About ForTomorrow
We make it possible for everyone to take part in true climate positivity
ForTomorrow is a recognized non-profit, for purpose company. We are a small number of permanent staff and a growing and changing group of skilled volunteers. After fullfilling your offsets, we spend any revenue remaining on climate protection. The PHINEO seal confirms that our small team acts efficiently.
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Ruth von Heusinger
Founder & managing director
Ruth, a graduate physicist, worked in the field of renewable energies and emissions trading at Statkraft and gained experience in the voluntary carbon market at atmosfair. However, she wanted to make it possible to offset carbon emissions with a direct effect in Europe. That’s why she founded the non-profit organisation ForTomorrow in December 2019.
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Christina Rieger
People & Operations
Christina is responsible for Customer Care, People & Culture, Operations and Team Assistance at ForTomorrow. She has worked for several years in customer care and operations at various (fin)tech start-ups. There she built up specialized teams to achieve customer and company goals. In the process, she gained valuable experience in the areas of team leadership, personnel development and corporate culture.
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Carla Hater
Nature-based solutions
After completing her studies in sustainability management, Carla worked for an environmental organization for sustainability education. She now puts her heart and soul into afforestation projects at ForTomorrow. She also develops new nature-based offset measures.
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Koos Looijesteijn
Design director
Koos’ first design job was at an energy management startup. After that, he was freelancing for companies small and big (like Apple) and worked as a design lead at BCG Digital Ventures. Now at ForTomorrow, he does everything design and web development.
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Barbara Epp
Translation
A native of Washington, DC with a previous career in economic development and research, Barbara is interested in the power of financial innovation to moderate climate change. She is volunteering as a translator at ForTomorrow in order to learn more about carbon offsetting and career opportunities in the environmental sector.
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Simon Fischer
Legal counsel
Simon: “I’m passionate about having a positive impact on our environment and contributing to making our planet a more peaceful, harmonious and healthy place for all living beings—humans, animals and plants. I’m excited about the volunteering opportunity to collaborate and connect with like-minded people at ForTomorrow.”
Supervisory and advisory boards
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Dr. Mela Fiedler
Chairwoman of the supervisory board
Mela Fiedler lives near Frankfurt and is a founder and investor. After graduating with a degree in chemistry from the University of Tübingen, followed by a doctorate, she started her career at McKinsey. She then worked as a recruiting consultant. Since 2019, she has been active as an investor, primarily in the areas of environment, education and health. As a board member of the Dr. Erich Lang Foundation, she supports projects in the fields of science and research, education and nature conservation, among others.
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Jutta Freifrau von Falkenhausen
Supervisory board
Jutta Freifrau von Falkenhausen studied law in Bonn, Geneva and at the Free University of Berlin. She also obtained a Master of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has been working as a lawyer in Berlin since 1993. She founded her own law firm in 2009. She advises German and international clients on commercial and corporate law, foundation law and art restitution.
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Prof. Dr. Grischa Perino
Supervisory board
Grischa Perino is Professor for Environmental Economics at the University of Hamburg, where he heads the working group Dynamic of Climate Governance at the Climate, Climate Change and Society Cluster of Excellence. He is an expert on EU Emissions Trading. He consults ForTomorrow as a volunteer on the effectiveness of carbon offset in the context of the EU Emissions Trading System.
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Thomas Schmidt
Advisory board
Thomas Schmidt, former CEO of Haniel, supports ForTomorrow in its long-term corporate strategy. Thomas designed and implemented a pioneering sustainability strategy at Haniel: corporate action should be sustainable and ensure good future prospects for generations.
Partners und Networks
We must act faster than before—the clock is ticking
Climate change is already happening. Global temperatures have risen by 1°C. If we continue to emit as much as we do today, it will be incredibly difficult for the world to become carbon neutral in 7 years in order to limit global warming to 1.5 °C (IPCC recommendation). At 1.5°C our ecosystem could remain largely in balance, but we are running out of time.
The future without carbon neutrality
If we don’t manage to reduce our carbon emissions, the earth will warm up more than 4°C by 2100. Such world would be difficult to recognize:
- Cities like London, New York and Mumbai will be flooded
- Entire ecosystems will be lost; half of animal and plant species and coral reefs will be completely extinct
- There will be record-breaking summer temperatures of over 50°C in Europe
- We will see an increase in dangerous tipping points; large parts of the world will become uninhabitable
What can we do?
ForTomorrow was founded in 2019 as a non-profit organization. We want to enable everyone to live a carbon neutral lifestyle. Together, we can transform Europe into the first carbon neutral continent. Each EU citizen emits an average of 9 tonnes of CO2 per year. We help you reduce your carbon emission to less than 1 ton in the long-term. Meanwhile we offset the rest for you. If we manage to reduce the worldwide carbon emissions year by year, we will have a bit more time than the 7 years mentioned earlier. We can then safely reach the 1.5°C goal with carbon neutrality in 2040. But we must act faster.