About ForTomorrow

We make it possible for everyone to take part in true climate positivity

ForTomorrow is a non-profit, for purpose organization. We are a small number of permanent staff and a growing and changing group of skilled volunteers. That way, we keep costs low, so we can spend more than 85% of our revenue on carbon offsets.

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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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    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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    Georg Lukas

    Forest ecosystem management

    Georg takes care of the reforestation areas and forest-related topics. He completed his studies at the University for Sustainable Development with a bachelor’s thesis on forest carbon markets in the EU. Georg is dedicated to a future with close-to-nature, species- and structure-rich forests.

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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.”

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    Tobias Grabmeier

    Advisor

    Tobias built the 50ZERO offsetting service. He now supports ForTomorrow’s continuation of that brand with product strategy and development.

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    Andreas Kästner

    Advisor

    Andreas is an industrial engineer who worked in various functions in the energy industry. At his consultancy agency viacero, he now supports companies with their sustainability transformations. At ForTomorrow, he is responsible for greenhouse gas accounting.

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 TĂĽbingen, 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.

Our partners

  • The German Forest Protection Association is a legally recog­nized nature conservation association and our partner for tree planting.

  • Fairnergy offers e-car owners the opportunity to use their GHG quota for environmental protection and donate it directly to ForTomorrow.

  • The Impact Factory’s acceler­ator program promotes Ger­man social enterprises and has been supporting ForTomorrow since its founding phase.

  • The Dr. Erich Lang Foundation promotes sustainable busi­nesses and supports ForTomorrow in building a successful team.

  • 50ZERO offers CO2 offsetting via EU emission rights trading. ForTomorrow manages the emission rights for 50ZERO.

  • Good24 lets customers donate insurance broker commissions to sustainable companies like ForTomorrow.

  • Wattx’s Climony app makes it easy to understand and reduce your CO2 footprint and offset it via projects like ForTomorrow.

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.

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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.

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