Hamburg, Germany (2020) | Environment

Group-wide Afforestation Project: Marquard & Bahls and Its Operating Units Jointly Committed to Afforestation Activities Worldwide

Our forest at Tree-Nation

Trees are important partners in climate protection because they can absorb and store carbon as well as produce oxygen. However, every year 13 million hectares of forest disappear - 17% of global CO₂ emissions are caused by deforestation alone.

Therefore, Marquard & Bahls has made afforestation an important focus of its voluntary environmental protection measures. This year, we have drawn up a comprehensive concept which, among other things, includes CO₂ compensation by means of afforestation measures. The concept has resulted in a group-wide project which Marquard & Bahls and all operating units are now implementing together. For example, the total flight emissions of our Marquard & Bahls Group amounting to 7,495 tons of CO₂ in 2019 were offset by the replanting of more than 26,000 trees in the reforestation project CommuniTree in Nicaragua, certified by "Plan Vivo". This is our largest CO₂ offset to date.

Other components of the project include tree gifts for employees and CO2-neutral websites. Watch the video to learn more about what exactly which company will implement. All trees planted so far can be found in the Marquard & Bahls, Oiltanking and Mabanaft forests on tree-nation.com.