Artfinder's Impact: 2021

2020 was not the year that any of us expected, but we made it through it as a stronger, better business. From planting a tree for every artwork sold to helping more artists than ever before, we are proud to launch our second B Corp Annual Impact Report, about all the good we do.

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This year's highlights

Tree Planting

In a year that turned so many things on its head, we’re really proud to have made one big step toward our goal to be carbon neutral by 2030. On 25th November, 2020, we started funding the planting of one tree for every artwork sold through our partner, Ecologi.

100,000 trees and counting

Our 2020 report identified ‘allowing customers to make a donation to offset’ as one of our planet goals, but we went one better than that and now fund the planting of a tree for every artwork sold through the site. This moment represents a key milestone in Artfinder's pledge to making a positive long-term impact on the environment, with a projected 100,000+ trees to be planted in 2021.

8 months climate positive

136.8T carbon reduction

56,739 trees in the forest

We have joined The Million Tree Pledge as a founder member, committing to Artfinder planting one million trees by 2030. We’re also a ‘climate positive workforce’ meaning that carbon is offset for every Artfinder employee, including one tree planted per employee, per month.

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More artists than ever before making a living!

Artfinder's overall sales grew over 100% through the pandemic. Every quarter since Q2 2020 has been our best ever for total sales. Whilst that's great for our business, our mission is to help more artists make a living.

James' story

53.7% of artists surveyed said that world events from the past year have had more of an impact on the kind of art they are creating and sharing with customers.

One such artist is James Earley, based in Salisbury, who has created a series of portraits in 2020 of people he's met who have been affected by the pandemic. Earley is entirely self taught, and was honoured to be awarded The First Prize at the prestigious London Biennale in 2019. In 2022 he will be showing his work at the Venice Biennale.

Julia's story

Artist Julia Swaby has found international sales success throughout the pandemic, selling 50 pieces of art to countries all over the world, including the UK, the US, New Zealand and Norway, after joining Artfinder in 2019.

“It's been nothing less than a miracle to have sold so much art at this difficult time. I've sold more than ever before and this has meant I can keep my studio afloat and not only that, it has reinforced my belief that art is essential to our well-being. Many of the pieces I've sold have been expressivist works, depicting joy and hope.