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Since our partnership began you have helped us to: 

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Save over 32 million trees

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Store 50 million tonnes of carbon

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Empower 7 communities

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How Brother customers have helped 

When you return your Brother toner or ink cartridge to us using our free recycling scheme, you are helping to protect the rainforest. As part of our recycling scheme Brother has partnered with the award-winning charity Cool Earth which works alongside indigenous communities to halt rainforest deforestation. Since our partnership began in 2009 we have helped communities to flourish in some of our planet’s most biodiverse, vital environments, protecting ecosystems that have stored over 50 million tonnes of carbon. 

This work is vital to the future of our planet, and we are immensely proud that Brother customers are contributing to this global effort every single day.

 

Discover our initiatives with Cool Earth

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Reasons to save our rainforests

There are so many reasons why we need to protect our rainforests. Not only do they provide us with approximately a quarter of all medicines, they are the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth and contain over 30 million species of plants and animals. 

We've pulled together 15 facts about the rainforest to help you get to know them better.

 

Amazing facts about the rainforest

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Brother International Europe has supported Cool Earth for over 15 years and we both believe people are the solution to the climate crisis. This, beyond all money, is what drives and inspires change, and Brother’s support allows for new futures not just to be imagined, but to be brought to life. There has never been a better time to revolutionise conservation and life on Earth, and we are proud to be doing that across 78,000 hectares of rainforest with Brother at our side. Together we're fighting the climate crisis at the root, thanks to their people that believe.

Matthew Owen, Director at Cool Earth 

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 We are proud to have worked with Cool Earth for such a long time. Our “At your side” vision is always to provide our customers with exceptional products and service, whilst also doing what we can to limit our impact on the planet, and through Cool Earth we are able to support vital work being conducted across the globe.

Hisashi Ota, Managing Director, Brother International Europe

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by 2030

We believe sustainability is about operating responsibly; but more than that, it's an opportunity to support the communities we're a part of and to have a positive impact on the world.

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Contributing to a more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable society through our commitment to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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to everyone

We're committed to being a responsible, ethical and sustainable business, implemented through our policies, codes of practice and Brother Group Global Charter.

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