World Cup Tree Planting Tracker: Final Total

England’s World Cup odyssey is over. A gallant third place. And with it, comes the end of Global Travel Management's World Cup tree planting initiative. The final count reaching 88 trees being added to the GTM Forest.

Ahead of this summer's FIFA World Cup, Global Travel Management announced that it would plant a tree for every England goal and five trees for every Scotland goal scored during the competition. The initiative links support for the home nations with the company's ongoing commitment to sustainability and its wider environmental programme. And we added an extra pledge ahead of Scotland’s last group-stage game against five-time winners Brazil: for every goal Brazil scored against Scotland, we added another five trees.

Scotland wasted no time in getting the campaign started. They secured a 1-0 win over Haiti in their first match, giving Scotland supporters an immediate reason to celebrate both on and off the pitch. And, although their forwards fired blanks against Morocco and Brazil, the goal against Haiti meant five trees added to the GTM Forest.

And with England smashing four past Croatia in their opening game, that was another four trees committed. So, although they weren’t able to breach a strong Ghana defence, in a 0-0 draw in their second group stage game, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane made sure of England’s win against Panama, to secure a round-of-32 fixture against the Democratic Republic of Congo and, of course, two more trees added to the forest.

Added to that, Kane’s brace against DR Congo in the round-of-32 were worth double: we increased the sponsorship to two trees per goal for this round. This means an additional four trees to the total.

And then the “Battle of the Azteca” 3-2 win against Mexico saw a Bellingham double and a Kane penalty, meaning nine trees added to the total - we increased the reward to three trees per goal for the match against Mexico.

This was followed up by the Quarter Final against Norway, in Miami. Jude Bellingham’s brace - an equaliser in 90 minutes and a winner in extra time - meant eight trees added to the total, with the sponsorship increased to four-trees-per-goal.

But England’s run to the Final came to an end in Atlanta when arch-rivals Argentina scored two late goals to take the win, after England’s 55th minute opener. Anthony Gordon’s goal pushed the GTM Forest past the fifty mark, as we awarded five trees for any goal in the Semi-Final stage.

However, the England team’s job didn’t end there, as they were scheduled to play a “Bronze Final” match, against France. So we offered another five trees for every England goal scored in that match.

And what a match it was! Declan Rice’s third-minute opener was just a portent of the goal-fest that was to come. Ezri Konsa made it two after 18 minutes, before Bukayo Saka doubled the score by half-time with strikes on 37 minutes and in first-half stoppage time. France clawed their way back into the game with Bradley Barcola’s 54th minute strike coming between Golden Boot-winner Kylian Mbappé’s goals on 48 and 66 minutes. Saka completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot on 87 minutes, Ousmane Dembélé cut France’s deficit to 4-5 six minutes into stoppage time and Jude Bellingham slotted home England’s sixth and final goal two minutes later.

Final GTM Forest World Cup Tree Total: 88 Trees

The FIFA World Cup is one of the largest international events on the planet, bringing together teams, officials and supporters from across the globe. By linking goals to tree planting, Global Travel Management is creating a positive environmental impact while celebrating the achievements of the home nations throughout the tournament.

There’s a full explanation of the goals commitment here.