CHU today announced it is supporting a tree-planting project as part of the strata insurer’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.

The business has signed a three-year agreement with environmental scientist and explorer Tim Jarvis, who is leading the Forktree initiative to restore a former pastoral property on the Fleurieu Peninsula, SA.

“Climate change and biodiversity loss are the biggest threats facing us,” CHU CEO Bobby Lehane said.

“The Forktree project involves restoring and reforesting an area of degraded farmland to help combat these threats and act as a showcase for what is possible in terms of land regeneration and off-grid living.”

The property once had up to 40,000 native trees but degradation has reduced the numbers drastically to 30 to 40 trees.