As we look back, it is clear that reflection is the key to growth. It is a time to celebrate our accomplishments, chart our successes, and plan for even greater impact in the future.
The blog article emphasizes the importance of planting trees for biodiversity. He highlights that forests are the most diverse habitats and that protecting and restoring forests is crucial to conserving biodiversity. The article explains how trees provide habitats for different species, support the ecosystem, conserve threatened species, provide food sources, support pollinators, contribute to carbon sequestration and maintain genetic diversity. Finally, the article calls for active participation in tree planting initiatives to protect and promote biodiversity.
This blog article emphasizes the importance of planting trees as a sustainable measure. Various benefits of tree planting are highlighted, such as carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, soil protection and water management. The sustainable practice focuses on reforestation and restoration projects that actively involve the community and authorities.
During the rainy season in April, Omega, our tree planting and regional manager for South East Africa, visited our planting sites in Tanzania. Tanzania is an important country for us, particularly in terms of the fruitful combination of large-scale reforestation with agroforestry initiatives.
Impact Hero is our new brand and the evolution of our organization. Impact Hero offer a wide range of solutions for companies that have a positive impact on the environment. After two successful years of planting over 𝟭.𝟴𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀, we are now expanding our portfolio to make an even bigger impact.
Our Chief Transparency Officer @Hannah Schragmann has just returned from India where she visited our project partner in Punjab, India and shared the importance of the project.
Whether it is for company events,Christmas and new year gifts, work anniversaries, or employee appreciation, incorporating tree-planting is something that businesses should think carefully about.
Today, we would like to shed some light on the question of how important transparency and trust is for us. Trust is one of the core values we stand for - one which is incredibly important to all our customers, bothprivate andcorporate. Within the tree-planting sector, many insecurities circulate, not least because of negative headlines and misconduct of some players. Scandals around double-counting or unsustainable mono-culture projects are damaging for the whole sector and undermine trust for an activity which plays a crucial role in the fight against climate change and for a more just world. Many therefore ask us what we think about such problems and how we can make sure that such issues do not happen in our projects.
When does the Christmas season begin for you? When the shops start to sell Quality Street? Or when you open the first Advent calendar? For me, it's just before the first Sunday of Advent, when I put up the Advent wreath together with my family. However, in Germany, the start of the 35th calendar week already marks the official opening of the commercial Christmas season. This means that the Christmas goods for this season have already started to arrive on the supermarket shelves. Pretty early, isn't it?
Thanks to you, we made it: We have become tree-‘millionaires’ with more than 1 Million trees planted since our kick-off in 2020! That is a huge milestone which we could not have achieved without you in these short 18 months - and the connected impact is incredible.
By now you know that as a team the reforestation projects we support, not only fight climate change but also help local communities and marginalized groups to have a sustainable long-term income. Since our impact with planting trees has been amazing, we decided to use our network and customer base to move beyond trees and create even greater impact! This is why we now started to tackle one of the most important environmental issues we are currently dealing with - plastic pollution.
Sharing passions or hobbies with friends is special. It brings us closer together, which is why we want to make our loved ones care about our interests. However, as environmental enthusiasts, this can be a bit tricky.