Terms of Use
Shop for Climate CHANGE empowers members to reduce their impact on the planet by enabling them to earn cashback on their online shopping. Members can choose to plant trees, donate to climate crisis solution organisations or withdraw the funds. We are a registered Social Enterprise – People & Planet before Profit – with 51% of our profits going to projects that help reduce climate change.
Shop for Climate CHANGE is a trading name for Commission it LTD, of 105 Heathwood Gardens, London, SE7 8ET. Company No. 07410971.
Commission it LTD is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office, registration number ZA288069, and operates in accordance with all relevant UK data protection legislation in its treatment of personal data provided by users. We are registered certified Social Enterprise with Social Enterprise UK registration no 10780.
We have set definitions of some terms that are used in these Terms of Use.
“Account Holder” means you or a user who creates an account on the website for availing our service.
“Cashback” means an amount of money that may be earned through us on qualifying purchases that you make from retailers shown on our website at rates decided by the retailers from time to time.
“Payable Cashback” means the amount of money in terms of Cashback that we have actually received from a retailer from whom you have made a qualifying purchase and which is shown up in your account as payable.
“retailer” means our shopping partners/shopping stores that are listed on our website and whose products and/or services are available for purchase through our website.
“service” means the online services provided by us through the website under which you may earn Cashback, and we may provide certain other services related to the foregoing or in relation to the website.
“Terms of Use” or “Terms” means the terms and conditions stated herein governing your use of the website.
“we” or “our” or “us” means Shop for Climate CHANGE
“website” means the website at https://shopforclimatechange.com/ operated by Shop for Climate CHANGE and all content and service provided by us therein.
“you” means a person who accesses or uses or website.
1. By using our website you accept these terms
1.1 By using our website, you confirm that you agree with and accept these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms please don’t use our website.
2. Website membership and usage
2.1 We allow one account per person for purchases on your behalf.
2.2 We deem the account owner to be the legal owner of the email address used to sign up with us. Any Cashback earned using the account will be credited as if you had made the transaction yourself, subject to the Terms.
2.3 By using our website you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to agree to and abide by the Terms and if you are using the website on behalf of someone else you have the full and valid authority from all relevant parties.
2.4 We reserve the right in our sole discretion to refuse membership and/or to suspend or terminate any account (including suspending access to all or part of the website to any person) in accordance with our Terms.
2.5 Our website is for persons aged 18 or over. By accessing or using the website, you represent and warrant that you are above 18 years and have the capacity and authority to agree to these Terms.
2.6 We may use 3rd party organisations such as affiliate networks who provide the tracking technology and reporting to provide our service to you. You acknowledge your consent for us to share certain anonymised data with such organisations. For the avoidance of doubt, the retailers come under the category of such 3rd party organisations.
3. Cashback and Account Elections
3.1 We regard Cashback as an amount of money stated in your account that you are able to withdraw, subject to our payout terms and conditions.
3.2 In your account you may elect to withdraw funds, plant trees, or donate funds to a climate crisis solution organisation of your choice, subject to these Terms. You should make this election through your account. We publish how much Cashback our partners offer and alongside this, a number of trees we can plant for you if you make this election in your account, based on an average shopping basket. For example, when you shop for a product on our Site, you may see the option “Flat 8.00% cashback or 43* Trees planted in your forest” which means you may earn Cashback of 8% or you can instruct that we instead plant a number of trees calculated at an agreed rate per tree, and in this example the 43 trees is based on an average shopping basket of £66.80. Trees are planted through our partner Ecologi who is also one of our shopping partners. See our FAQs to understand how we plant trees.
3.3 As a default election, as a user of our website, we will elect for your Cashback to be applied to go to Ecologi into planting trees. You can view our forest online here. We will instruct Ecologi to create for you your own clump of trees in our forest with your name on it, along with the coordinates and a link to view further information. The planting of trees is subject to the terms and conditions of Ecologi. If you wish to select our tree planting option select the charity Eden Reforestation Projects.
3.4 Some retailers offer Cashback that can be withdrawn and some only offer the equivalent of Cashback in a form of an election to plant trees. All such details will be indicated to you when you decide to purchase through our Site. Any specific terms and conditions of the applicable retailer will also apply to you when you make the purchase, so you are advised to read their terms.
