Transparency at Ecosia
Ecosia operates openly. We publish monthly financial reports and regular updates from our tree-planting projects and partners. This way, you can see how we use our income and where your trees are being planted.
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Financial reports
Each month, we publish a financial report that shows how much money we make and how much we invest in planting trees. You can see all projects supported in that month.
Regeneration reports
Once a year, we publish a Regeneration Report, our version of a sustainability report.
The CO2 emissions are audited by ClimatePartner. The trees we plant are not used to offset emissions. We focus on avoiding emissions, offsetting unavoidable ones with high-quality carbon credits, and producing twice as much renewable energy as needed for Ecosia searches.
Our reports
Digital Service Act reporting
In compliance with the European Union's (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA), we disclose our average number of monthly active users (MAU) within the EU. As a privacy-focused search engine, we are limited to counting users who have opted in to our analytical cookies. As of today, our estimated EU MAU stands at 3.4 million as of February 2024.
Digital Services Act Contact Information
Users can find relevant contact details on our contact page. Ecosia’s legal representative for the EU’s Digital Services Act and any other regulatory authority or issue is:
- Name: Ecosia
- Address: Ecosia GmbH, Gerichtstrasse 23, 13347 Berlin, Germany
- Email: techsupport@ecosia.org
- Subject: Request on Digital Service Act
EU ‘P2B’ Platform to Business Regulation
In compliance with the EU’s P2B Regulation (EU 2019/1150) this page sets out how our search results are structured:
- Organic links and embedded images originate from our syndication partners Microsoft Bing and Google.
- Guidance on Bing's content ranking methodology is available in their Webmaster Guidelines under the section titled "How Bing ranks your content"
- Guidance on Google's content ranking is available in their ‘Ranking results’ page, in ‘How Search Works’.
- Users can report specific links or advertisements they wish to be removed by Ecosia here.
- Sponsored links: We display sponsored links, or advertisements, from our syndication partners’ respective advertising platforms which are clearly labeled as ads. Ecosia receives no other compensation to influence our search rankings. Further information regarding how Ecosia generates revenue from ads or how to advertise on Ecosia can be found on our Help Center. We endeavor to provide a safe and fast browsing experience. For this reason, the Ecosia app has a built-in ad blocking feature that blocks intrusive or spam ads so that users only see acceptable non-intrusive ads that help us plant trees.
- Instant Responses: We add features and relevant information from specialized sources to improve our search results. The list of our current sources for instant answers and features can be found here.
Note: Ecosia does not provide any preferential treatment to its own services in our search result rankings. A full explanation of our search results can be found here.