the hefty quantity of paper that goes into that programme you read every home game.”

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The project is seen as a vital part of Arsenal’s sustainability project, and the club is committed to ensuring that its activities have a positive impact on the environment.

“We believe that it’s important to take action to protect our planet and that everyone has a role to play in creating a sustainable future,” the statement continued.

The Gunners hope that the project will inspire others to take action to protect the environment and make a positive impact in their own communities.