3.5 Through our website, we provide a platform that lets retailers make you offers and you transact directly with the retailer (not us). The retailer provides us with a tracking code using cookies and other technologies, it’s therefore important you have cookies enabled in your system when you use the website. You must you use the same device you use to make your purchase that you use when clicking the links on our website. If you make a purchase on another device that you did not use to link to the retailer the tracking will not be recorded and you will not earn Cashback.
3.6 When you have made a purchase it will show up in your account as ‘pending’ or may show as ‘confirmed’ depending on the processing performed by the concerned retailer. When we have been paid by the retailer, it will show up as ‘Payable Cashback’ (that means for the avoidance of doubt a Cashback that has been confirmed). At this stage, you can withdraw the money, subject to our payout terms and conditions, and/or plant trees and/or donate to climate crisis solution organisations.
3.7 The following are essential criteria we use to determine a successful payout of Cashback to you:
a) By clicking through to the retailer via any link other than the ‘Shop ’ link on our website may result in you not receiving any payment.
b) Any repeat purchase for the same item may not qualify for any Cashback. By using our website you acknowledge it is the retailer and not us who will determine if any transaction is genuine or not. We will not be able to intervene or be liable for any Cashback not received from a retailer for any reason. We are not responsible if the retailer fails to provide any Cashback.
c) You should make your purchase from the retailer at the point of clicking through to the retailer from our website. If you go onto another website to complete your purchase, use a different device, or make your purchase another time the transaction may not be recorded under your account and your Cashback may not be recorded.
d) While every retailer does agree to offer the Cashback advertised it is still entirely at the discretion of the retailer if they choose to provide any Cashback or not. We do not have any control over the policies and procedures of the concerned retailer in relation to the Cashback offered by them or paid by them.
e) If for any reason your account is deleted or disabled , any Cashback accrued will no longer be available to you.
f) Your Cashback earned will be declined if you cancel or modify your order or make a return with the retailer.
g) You shall always be in complete compliance with the Terms herein and shall not be in violation or a breach of the Terms or a breach of the terms and conditions that you have agreed with the concerned retailer.
h) Cashback is not applicable and will not be paid for: bulk purchases; purchase by gift cards, gift vouchers; if other donation/coupon/deal websites during the session are open; promo codes or coupons not approved by us are being utilized; if payment is made through third-party payment portals, e.g. Chase Pay, Amazon Pay, PayPal, etc.; if the Account Holder engages in any activity to manipulate our website or engage in fraudulent activities.
You hereby relieve and release us and our current and former employees, directors, officers, agents, volunteers, consultants, successors, and assigns from any claims arising out of the acts and omission of retailers including any failure by the retailers to pay the Cashback.
3.8 From time to time we may offer a Sign-up Bonus, this is a cash bonus amount usually £5 that is automatically added to your cashback available total. As highlighted in clause 4.5 you must have a minimum of £25 in your cashback account acuminated within 90 days of transactions to be able to withdraw this amount.
4. Liability and claims
4.1 If you did not receive Cashback where you consider that you followed our instructions and made a successful purchase with one of our retailers, then you may make a claim under your account, however we are not liable to acknowledge and/or act on any such claim and we may do so in own discretion. If we acknowledge your claim, we will act in good faith using commercially reasonable efforts to resolve your claim. Furthermore, we will not be held liable for any claims to pay Cashback due from a retailer if any such claim you make is not successful for any reason. We reserve the right to reject any claim without assigning any reason. You agree to submit to us all necessary information and assistance that we may require and/or request to resolve your claim.
4.2 We endeavour to make payment of Cashback as close to the estimated dates published on the website. These dates are only meant to provide a guide and we will not be held liable for any delayed payments for any reason where it is not in our reasonable control.
4.3 We do not hold money in your account in the same way as a bank account. Legal title to any monetary amounts showing in your account does not pass onto you until you physically receive the funds in your bank account. For the avoidance of doubt, we are not a bank and we do not pay any interest on any of Cashback amounts held with us.
4.4 In the unlikely event you receive Cashback into your account in error in any way, we will review and audit your account, and reverse the error. If funds are physically transferred to you in error, you shall be responsible for refunding the same to us on our first written request. We reserve the right to take any appropriate legal action against you for the recovery of such excess funds paid to you and you shall be responsible for payment of all legal costs and expenses associated with such legal action.
