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Empower your business to protect vital habitats forever

Turn your company's commitment into lasting conservation impact

Businesses are increasingly expected to demonstrate their environmental and social impact. Partnering with Wilderness International gives your company a tangible way to support the permanent protection of irreplaceable old-growth forest and wilderness while contributing to biodiversity, climate action, and sustainable opportunities for local communities.

Every partnership is unique. We work one-on-one with you to turn your commitment into measurable impact.

Our success so far

1m2

of wilderness protected forever

for every $1USD/$1.5CAD donated

999

m2 of old-growth forest

forever, thus ensuring that

Why partner with Wilderness International?

A partnership with Wilderness International offers more than a way to support conservation. It connects your company to the wilderness you help protect and gives you the data, evidence, and stories to bring that commitment to life.

  1. Make your commitment tangible

    Give your sustainability commitment a real place on the map. Your partnership helps permanently protect a defined area of wilderness, creating a tangible connection between your company and the impact you make.

  2. Know where your impact happens

    Every protected area is documented with GPS coordinates and scientific data, so you can see exactly where your contribution makes a difference and track its impact over time.

  3. Create lasting impact

    We permanently protect the forests we safeguard, preserving their biodiversity and the carbon stored in their ecosystems for generations to come.

  4. Bring your commitment to life

    Professional photography, video, and impact data help you share your conservation work with employees, customers, and your wider community.

  5. Your partnership supports more than forest protection

    Our work also contributes to research, environmental education, and local projects that strengthen conservation on the ground.
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Ways to partner with us

From protecting a forest on behalf of your company or community to integrating conservation into your products and services, there are many ways to partner with Wilderness International. We can help you find an approach that fits your business, your goals, and the people you want to engage.

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    Turn your commitment to nature into lasting protection. Through our 1% for the Planet partnership, companies can contribute 1% of their annual turnover to permanently protect wilderness.
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    Fund a company or community forest

    Give your business or community a lasting connection to wilderness. Establish a dedicated forest protection project in Canada or Peru and help protect these ecosystems for generations to come.
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    Protect forest with every sale

    Protect a defined area of wilderness with every product or service you sell, turning everyday purchases into a tangible contribution to forest conservation.


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    Give the gift of wilderness

    Give a meaningful gift that lasts. Protect wilderness on behalf of employees, customers, or business partners and give them a personalized certificate showing the forest they helped protect.
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    Match your community's donations

    Double the impact of donations from your community. Set a matching contribution and double the amount raised through your employees, customers, or wider community, turning 10 m² of protected forest into 20 m².
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    Fund a specific project

    Support a specific need on the ground. You can fund targeted conservation, research, or environmental education projects in partnership with local communities and Wilderness International. Projects might include biodiversity monitoring, research infrastructure, environmental education, or targeted protection of particularly important habitats and species.

By supporting Wilderness International, your company:

  • Protects biodiversity
    Support the permanent protection of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems in Canada and Peru.
  • Keeps carbon stored
    Protect forests that store significant amounts of carbon in their living biomass and help keep it out of the atmosphere.
  • Supports local communities
    Support projects developed with people in the regions where we work, creating sustainable alternatives and strengthening local livelihoods alongside conservation.
  • Advances conservation research
    Support scientific research that helps us monitor the ecosystems we protect.

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Partnerships in action

Every partnership with Wilderness International is unique. These examples show how our partners have found meaningful ways to support forest protection while engaging their employees, customers, and communities.

Eagle Wing Tours: Inspiring the next generation of wilderness stewards

1% for the Planet & environmental education
Through its partnership with Wilderness International, Eagle Wing Tours supports conservation while connecting the next generation with the ecosystems they depend on. Eagle Wing's “floating classrooms” have already introduced more than 14,000 students to the importance of marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
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For many years, we have worked successfully with Wilderness International to protect important forest areas. Our partnership has allowed us to conserve over 40,000 square meters of forest and set a new standard as Canada's first carbon neutral whale watching company.
Brett Soberg Co-owner of Eagle Wing Tours

Campbell River Whale Watching: Every booking a chance to protect wilderness

Customer engagement & fundraising
Campbell River Whale Watching gives customers an opportunity to support conservation as part of their experience. For every guest, the company protects 1 m² of rainforest, while its booking process also enables voluntary donations and other fundraising initiatives.
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Partnering with Wilderness International allows us to give back to the wild places we depend on and help protect the ecosystems our guests come to experience. Through this partnership, we’re able to contribute directly to the preservation of wilderness that is increasingly under threat. It’s also a meaningful way for us to support the protection of biodiversity, ensuring future generations can witness the same natural wonders we see every day.
Stephen Gabrysh Co-owner & Operator of Campbell River Whale Watching

SumUp: Making 1% of revenue count for nature

1% for the Planet & forest protection
As a member of 1% for the Planet, SumUp supports the permanent protection of old-growth forest through Wilderness International. Its commitment helps protect forest in Peru while making nature conservation part of its wider business responsibility.
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We pledge to donate 1% of the revenue generated by Solo card readers to initiatives that empower communities and protect our planet, driving positive change for a sustainable future.
Marc-Alexander Christ Co-Founder of SumUp

CGI: Protecting endangered Canadian wilderness

Employee engagement & education
CGI engages employees around the protection of Canada's endangered old-growth forests and wilderness. More than 500 employees worldwide took part in a webinar exploring forest fires, the role of old-growth forests in preventing them, and the importance of working with First Nations. CGI also created a company forest, engaging employees in its commitment to protecting wilderness.
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CGI Canada is proud to support Wilderness International's legacy work to protect biodiversity for future generations in collaboration with many First Nations — the traditional and current stewards of the land. Together, we are creating a lasting positive impact.
Alexa Creelman Director of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) for CGI Canada

Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals

Our conservation work contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), connecting local action with global goals for people and the planet. Depending on the nature of your partnership, your support can contribute to goals including climate action, life on land, quality education, responsible consumption, and production, and partnerships for sustainable development.
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We work with companies and organizations across many industries to create meaningful, long-term conservation partnerships.

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