Hillside with a forest with young pine trees

Motor Verde and Sylvestris

Reforesting to mitigate carbon footprint

Green Engine: Sowing the Seeds of a Future for Everyone

The Repsol Foundation and its subsidiary, Grupo Sylvestris, are promoting carbon offset initiatives through reforestation projects in Spain and Portugal. These efforts are generating a threefold transformative impact on the economy, society, and the environment.

+ 9.000

hectares reforested

+ 2,9

millions of metric tons of CO² captured

+ 3.400

local and inclusive job opportunities

Environmental, social, and economic impact on the rural environment

Environmental

Reforesting brownfield or fields affected by fires creating new forests which contribute to the fight against climate change by absorbing CO₂. In all Motor Verde projects, native species are planted to restore biodiversity.

Social

Creating local and inclusive employment opportunities in Spain and Portugal by offering training programs to improve the employability and promote the forestry sector entrepreneurship. Contributing to keep population in rural areas.

Economic

Betting on a future investment. Boosting the business network in the rural areas.

Benchmark in innovation and technology

Grupo Sylvestris has its own unique methodology that focuses on technology and innovation in all phases of the project. From site location and assessment, to monitoring and tracking of CO2 absorption.
Green Engine has the participation of Hispasat, a strategic partner of the project, which has become a shareholder of Grupo Sylvestris. State-of-the-art satellite technology is used to monitor, track, and control the forests and their growth. This technology contributes to making the process of carbon sequestration and management of forest stands as scientific, precise, and rigorous as possible. This makes Green Engine a benchmark in technological innovation applied to forestry engineering for CO2 absorption.

Public-Private Partnership

Motor Verde is aligned with local strategies for social, environmental, and economic development in Spain and Portugal. We work closely with the government and seek to respond to the growing commitment of the companies participating in the project to offset their carbon footprint. Thanks to this collaboration, it is possible to maximize the economic, social, and environmental benefits of reforestation efforts in Spain.

If you are a company and would like to learn how to offset your carbon footprint, or if you’d like to help maximize the social, economic, and environmental benefits of this project, please contact us. motorverde@fundacionrepsol.com If you are a company and would like to learn how to offset your carbon footprint, or if you would like to help maximize the social, economic, and environmental benefits of this project, please contact us. motorverde@fundacionrepsol.com