Shift4 Green Week 2026: Small Actions. Global Impact.
This June, Shift4 employees around the world are coming together for Green Week — a two-week initiative focused on taking real action for the environment. Whether you volunteer in your community, donate to a cause you care about, or take on a daily green challenge, every action counts!
What is Green Week?
Green Week is a global sustainability initiative born from the Employee Pact at Global Blue, now expanded to include Shift4 teams worldwide. Anchored on June 5 — World Environment Day — Green Week is an opportunity for all of us to raise our awareness, reduce our environmental impact, and take action in our communities.
This year, Green Week spans from June 1 through June 12 and reaches employees across 20+ countries.
Volunteer in NYC!
This year, Shift4 is partnering with New York Cares to give our team the chance to give back to the environment in the Big Apple. You can join as a group or sign up independently for whichever activity speaks to you.
We’d love to hear from you!
We’d love to see how you got involved! Whether you volunteered, donated, planted something new, or took on a green challenge, share your experience with us on social.
Tag @TheGivingBlock and @Shift4 so we can celebrate your impact together!
Donate to These Environmental Causes
Can’t make it to a volunteer event — or want to do even more? Consider donating to one of the environmental causes below. Every contribution, big or small, helps fund real work to protect our planet.
Reforestation
Reforestation restocks existing woodlands and forests that have been depleted through clearcutting or deforestation. By planting new trees, large forests are recreated to absorb carbon dioxide and protect the planet. Some environmental nonprofits support reforestation or attempt to save rainforests and other essential ecosystems from destruction.
Example Reforestation Charities: One Tree Planted, Rainforest Rescue
Water Conservation
One of the biggest threats to our planet and future generations is the dwindling supply of clean and safe drinking water. Water conservation nonprofits aim to sustainably manage water resources, as well as reduce pollution to ensure everyone around the world is able to have access to clean water resources.
Example Water Conservation Charities: The Everglades Foundation, Clean International
Ocean Conservation and Cleanup
The oceans are another water resource that requires conservation efforts. From protecting marine wildlife to cleaning up plastic pollution, this environmental cause ensures that our oceans remain a sustainable habitat for marine animals.
Example Ocean Conservation Charities: Oceanic Society, Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center
Protecting Endangered Species
Many endangered species are essential to ecosystems around the world. Animals such as bees, orangutans, and sea turtles are on the brink of going extinct. Efforts to protect these animals not only ensures their safety but also helps to sustain critical ecosystems that in turn have an impact on humans.
Example Endangered Species Charities: Friends of Bonobos, SEE Turtles
Promoting Renewable Resources and Sustainability
Fossil fuels are a major contributor to climate change, and renewable resources such as solar energy are desperately needed around the world. Some environmental nonprofits focus on supporting widespread implementation of renewable resources, while others focus on the long-term sustainability of the planet or alleviating energy poverty around the world.
Example Renewable Resource & Sustainability Charities: Clean Coalition, Solar Electric Light Fund
Reducing Pollution
Beyond cleaning up the ocean, some environmental nonprofits reduce other types of pollution like air pollution. Efforts such as conducting air quality monitoring and reducing soil contamination aim to reduce the amount of pollution in our land, air, and water for a cleaner Earth.
Example Pollution Reduction Charities: Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, Pure Earth
Climate Action
Climate change is a shift in temperature and weather patterns, and the current period of climate change we’re experiencing has been driven mainly by human activities such as burning fossil fuels. Nonprofits that champion climate action fight against climate change through initiatives such as carbon farming, regenerative agriculture, increasing general awareness, and more.
Example Climate Action Charities: Citizens’ Climate Education, Women’s Earth Alliance
Green Shift Challenge
Take the Green Shift Challenge
Want to go even further? Join the Green Shift Challenge — our global initiative to help every employee measure, reduce, and track their personal carbon footprint over two weeks.
Step 1: Measure
Calculate your carbon footprint on Day 1 using this tool.
Step 2: Act
Receive daily green tips covering energy, mobility, diet, and digital habits.
Step 3: Measure Again
Recalculate at the end of Week 2 and see the impact of your changes.
Every action — big or small — makes a difference. Let’s make Shift4’s first Green Week one to remember.