4.5 You can request Payable Cashback (withdrawal, or election to plant trees or donate to a climate change solution organisation) not more than once per week, and only where the Payable Cashback showing in your account meets the minimum payment threshold of £25.
4.6 If you make any changes to your specified payment method for withdrawal or you change your election, we impose a 5 working day delay in making any payments to the new account indicated by you for your security.
4.7 Withdrawals of your Payable Cashback can be made by bank transfer (BACS), PayPal or any listed Gift Card providers listed under your account. We will endeavour to transfer Payable Cashback into your account promptly (and the estimated timeline is 3-5 working days) but we do not guarantee that funds will reach within the foregoing specified timeline. If you believe payments are delayed, then please contact us at the contact details stated herein. You are advised to read the terms and conditions of such payment processors which you will be bound by when you withdraw your Cashback using such mediums.
4.8 We will not be responsible for any Payable Cashback made to an incorrect account that you have provided. It is your responsibility to ensure that you enter and/or provide us with your accurate, complete, current, true, and valid details. Any incorrect payments are not likely to be recoverable, if so any such recoverable payment will be subject to an administration fee. We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage that occurred to you if you do not provide us with your accurate, complete, current, true, and valid details. For the avoidance of doubt, you waive any right to obtain Cashback from us if you fail to provide accurate, complete, current, true, and valid details.
4.9 Where an election is made in your account to donate your Cashback to a 3rd party (including a climate crisis solution organisation listed on our website), we will impose a minimum payment threshold of £25 (which for the avoidance of doubt means that no payment of less than £25 can be made on your behalf as a donation to a 3rd party). 100% of your Payable Cashback will be made to the 3rd party on your behalf. In case you choose this option, you authorize us and our applicable payments processor to debit your account and make the donation to a 3rd party that you indicated.
4.10 Should we suspect any fraudulent activity (which includes without limitation misrepresentation by you when opening or operating the account or when making purchases or pretending to make purchases when you have made none or pretending to have made a specific amount of purchases when you have not made the same or circumventing any technological measures to gain access to the website or to obtain Cashback) under your account, we reserve the right to decline to pay any Payable Cashback and suspend and/or close your account without notice. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to you due to any of the actions that we may take in relation to any fraudulent activity in your account.
4.11 We are not liable if your Cashback transaction cannot be completed due to any issues including technical issues or due to any limits imposed by applicable laws.
4.12 If you have any questions regarding your purchase, your point of contact shall be the retailer and not us. We are not responsible for the supply of goods and services by the retailer or for any defects or delays in the delivery in performance of services (including after-sales support) and/or delivery of products by retailers. All such claims by you in such cases are solely against the retailers. Our act of endorsing or recommending any retailer on our website shall not be construed as we accept responsibility for the acts and omission of such retailers.
5. Managing your account
5.2 Please ensure not to a) violate our or any other person’s intellectual property rights or privacy rights including using any trademarks, brand names, copyright, photos, images, or similar content for which you do not possess the right; b) use any objectionable, offensive, obscene, pornographic, immoral, hateful, defamatory, discriminatory, threatening, disparaging, harassing, words in your username or any of the content that you may post or upload on the website. Your account (including your access to the website) may be removed, terminated or suspended if we notice any violation by use of the requirement stated herein.
5.2 When you register on the website you will not be able to unsubscribe to essential service-related emails in order to effectively use the service. You will however be able to unsubscribe from marketing emails in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy provides information about our collection, use, and disclosure practices related to your data and is incorporated into these Terms.
5.3 You can cancel your membership without notice at any time under your account settings. If you do so any Cashback showing in your account will be forfeited.
5.4 We reserve the right to cancel your account without notice, if we detect abusive or fraudulent activity under your account or if you breach any of the terms and conditions stated herein. If we do so any Cashback showing in your account will be forfeited.
5.5 In order to keep our systems up-to-date, any accounts that have been inactive for over 6 months may be removed without notice.
6. Voucher/Coupon/Discount codes
6.1 Any coupon, voucher, or discount code that is displayed on our website is advertised by a 3rd party. We do not offer any guarantee of the validity or authenticity of any such codes in any way. We would recommend you not to use any such codes in conjunction with expecting any Cashback on any purchases as it is unusual to have both.
6.2 Any coupon, voucher, or discount code used from a 3rd party website cannot be used in conjunction with Cashback offers from our retailers.
