Australasian Protective Services (APS) know it is each individual and organisation’s duty to protect. This is something they’ve been doing for over 25 years, with a world-wide client base, assisting with cyber security, cash in transit, provision of security personnel, and technology.

At APS, we believe the true security goes beyond physical boundaries. In our efforts to combat climate change and promote sustainability, we have made a minimum commitment of planting 300 trees per year. This initiative serves as our contribution to offsetting carbon emissions and creating a greener future. By integrating tree planting into our corporate social responsibility, we strive to leave a positive impact on the environment and ensure a safer world for generations to come.

Kuldeep Singh | Managing Director | Australasian Protective Services

APS have now joined forces to help look after and protect our unique forest systems with an annual contribution of 300 native trees for our community tree planting projects.

Hunter Region, NSW | 300 trees | 2026

The Hunter Region Landcare Network brought together 35 volunteers for their Hunter Rainforest Revival Project, and together planted over 550 native trees and shrubs across the Maitland City Council area, including 300 from APS.

Before European settlement, much of this region was blanketed in Dry Rainforest – a rich, layered ecosystem of extraordinary complexity. The lowland areas have lost almost all of it over the past two centuries, leaving behind fragments too isolated to function as habitat and too small to sustain the wildlife that once thrived here. This planting is working to change that. Every tree in the ground is another link in a biodiversity corridor that will eventually reconnect Maitland to a broader network of native habitat, giving rainforest species that belong here a genuine path back.

The plant species chosen for the site include  – wattles, bottlebrushes, river oaks, river red gums, forest red gums, lilly pillies, native frangipanni, tea trees, paperbarks, bush cherry and pittosporums, all carefully selected to support ecosystem restoration and provide the food, shelter and connectivity that local wildlife depends on.

And the wildlife here is well worth planting for. Honeyeaters, fruit doves, pigeons and small understorey birds all make their home in the Dry Rainforest remnants of the Hunter. But the one that captures the imagination most is the Regent Bowerbird – the proud mascot of the Hunter Region Landcare Network and one of the most visually stunning birds in Australia. Every tree planted here is a step toward seeing more of them.

Thanks to sponsors of Fifteen Trees for their generous support of our project which allowed us to purchase locally indigenous tubestock for this important rainforest revegetation patch.  The community enjoyed working together to achieve a wonderful result.

Stacy Mail | Coordinator | Lower Hunter Landcare

Victor Harbour, SA | 300 trees | 2025

We planted this year’s APS trees with the newly formed Biodiversity Victor Harbour on the South Coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula in SA on the banks of the Hindmarsh River Estuary. The trees were a mixture of native trees and shrubs such as Kangaroo Thorn, Drooping Sheoak, Gold Dust Wattle, Silver Banksia, Paperbark, Blue Gum and Chaffy Saw Sedge. The plants selected, were chosen to provide feed (flowers and seeds) and protection for the native birds, reptiles, insects and mammals that live in the area.

As the areas planted are public lands, Biodiversity Victor Harbour work closely with the local council in the planning and delivery of the planting projects. In addition to the plantings, both groups are heavily involved in weed management from garden escapees to the wrong species of native species planted in the past.

Part of the program includes replanting of coastal areas between the beach proper and sand dunes to provide shelter and cover for the Hooded Plover during breeding. The Hooded Plover is considered endangered, with eggs and chicks having a low survival success rate from dogs being allowed uncontrolled on beaches and predation from foxes, feral cats etc.

I am delighted to advise we have lobbied our local council and they have agreed to assist with building a community hub plus work collaboratively with us to expand our activities to influencing domestic and rural property owners to review their properties and adopt planting of local indigenous species, whether as gardens or whole scale biodiversity projects. Many thanks to the sponsors of Fifteen Trees for your support with this project.

Mark Richards | Coordinator | Biodiversity Victor Harbour.

Bendigo, VIC | 300 trees | 2024

The trees were planted by Northern Bendigo Landcare (NBLG) at the Huntly Streamside Reserve, in Bendigo. The volunteers planted native species alongside the creek. This site had been damaged in the past due to gold mining and grazing activites.

Little landcare kiddies.

Forty-eight (48) people turned out to help plant the trees.  A highlight was having students from a nearby Primary School attend with their families. These students are part of the school’s Green Magpies, a group of sustainability leaders.  They were extremely keen and enjoyed being involved in practical community action to complement school learning.

Mornington Peninsula, VIC | 300 trees | 2023

This project was at Balnarring and Merricks on the Mornington Peninsula, VIC. which is ancestral land of the Boon Wurrung Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. The trees were planted by the team at Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation (MPKC).

Some of the trees planted included local species of Gum such as Coastal Manna, Swamp, Narrow-leafed Peppermint and Ribbon. Other species planted included Black wattle, Blackwood and Sheoaks (Black, Swamp and Drooping).  All plants have been selected with the relevant Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) profiles in mind.

The Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation wholeheartedly thanks you for purchasing trees on behalf of our koala conservation project.

 Thank you for being a part of this project which would not be possible without your generous contribution. We are now planning our fouth year of a multi year project and plan to continue ‘upping the ante’.

Dirk Jansen | President | Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation

We know it’s crucial to be protecting our native trees.

Australia has over 125 million hectares of forest, which is 16% of our land area. Scoping out of this micro view – this is about 3 per cent of the world’s forest area, and the seventh-largest reported forest area worldwide if you look with a marco lens. Worthy of saving? We think so!

It is so pleasing to know companies like Australasian Protective Services also agree.

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If you are interested in how your business and Fifteen Trees could work together, contact Colleen at <[email protected]>.

Writer – Colleen B. Filippa

With a background in Environmental Science from Melbourne University, Colleen is the Founding Director of Fifteen Trees. In 2009, after 20 years in secondary and tertiary education institutions, Colleen left the classroom to start the company. Fifteen Trees is a social enterprise assisting individuals and companies to reduce their carbon footprint by supporting community groups such as Landcare, and environmental networks.