Audi South Africa’s Tree Planting Initiative, in conjunction with Food & Trees for Africa, continues to gather momentum with a further 8 735 plantings planned for 2011 across South Africa.
“An additional 150 trees have been allocated to the school itself, after we visited the school in March. At the time, the school was operating out of prefab buildings and undergoing construction,“ said Nicole August, Product Communications. “Audi South Africa thus committed to help green the school by donating 150 trees to the school, 20 of which will be planted at the school on Monday 29 August, during the distribution. The balance of 130 trees will be planted upon completion of the school in October.“
Another 500 trees were distributed from an open space on the corner of Wingnut Street and Sandlewood Road in Delft on 1 September in celebration of Arbor Day.
“Our commitment to the greening of key areas around South Africa supports this initiative, and we trust the new trees will flourish and be enjoyed by all who pass here,“ said Ryan Searle, Head: Audi South Africa. “This year sees Audi SA enter the third of its four year greening project and we are doing it in true ‘Vorsprung’ style – planting 8 735 trees in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal.“
Audi South Africa and FTFA identified communities close to the Terminal Concept Dealerships to be the recipients of these trees. These include Hatfield, Northcliff, Pinetown and Somerset.
These fruit and indigenous trees will result in around 218 hectares of urban forest, and will also be registered by FTFA with the United Nations Billion Tree initiative.
Audi South Africa has adopted the United Nations General Assembly theme of 2011 as the “International Year of Forests“ to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
In addition, all indigenous trees already established on any current and future Audi Terminal building sites will be removed, kept safely off site and returned once construction is completed.
