Translated by Laura Steeghs
We're celebrating five years of climate protection
This month we are celebrating our fifth birthday!s
With a slice of cake, as you can see!
Officially, ForTomorrow was founded earlier, but it was five years ago that we received our first donations. On the 19th of March 2020, to be precise. That day, we received two subscription donations for climate protection. In the first year, these two subscriptions financed the decommissioning of 13.5 emission rights as well as 55 trees, which are currently growing in new mixed forests in Germany. A lot has happened since then, and we couldn’t be happier.
From those initial two supporters, we have grown to over 2,200 supporters today. Together, we have decommissioned 23,329 emission rights and purchased over 89,958 trees, of which 78,390 are already growing in new forest areas in Germany. As a result, 43,219 tonnes of CO2 have been offset.
The ForTomorrow team is deeply touched and thankful for every donation and for every person and company that supports our mission to advance climate protection in Europe.
What’s in store for the next five years?
Our mission for the future remains clear: we are wholeheartedly committed to actively stopping climate change together with our supporters. We will continue to create new forest areas in Germany every year and buy emission rights away from industry. And that is only the beginning!
Together, we will expand our systemic approach to advancing climate protection through the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). In addition to ETS 1, which we already use to drive down emissions from coal power plants, industry, aviation and shipping, we will also offer ETS 2 to reduce emissions from buildings and transport from 2027 onwards. By our tenth anniversary in 2030, we will be offering our services in other EU countries.
What’s more, we’re expanding our donation options to include biochar (German) as an option for long-term Co2 sequestration in the soil.
This will strengthen our long-term mission to offer everyone simple ways to have a positive impact on Europe’s carbon footprint. At the same time, we will inspire lasting, environment-friendly change and work with you to shape a sustainable future.
We look forward to the journey ahead and are grateful to everyone who has supported us over the past five years and will do so in the future!