7. Refer to a friend scheme
7.1 In accordance with our referral scheme, if you refer a friend who signs up with us we will credit your account with the stated ‘refer a friend’ amount displayed on our website at the time of the referral.
8. Website availability
8.1 Due to ongoing maintenance and other related reasons our website may not be available from time to time for you to use. We are unable to offer any guarantee that our website will be available for you to use at any particular time however we will make commercially reasonable efforts that maintenance work is carried out late into the evening UTC. You acknowledge that we have the right in sole discretion to restrict or suspend your access to all of the website or any part thereof at any time and without any reason. We accept no responsibility for this and will not be liable to you for any loss or damage caused to you.
9. Liability
9.1 We may be liable to you, subject to Section 9.4, for any direct costs and expenses incurred by you (including reasonable documented attorney fees) only if a competent court finally awards, in a non-appealable judgment, in a litigation regarding this Terms, that damage suffered by you has only resulted from (1) our gross negligence, fraud or intentional wilful misconduct in carrying out our duties under these Terms. (2) misrepresentation by us of material information, or (3) a material breach by us of this Terms. In the absence of fulfilment of the foregoing conditions, you may not claim against Shop for Climate CHANGE (including any affiliate, director, officer, consultant, employee, agent, or representative of Shop for Climate CHANGE) to recover any loss, expenses, or damage that you may have suffered in connection with this Terms.
9.2 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Shop for Climate CHANGE and its affiliates, directors, officers, consultants, employees, agents, or representatives shall not be liable whatsoever in contract, tort (including breach of statutory duty, negligence, or other tort) or otherwise including without limitation:
i. for any loss of revenue, business, anticipated savings or profits, or
ii. for any indirect, special or consequential loss damage, costs, or other claims, however caused or arising.
9.3 For the avoidance of doubt, our liability to pay you Cashback as an Account Holder is not affected by our liability clauses subject to the Terms herein.
9.4 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SHOP FOR CLIMATE CHANGE FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO THE TERMS EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CASHBACK RECEIVED BY YOU FROM US DURING THE LAST TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE OF CLAIM.
10. Warranty/Indemnity and Intellectual Property
10.1 You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Shop for Climate CHANGE, its successors and assigns, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives harmless from and against all liabilities, claims, damages, costs, causes of actions, liabilities, and expenses including without limitation, reasonable attorney fees that may arise out of or in connection with (a) any breach of this Terms by you or through your agents or representatives, (b) any purchases made by you with a retailer (c) the content you have posted or uploaded on the website, (d) your violation of any rights of any third party or (e) your violation of any applicable laws.
10.2 We are unable to warrant or guarantee that our website will be free from trojans, computer viruses, malware, or infection of any kind. We endeavour to avoid any such contamination however we shall not be liable for any loss, damage, or disruption you may suffer as a consequence of having your own devices infected through our website. We recommend that you use the latest virus protection and malware software on your systems.
10.3 Nothing on the website shall be construed as a warranty from our part that you will get a Cashback on a particular purchase. The obtaining of Cashback is subject to multiple factors the prominent among which is the decision of the concerned retailer and/or its service partners. If we do not receive any Cashback from a retailer, we are in no way liable to pay any Cashback to you. The retailers may not provide Cashback at all times. For the sake of clarity, notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Terms, any payment of Cashback to you is at our sole discretion and we reserve the right to refuse to pay Cashback to you for any reason whatsoever.
10.3. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, PERFORMANCE, OUTCOMES, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE WILL EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL IN PERFORMING OUR OBLIGATIONS TO YOU BUT WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS OR THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE ADEQUATE OR APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR PURPOSE. THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON FOR OR CONSIDERED TO BE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ON WHICH YOU SHOULD RELY. WE WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TO ALWAYS OBTAIN PROFESSIONAL ADVICE BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTION ON WHICH YOU USE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OUR WEBSITE TO TAKE AN ACTION. WE TAKE COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION AND MATERIAL APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE IS ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE. RETAILERS CAN AND OFTEN DO CHANGE COMMISSIONS ADVERTISED WITHOUT NOTICE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER ANY WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR UP TO DATE, AND ERRORS AND OMISSIONS MAY OCCUR. YOUR RELIANCE UPON THE WEBSITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
10.4 The website is protected by applicable copyright and other intellectual property and proprietary rights laws. Subject to the Terms herein, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use the website for your personal and non-commercial use. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights of the website shall remain the sole property of Shop for Climate CHANGE or its collaborators. You grant Shop for Climate CHANGE and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives, and their respective assigns, and successors, a worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, royalty-free, sub-licensable, transferable, perpetual right to use, copy, reproduce, modify, publish, transmit, disseminate, display, and otherwise exploit such of your content as you may make available on the website for any purpose.
