ASX-Listed International serviced and virtual office provider Servcorp's campaign to reduce greenhouse gases by planting native trees nationwide has effectively removed more than 1,000 cars from Australian roads.

This is all part of the Servcorp Green Offices Project which aims to initiate more environmental sustainability within Servcorp and the businesses of our clients.

The Servcorp Green Offices Project supports environmental charity Greenfleet through its commitment to plant an extra tree for every Servcorp Virtual Office sold online.

The Servcorp Forest already covers an area greater than the area covered by the company's combined international office spaces.

Servcorp Executive Director, Taine Moufarrige, said the company planted 5550 trees during 2010 and had so far planted 17,293 trees in the ‘Servcorp Forest' around Australia.

"The Servcorp Forest now actively offsets more than 4,634 tonnes of carbon dioxide over the life of the trees," Mr Moufarrige said.

"This is the equivalent of removing 1,159 cars off the roads for one whole year."

Mr Moufarrige said the joint project with Greenfleet reinforces Servcorp's commitment to supporting the environmental and social communities in which we operate.

"The sheer number of trees planted so far can actually offset the entire greenhouse gas emissions of the Servcorp head office in Sydney for five years," he said.

"We also boost this tree-planting commitment by providing a set of base trees each quarter and through various corporate and client initiatives."

Along with planting a tree for every online sale of a virtual office, Servcorp's online signup process eliminates the need for paper based forms and administration.

"Before the online interface, we were using over 100 sheets of paper for each new signup, we've now reduced that to just four per client," Mr Moufarrige said.

As part of its ongoing commitment to tackle climate change, Servcorp will be supporting Earth Hour on Saturday, March 26, 2011 by switching off all lights for one hour.

"Whilst this is just a one night initiative, we believe it helps increase awareness and local action for simple yet affective ways of being more environmentally responsible," Mr Moufarrige said.