Volt and ekko help consumers and retailers remove plastic from ocean, tracking impact in real-time
Real-time payments platform, Volt, has announced a partnership with embedded sustainability FinTech, ekko.
The aim here is to help consumers and retailers to support the removal of plastic bottles from the ocean at checkout, which are then tracked in real-time to measure the environmental impact of payments.
When choosing a payment method at the checkout, consumers can remove a plastic bottle from the ocean when paying with Volt, before seeing a real-time counter for how many bottles have been removed so far. The counter increases once a payment is completed.
The collaboration means ekko will join Volt’s network, plugging into payments being initiated across the UK, Europe, Brazil and Australia.
Jordan Lawrence, Chief Growth Officer and Co-founder at Volt, says: “I am incredibly excited by what this partnership will bring.”
“The environment is very close to my and Volt’s heart, and solutions like ekko’s help to make the real difference that we believe our sector should strive to do.”
“Combining real-time payments with real-time environmental capabilities is the perfect marriage; I’m thrilled for Volt users to gain an accurate representation of the difference they’re making to the planet.”
Oli Cook, CEO and Co-founder at ekko, says: “We have an incredible role to play in fighting the climate crisis, as financial services impact nearly everything we do. We have an opportunity to mobilise people and businesses from every walk of life to do good and to make environmentally friendly choices.”
“Working with Volt allows us to expand the horizons of our offering, reaching customers across the world and ultimately increasing support for environmental causes by bringing our real-time tracking capabilities to payments worldwide.”
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