neon green

neon green.
Easy.
Good for the climate.

The sustainable account
with easy CO2-compensation.
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Switzerland's sizable CO2 footprint

The Swiss emit an average of 14 tons of CO2 a year per person – that’s considerably more than the European average of around 8.5 tonnes of CO2.

Consumption causes emissions

Whether you’re buying organic carrots at the corner shop or flying business class to Thailand, your CO2 emissions are constantly increasing. Your decisions influence your carbon footprint, so follow the principle of «avoid, reduce, support». Your decisions influence the carbon footprint, which is why it is important to follow the principle of «refuse, reduce, support».

Every one of us has a responsibility

We as a startup included. We are well aware of this responsibility and want to live up to it. And we want to give you the chance to do so, too. Keep scrolling to find out how.

An account that continuously compensates for your CO2 consumption

Use your account to make a difference to the climate every day. For every 100 CHF you spend on your neon green card, we plant a tree for you. What’s more, we plant a further five trees every month – so you’re offsetting more than the annual amount of CO2 emitted by the average Swiss person without spending a cent on your card.

How much do you spend on your card each month?
1’500 CHF/month
That means you’d plant this many trees a year:
240

Thanks to our partner myclimate, your neon green account is completely carbon-neutral – right from day one.

We plant five bonus trees for you every month – these offset more than the annual CO2 consumption of the average Swiss person. So you’re already making a difference to the climate.

Planting trees on the go: for every 100 CHF you spend on your neon green card, we'll plant a tree for you, so your CO2 credit grows.

What’s more sustainable than long-lasting products? That’s why we partnered with the insurance company ERV – so you can repair your electronic devices for 3 years longer at no cost.

Your investments can have a positive impact with help from our partner, Inyova – the service is digital, straightforward and, with neon green, cheaper.

It’s a great feeling when the trees you’ve planted grow into a forest in the app – and you can share your arboreal ardour with all your friends.

Planting trees where they have the most impact

At neon, we focus on creating the best everyday account in Switzerland. We leave tree-planting to the professionals: Eden Reforestation Projects. By restoring and planting trees this NGO is contributing to the fight against climate change, while also providing sustainable, durable support to people in various regions.

In short, we work with our tree-planting partner to make sure it’s as easy and effective as possible for you to do your bit for climate protection.

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Swiss residents use as much CO2 in a year as we will offset with you

The cards

When you use your neon green card while shopping, you contribute to a higher visibility of sustainable banking. The choice is yours: A green card made of robust, recycled plastic (free of charge) or a unique card made of unvarnished cherry wood, sustainably grown and produced in Austria (one-time CHF 20) – the first of its kind in Switzerland.

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Well, green is our co-founder Julius’ favourite colour. Joking aside, green represents sustainability. And we think there’s nowhere near enough of it in our industry. We want to shake things up! We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how we could have a positive impact in this regard, and we came to the conclusion that we can only manage it with your help. neon green started as a pilot project and, thanks to your incredible support, we can now offer neon green as a standard product.

But that’s just for starters; we want to work with you to develop the project further and make it even better. This might include making our compensation scheme smarter. After all, spending 100 CHF at a petrol station generates more of a carbon footprint than spending 100 CHF in a health-food shop – so we could offer you additional compensation for your expenditure at the petrol station.

According to researchers at ETH Zurich, reforestation remains one of the most effective strategies for mitigating climate change. Restoring forested areas on a global scale has the potential to sequester 25% of current atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change. With our renowned partner Eden Reforestation Projects, we want to do our bit to help stabilise the climate by planting trees.

By the way, our numbers are not just plucked from the treetops. We have our neon green pilot users to thank for the impressive number of trees planted: since November, they’ve been busily planting trees every day and our techies have been counting them the whole time. The figure of 14 tonnes of CO2 emitted annually by the average Swiss person is from Our World in Data. The amount of CO2 offset by one tree is from our partner, Eden Reforestation Projects; one tree absorbs around 12 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere per year, so, over an average lifespan of 25 years, that tree will offset around 300 kg of CO2. In other words, you need to plant 47 trees to offset the annual 14 tonnes of CO2 emitted by each Swiss person.

neon green is more than just a green-coloured card. neon green is a simple way to offset CO2 – by planting trees. For every 100 CHF you spend on your neon green card, we’ll plant a tree for you. We’ll plant another tree once you’ve spent another 100 CHF, and so on. For your whole life. This makes it super-easy to do good when you’re buying your everyday groceries, treating yourself to an ice-cream or taking a date out for dinner.

neon green is more than just a CO2 offset mechanism: your account is, thanks to our partner myclimate, carbon-neutral from day one. And, on top of that, you’re starting out not just carbon-neutral but also climate-positive. Because, each month, we plant five bonus trees for you – these alone offset more than the annual CO2 consumption of the average Swiss person. And as the cherry on top, we’ll also give you a three-year warranty extension on the products you’ve purchased using the green card. And if you like, you can invest your money sustainably with our partner Inyova.

neon green is yours for 5 CHF a month. The same unbeatable conditions for neon free also apply to neon green: card payments are free – even when you’re abroad. No exchange-rate spreads. And you also get two free cash withdrawals in Switzerland a month. Click here to see a detailed overview of the prices.

If you’re a new neon user – welcome! – come right this way. If you already have a neon free account, click here to read about how to switch to neon green.

Let’s make the world a little bit greener together!

With neon green, you can choose between the green card made from recycled plastic and the unique wooden card made from cherry wood – unique becuase at the time of the launch, it was the first wooden card in Switzerland. On the one hand, it is a statement for a more sustainable lifestyle – every time you take it out, you show for what you live, and what is important to you. On the other hand, the wooden card shows that a lot can be done to reduce plastic – it is made of 80% less plastic than its plasticised counterparts.

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