A new WWF report shows how environmental projects can be linked to the banking and financial sector and have a positive impact on nature and climate as well as on people with a financial return. The publication ‚Bankable Nature Solutions‘ describes 13 case studies, all of which show different approaches to linking environmental projects and generating […]
Incredible, but true! We actually did it, the millionth seedling is distributed and we can finish the project One Million Trees successfully. We have been working on our reforestation program since 2014, and for a long time the goal of one million seedlings seemed to be a long way off. With the completion of the […]
Since 90% of the population in Uganda work in agriculture and people use to cook with wood, the pressure on farmland, soil, forest and water is growing as the population increases. At the same time, however, Uganda has the best conditions for reforestation: climate, precipitation and soil are extremely suitable for this. The project focuses […]
This year, in our function as official climate partner of the wood industry fair, we had plenty of opportunities to discuss the important issue of compensation through reforestation. We actively participated in the program with two lectures and we were happy about the lively discussions that came up and about the great interest in our […]
Due to the long-lasting fires and a huge amount of smoke, the people of Borneo could hardly think of a normal everyday life during the last months. Our Indonesian colleagues wore breathing masks in the office, while looking out of the office window in Palanka Raya everything was covered by gray smoke and fog. The […]
Afforestation is a key issue when it comes to tackling climate change. And we are not the only ones who think so. The German wood industry association (Gesamtverband Deutscher Holzhandel e.V.) will host its two-day large-scale event this November in a climate-friendly way by supporting our reforestation projects. And that makes sense, because the wood […]
In April the first big cocoa training took place in our Fairventures field office in Tumbang Talaken, Gunung Mas in Indonesia. In order to expand our cocoa project, farmers are trained to become trainers who will pass on their knowledge about cocoa cultivation to other farmers as multipliers in the future. Last year, more than […]
We are very happy to announce that we have entered a new phase in our partnership with Out for Space. This Southern German company produces innovative rattan products with amazing designs and many new applications. We in turn make sure that Out for Space will have a sustainable source of rattan in Central Kalimantan. Thus, […]
What is the 20:15 show on television has always been page 3 in the newspaper industry. Just recently, on 6 May 2019, the newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung published a report by Christoph Link, in which he takes the reader on a journey to the heart of Borneo in the 200s and today. Personally and very closely […]
FAIR HANDELN is an international trade fair for fair trade and globally responsible action that takes place every spring in Stuttgart. The fair is not only a marketplace for fair-trade products from the specialist and retail sectors, but also a platform for responsible corporate management (CSR), sustainable finance, sustainable tourism and development cooperation. As a […]
