Safeguarding diversity, protecting nature
How Tchibo helps protect species.
Biodiversity is one of our planet’s greatest treasures. Yet the variety of animal and plant life is declining, in part thanks to human encroachment on the world’s flora and fauna. We can measure the damage which stems from human intervention: Scientists estimate that its cost amounts to about two to five trillion dollars each year. Tchibo places great importance on minimising the effect of its business activities on biodiversity.
The basis of human life on this planet diminishes each time a plant or animal species dies out. Therefore, we would like to become increasingly active in guarding the diversity of the plant and animal world. There is still a long road ahead of us in this effort, but with support from our partners we would like to continuously broaden the use of sustainable raw materials.
Biodiversity – an issue with great economic implications
The irretrievable loss associated with the constant decline of biodiversity has been firmly planted in the consciousness of broad levels of society: a conclusion reached by the results of studies such as “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity”, carried out on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU). According to the study, 80 per cent of consumers around the world do not want to purchase any more products from companies which disregard ecological and social issues in their business policies. By promoting biodiversity even more intensively in the future, we are not only doing our bit to safeguard essential resources for future generations, we are also investing in the economic future of our company.
Coffee, cotton, wood – firm partnerships to protect biodiversity
Our products from the agriculture and forestry industries play a noteworthy role in relation to biodiversity. This applies primarily to coffee, but also to cotton and wood.We work together with experts in all industries. Up to now, this has only related to parts of our production, but we are constantly expanding our use of sustainable raw materials. Together with partners like the Rainforest Alliance for coffee, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for wood and Textile Exchange for cotton, we are supporting responsible resource use and the implementation of mixed cultivation. We will continue to push forward with our efforts in the future.