11. Fair Use Policy
11.1 We reserve the right to remove access to the Shop for Climate CHANGE Service by Account Holders should we deem any breach of this Agreement by an Account Holder has taken place.
11.2 By using our website, you agree to comply with all the Terms herein, in particular, this Clause 11 regarding Fair Use Policy:
11.3 You agree NOT TO:
- use, upload, disseminate or post any unethical, illegal, unlawful, offensive, hateful, defamatory, discriminatory, threatening, disparaging, harassing, abusive, misleading, obscene or indecent materials on or through the website;
- breach any legislation, laws, regulations, rights of any person or entity including any intellectual property rights or privacy rights;
- Self-promote any of your services or products on our website unless prior written consent has been obtained from us;
- Upload, target our website through third party services creating denial of services or related acts to disrupt our website;
- Infect our website with any thrift party , scrips, code, trojan, malware, computer virus, malware, or harmful codes;
- Copy, republish, reproduce, decompile, reverse engineer, modify, prepare derivative works, or otherwise exploit the website;
- Remove any copyright, trademark registration, or other proprietary notices from the website;
- Use the website in any way which is harmful to our or any third-party interests or in breach of these Terms;
- Use the website for fraudulent purposes
- Use the website to send, or procure the transmission of, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or spam material.
11.4 You are solely responsible and liable for the content that you make available on the website. Any content published, uploaded, disseminated, or posted by you shall become non-confidential, non-proprietary and will come in the public domain.
11.5 Should a third party make a claim against us for content posted by you on our website that violates their intellectual property rights or rights to privacy, you hereby give us express permission to share, disclose and pass on such of your personal details to them as they may request.
11.6 You acknowledge we shall have the right to edit and/or remove any of your content that you have posted or uploaded on our website that we determine is objectionable to us or is in breach of these Terms without notice to you.
12. General terms of use
12.1 We recommend you not to share your passwords with any 3rd parties and keep your account information confidential.
12.2 We reserve the right to disable any password at any time without notice if we suspect fraud. You will be able to use our password reset option in these circumstances to gain full access to your account.
12.3 We reserve the right to utilise any and all fraud prevention measures as we see fit to protect us, you, our retailers, and our community from fraud.
12.5 The website may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by us. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content or practices of such third-party sites. We shall not be liable for any personal information submitted by you to such third-party sites or any personal information collected by such third-party sites. You may link our website to any site only by taking prior written approval from us and subject to any conditions that we may specify.
12.6 These Terms shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
12.7 You agree that you will not bring claims against us as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative action.
12.8 We are not responsible for any delays or failures in performance from any cause beyond our control, including, but not limited to acts of God, changes to law or regulations, embargoes, war, terrorist acts, acts or omissions of third-party service providers, lockdowns, epidemics, riots, earthquakes, floods, weather conditions or acts of hackers, or any other third party or acts or omissions of other users.
12.9 The Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us as to the subject matter stated herein.
12.10 If any provision of the Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions will continue to be valid and enforceable.
12.11 Your use of the website shall not make you an employee or agent or partner or joint venturer of Shop for Climate CHANGE.
12.12 Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any such right or remedy does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy, or any other right or remedy.
12.13 The Terms bind and benefit the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
12.14 All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive including without limitation indemnity, limitation of liability and warranty shall survive the termination.
12.15 We will send you notice to the last email address you provided to us. You may give notice to us at [email protected]
12.16 We may make any changes to the website at any time in our sole discretion.
12.17 We reserve the right to modify the Terms as per our discretion at any time. Please regularly check the website to view the latest updated version. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, your continued use of the website constitutes your acceptance of such change(s).
Your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions
By using the website or registering with us and creating your account on our website, you are agreeing to these Terms.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Terms contact us by sending us an email to [email protected]
Last updated : 28/02/2022.