Unlock Private Capital for Your Urban Trees.
Carbon Heroes connects your urban tree infrastructure with private sector social value funding — at no cost to the council. We handle the demand. You manage the delivery.
Your Trees Have a Funding Problem. Procurement Has the Solution.
Councils across the UK manage thousands of urban trees that need planting, aftercare, and maintenance — but budgets are constrained. At the same time, thousands of private sector suppliers are bidding on public contracts that require nature-based social value commitments. They need credible, local, delivery-backed strategies.
Carbon Heroes connects these two sides. Suppliers fund your trees as part of their bid commitments. You deliver the planting and maintenance. Every tree is tracked, every outcome is verified, and every pound flows directly to your urban greening programme.
How It Works for Councils.
We quantify your tree estate
Our team works with your tree management team to calculate the cost, social value, and SROI of your existing and planned tree activities — per tree, per year.
Suppliers fund your trees through their bids
When suppliers use BidBooster, they generate nature-based social value strategies that allocate funding to trees in your borough. The demand is generated by procurement — not by the council.
Funding flows directly to your greening programme
Carbon Heroes collects payment from suppliers and routes the funding to the council, or your preferred delivery partner. You deliver the planting and maintenance. We manage the registry, reporting, and impact evidence.
Every tree is tracked and verified
Each funded tree is registered in the Carbon Heroes tree registry with species, location, planting date, and social value contribution. Audit-ready reporting is provided to both the supplier and the council.
What Your Council Receives.
Funding for tree planting and maintenance
Private sector capital directed to your urban greening programme — no council budget required.
Structured impact data
The tree registry provides a verified dataset of your funded urban tree estate — species, location, condition, and social value contribution.
Framework alignment
All activity is aligned to your local strategy, whether that's a climate action plan, a borough tree strategy, or a specific framework like Camden's Good Life framework.
Recognition and visibility
Councils are credited as delivery partners in every supplier bid and impact report. Your urban greening work is made visible.
“Bristol's green spaces are so important for residents' physical and mental wellbeing. This Tiny Forest developed with AWS, Route 101, Carbon Heroes and Earthwatch, will have a lasting legacy for the people of Filwood. Children, their parents and the wider community will plant, monitor and enjoy the forest for decades to come, bringing nature into their everyday lives.”
Councillor Steven Williams
Chair of the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee — Bristol City Council
Camden Council: 30,000 Trees.
Camden Council was the first local authority to partner with Carbon Heroes. The borough views urban trees as critical infrastructure and has committed to working with Carbon Heroes to connect supplier social value commitments with its tree planting and maintenance programme.
Through the partnership, suppliers bidding on Camden contracts can fund specific trees within the borough — from new street tree planting to mature tree maintenance. Every commitment aligns with the Good Life Camden framework and contributes to the borough's climate resilience strategy.
30,000 trees are now available for support through the Carbon Heroes platform.
A Growing Network.
Carbon Heroes is building partnerships with councils across the UK. If your council manages urban trees and wants to access private sector funding through procurement, we'd like to hear from you.
Start a Conversation.
We're looking for councils with urban tree programmes that would benefit from private sector social value investment, at no cost for the council. The demand comes from procurement. You focus on what you do best — managing and growing your urban tree estate.