Two people shake hands at a meeting at PROJECT TOGO.
Two people shake hands at a meeting at PROJECT TOGO.

GERMANY & PROJECT TOGO

Responsibility knows no favourite region.

We believe that companies should not have to choose between proximity and scale.

This is why we combine forest ecology in Germany with PROJECT TOGO: taking responsibility for what lies on our doorstep, whilst supporting sustainable development where many challenges must be solved at the same time.

01 · WHY

We do not believe in an either-or.

Why should responsibility end at a national border?

In Germany, we can see first-hand what forests need. In Togo, the distance is greater. But a contribution there can go far beyond a single measure.

A well does not just change the water supply. A forest is not just an area full of trees. Where nature, water, education, and work are interconnected, development must also be thought of together.

Proximity decides what we see. Not what we are responsible for.

Forestry tools lie on a woodland area to be developed in Germany

A LOOK AT WHAT IS CLOSE TO US

Germany connects.

We support forest ecology in areas where forests are damaged, natural structures are lacking or habitats need to be restored.

Reforestation of damaged areas

Development of more resilient mixed forests

Maintenance of woodland edges and biotopes

Renaturation of peatlands and watercourses

A region that is well-known. Experts who explain what it needs. Development that remains visible.

A VIEW BEYOND THE FAMILIAR

Togo broadens the perspective.

PROJECT TOGO combines natural forest development with water, education, employment, and local value creation. Not because a single project can solve every challenge, but because sustainable development only works when interconnections are taken into account.

What is the use of a school if children have to travel long distances for water?

What is the use of a forest if no local economic prospects are created?

What is the use of infrastructure if no one can operate it in the long term?

Therefore, forest, water, education, and local responsibility do not work alongside each other. They interlock.

A team jointly investigates a forest area at PROJECT TOGO

02 · THE CONNECTION

We do not connect two places. We connect two beliefs.

GERMANY

We should protect what is entrusted to us.

This represents concrete forest ecology and responsibility in one's own environment.

PROJECT TOGO

We should deploy opportunities where they open up additional development.

This is represented by a long-term project that considers ecological and social tasks together.

Start here. Think further. Do both.

03 · WHY TOGO IS PART OF IT

Simple communication must not dictate where support is appropriate.

Simple communication must not dictate where support is appropriate.

It would be easier to offer exclusively regional projects. They are closer, easier to show, and instantly understandable.

In Togo, ecological and social challenges are closely intertwined. A lack of access to water, limited educational pathways, low local value creation, and pressure on natural resources do not exist in isolation from one another.

This is precisely why PROJECT TOGO is not an optional extra for us.

It is the part of the connection that reminds us that responsibility is greater than one's own field of vision.

It is the part of the connection that reminds us that responsibility is greater than one's own field of vision.

People gather on the grounds of PROJECT TOGO

04 · HOW

One commitment. Two perspectives. Clear assignment.

The differences between Germany and Togo should not disappear. They are the purpose of the connection.

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Pin post

Together, we determine the extent to which a company wishes to get involved.

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Map transparently

The funds are traceably allocated to the agreed project areas.

03

Enable work

In both countries, concrete, technically and locally coordinated measures are supported.

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Show development

It documents which areas were supported and which measures were accompanied.

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Show development

It documents which areas were supported and which measures were accompanied.

05 · WHAT YOUR COMPANY SHOWS BY THIS

Not that it has all the answers. Rather, that it takes responsibility further.

We take care of what is close at hand, without losing sight of what is far away.

We support concrete work instead of abstract promises.

We show transparently where our contribution goes.

06 · PLAINLY SPOKEN

A contribution is not a green predicate.

The support is provided voluntarily and outside of their own value chain.

It is not offset against the emissions of a company, product or service. It does not alter either a CCF or a PCF and does not substantiate any claim of climate neutrality.

The contribution made, its allocation, and the project areas supported during the respective period are documented.

GERMANY & PROJECT TOGO

Responsibility begins with a decision.

The decision not to play local proximity and global responsibility off against each other.