Ecosia
Search engine
Founded by Christian Kroll in 2009, Ecosia is a search engine which donates 80% of its profits into tree planting projects. Search results are provided by Bing and Google and enhanced by their own algorithms.

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Owned GER
Rating B
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Ecosia GmbH
GER

Company Assessment

(Last updated Nov 2024)
Ecosia GmbH
Praise
Carbon negative company
Ecosia has built two solar plants, which provides enough clean energy to the grid to power all Ecosia searches with 100% renewable energy. In fact they produce 200% of their power requirements. In addition to this Ecosia use 80% of their profits to plant trees, removing more CO2 from the atmosphere.
Certified B Corp with score of 106.8
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. The B Impact Assessment measures a company's practices and outcomes in five areas: governance, workers, community, the environment, and customers. This company has a B Impact Score of 106.8 and has held B Corp Certification since April 2014. The median score for businesses is 50.9, with a score of 80 required for B Corp Certification.
Information
Partnership with Microsoft
Ecosia searches are powered by Microsoft-owned Bing. This partnership means that an Ecosia search requires not just its own servers but Microsoft's as well. Part of the revenue generated by using Ecosia goes to Microsoft, who have several criticisms in the Shop Ethical database.
Privacy and transparency claims
Ecosia publishes monthly financial reports and tree planting receipts. Ecosia also protects your privacy. It doesn't create personal profiles of you based on your search history, but actually anonymizes all searches within a spam protection period of 4 days. Moreover, Ecosia encrypts all searches to protect them from eavesdroppers, doesn't use any external tracking tools, and doesn't sell your data to advertisers.
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Company Details

Type:
Private company

Contact Details

Address:
Berlin, Germany
Website:
www.ecosia.org

Products / Brands

Ecosia
Ecosia Search Engines
★ 80% of profits fund tree planting projects