Cooperation with Plant-for-the-Planet

Sustainable and Long-Term Commitment

Since 2019, the Cologne Chocolate Museum has been implementing corporate climate protection measures such as green electricity and resource-efficient packaging. Unavoidable emissions are offset by certified emission reduction credits and a reforestation project in Mexico, which is viewed as an additional contribution to climate protection.

In addition, the museum has partnered with the “Plant-for-the-Planet” initiative, which plants new trees in Mexico every quarter of an hour. To provide a scientific foundation for this complex restoration approach, the organization operates the Restoration Research Park on the Yucatán Peninsula. There, researchers are studying how to effectively restore damaged ecosystems, reintroduce species, and make forests resilient to crises.

Team Plant for the Planet Yucatan Island

Planting area on the Yucatan Peninsula

Where years ago land was left to grow wild, today more than 12 million trees are growing to support us in the fight against the climate crisis. The donated trees are planted on 22,500 hectares of fallow land. Around 5,500 trees are added every day.

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Plant-for-the-Planet: Top projects

The Plant-for-the-Planet platform brings renaturation organizations and planting projects together with donors worldwide. Restoration organizations can register their planting project on the Plant-for-the-Planet platform and provide detailed information about the project, such as location, number of trees to be planted and planting costs per tree. Donors have the opportunity to donate to various planting projects via the platform. They can freely choose which project they would like to donate to on an interactive map. All donations are forwarded to the respective planting project free of commission. Donors can also create their own profile and set individual planting goals in their dashboard. They have an overview of the number of trees they have donated at all times.

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Students of the partner school program at the Chocolate Museum

Academy as an ambassador for climate justice

Plant-for-the-Planet has been training schoolchildren on all continents to become ambassadors for climate justice for many years. Together with the Imhoff Foundation, the Chocolate Museum enables up to 540 children between the ages of 10 and 12 to receive this training: 180 in Cologne and 360 elsewhere in the world.

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