1% for the Planet

1% for the Planet is an international network whose members donate at least 1% of their turnover to non-profit environmental organizations each year.

In 2019, Elements became the fifth Belgian company to make this conscious commitment, and one of the first distributors in Europe. To date (June 2025), we have donated over €320,000 to more than 20 nature and environmental organizations in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Benin.

"It’s a cost of doing business on this planet, it’s not philantrophy – it's an absolute necessity for us living on this planet. It’s the opposite of doing nothing."

Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia and co-founder of 1% for the Planet.

We focus our donations on 4 themes: climate action

Incentivizing politicians to adopt a just climate policy

nature conservation

Protecting and restoring nature

impact reduction

Reducing human impact on nature by supporting remediation projects and low-impact alternatives

transition network

Expanding, inspiring and supporting the network in the transition



If you would like to learn more about our 1% for the Planet commitment, please read our impact report