Growing Forests

Growing a Future

A Mercer Holz commitment to support forest owners in Germany in growing forests for better futures.

Over the next few years, in a concrete step of solidarity and partnership, Mercer will provide forest owners across Germany with a careful selection of seedlings to help replenish their forests.

A lot has happened since the project began in the spring of 2023:

Softwood trees planted

Hardwood trees planted

Trees in total

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Wood

Saves Climate

In addition to Mercer’s own reforestation program for German forests, the company supports the Wood Saves Climate (Holz rettet Klima) initiative and is thus part of the Wood 2030 mission.

The vision is to anchor the central role of wood in a sustainable, climate-friendly future. This is because wood plays a key role in a sustainable circular economy, binds CO2, reduces the ecological footprint and promotes biodiversity.
That is why we are committed to sustainable forestry and the future of this raw material.

Nurturing the future

of our forests

Forests all over the world are facing threats like the bark beetle, climate change, soil degradation, natural disasters such as floods, wildfires and more. These threats pose a serious risk to the future of forestry, the livelihood of forest owners and their families, and the planet.

The GFGF programme is Mercer Holz’s commitment to help forest owners sustain longevity of forests in Germany.

How does the

GFGF programme work?

We are one of the first within the German wood industry with such a large-scale tree-planting endeavour. GFGF is a multi-year project, partnering with forest owners hand in hand, to begin the journey to secure the future of German forests.

“The conservation of forests for future generations is an affair of the heart.”
– Martin Stöhr, Managing Director of Mercer Holz.

We hope this programme sparks similar projects with others within the supply chain, as the future of forests belongs to all of us.

Mercer’s sustainability

commitment

At Mercer, ‘fit for future’ is a phrase we use to exemplify our commitment to sustainability in our business and operations. This includes reducing our carbon footprint, boosting financial performance, maximising the value of fibre from the forests, reducing our chemical and water use and preparing us for replacing fossil resources with greener options on our road to net-zero carbon emissions.