A team of HAVEL PARTNERS’ professionals lead by firm partner Ondřej Florián has advised the unique global project Plant-for-the-Planet on the establishment of its presence in the Czech Republic as part of the firm’s pro bono programme. The Plant-for-the-Planet organisation has already planted 13 billion trees worldwide and is now introducing in the Czech Republic its global target of planting 1 trillion trees.

This remarkable initiative started with a modest school presentation by nine-year-old Felix Finkbeiner from Munich, Germany. He came up with an idea that children in every country in the world could plant one million trees, which would constitute a really significant decrease in CO2 emissions on the entire planet. The movement currently has nearly 90,000 child ambassadors and has gained support across all age groups and social strata. Its objective is to initiate the planting of one trillion trees. This number could offset up to two thirds of all existing CO2 emissions and hence delay the predicted rise in temperature on our planet by up to 15 years. The organisation is planning to achieve this objective by educating youth, working closely with firms across all sectors and crowdfunding reforestation in developing countries via the Plant-for-the-Planet mobile application. The project can also currently be supported on the non-profit platform DARUJME.cz.

“We are really proud that we could take part in this interesting project by providing free legal advice. I wish to thank all my colleagues who have participated in the project, not only in connection with providing legal advice. A number of them have joined to plant trees throughout the Czech Republic”, says Ondřej Florián, a partner of HAVEL & PARTNERS who has assumed patronage over the project.