Siemens Gamesa has launched a new scheme that aims to help restore woodland areas across the countries where the company operates.
The Forests of Siemens Gamesa is a global reforestation programme and forms part of the company’s social commitment efforts to help meet the UN’s Agenda 2030 for a better planet.
It will plant over 50,000 trees this year working with several reforestation partners.
When mature these trees together will extract over 1 million kilogrammes of CO2 out of the atmosphere, the company said.
The initiative forms part of Siemens Gamesa’s Social Commitment area helping to drive the company’s social engagement and long-term environmental commitment, as well as combating poverty and promoting STEM Education.
Siemens Gamesa is teaming up with several partners to oversee the planting of several small ‘forests’ close to many of its operations.
The first major tree planting will be held on 17 October at a location near Madrid, with two more close to the company’s headquarters in Bilbao and Navarre in October and November respectively.
They will be followed by other tree planting initiatives in Mexico, Morocco, France and Brazil this year, and subsequently at various other countries where the company operates, including UK, Germany, Denmark and the US.
In part these activities will aim to restore damaged woodland areas, and will be helped by volunteers made up of Siemens Gamesa employees.
In the past the company has led tree planting initiatives in countries such as Mexico, China, Spain and India, but the creation of The Forests of Siemens Gamesa programme bundles these initiatives together, while investing even further to extend the program.
The initiative will also see the company work with the ‘Saving the Amazon’ organisation as the world battles to help protect what are seen as the lungs of the planet in Brazil following deforestation plans and immense fires in recent years.