Himalaya has pledged to conserve biodiversity through several initiatives like cultivating herbs, implementing sustainable collection, and using sustainable plant parts. A major focus area is the tree-planting drives conducted annually to restore biodiversity, engage local communities, and preserve the environment.
In alignment with UNESCO’s recognition of the Western Ghats as a biodiversity hotspot in 2012, Himalaya pledged to preserve this ecological treasure alongside visionary NGOs including Society for Environment and Biodiversity Conservation (SEBC), SayTrees, Snehakunja, Synjuk, India Foundation for Humanistic Development (IFHD), and local communities. We started the tree-planting initiative more than a decade ago and have planted over 1,500,000 trees across India in 2024 and aim to plant over 5,000,000 trees, aligning with our 2030 sustainability goals.
In Maharashtra, we have planted over eight lakh trees in Lanja, Zapade, Salpe, Majal, and Gavane regions of Ratnagiri, as well as in Kolhapur, Solapur, and Pune.
In Karnataka, we have planted 400,000 trees in Dharwad, Belagavi, Chikkaballapur, Chintamani, Bengaluru, Raichur, and Sirsi. We have also nurtured 100,000 mangroves in Kumta, Karnataka. More than 100 species have been planted in Sirsi (Karnataka), including over 25 species that are listed as threatened under the IUCN category and endemic to the Western Ghats. These include Arenga wightii, Canarium strictum, Calophyllum apetalum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Dipterocarpus indicus, and Syzigium travancorium.
In Meghalaya, we have planted over 40,000 indigenous species in the terrains of Kyrdemkhla, Perkseh, Mawphlang, and Sohrarim.
Over 600 farmers from 70 villages participated in our drives. Saplings of fruit and vegetable bearing, fodder-providing, and nitrogen-fixing trees are planted in the rural communities. This gives the local community complete autonomy of the plants, and they use the produce for economic upliftment or personal consumption.
In 2025, Himalaya received the “Best Biodiversity Initiative of the Year-2025” award at the Global CSR & ESG Awards towards our tree planting and biodiversity conservation efforts.
The state of Maharashtra recognized our tree-planting initiative with the prestigious “Vanashree Award” in 2017, for our efforts in environment conservation. Himalaya has also developed an in-house app to monitor the growth and survival of the saplings. We will continue the tree-planting initiative in other areas in the future.