Partnership between Coop and WWF

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Partnership between Coop and WWF

Working to protect the Alps

From Graubünden to Valais, from the delicate butterfly to the mighty ibex: our mountains are home to countless species of animals and plants. Sadly, these are severely threatened by various factors such as climate change, urban sprawl and pollution. What's more, the Alps are the water towers of Europe thanks to their glaciers and springs. All of this makes the Swiss Alpine region especially worthy of protection. The WWF is helping to preserve important habitats with numerous specific projects, and advocates on a political level to create the framework conditions necessary for protection.

With the WWF donation card, you are supporting the following projects:

  • The Alps are worth preserving

    The Alps are home to 39 per cent of European plants. For the WWF, this means they belong to the regions of our Earth that are especially worth protecting.

  • Valuable watercourses

    Only ten per cent of streams and rivers in Switzerland are almost or entirely unspoiled. But it is precisely these few remaining watercourses that are especially worth protecting, as they are irreplaceable habitats for many rare species.

  • Enabling a comeback

    Large predators are important: if they are missing, the entire ecosystem falls out of balance. This is why the WWF is committed to reintroducing wolves, bears and lynx back into their natural habitats.

  • Going with the flow

    The WWF works with voluntary river watchers to ensure that rivers come to life again and stay that way. For especially valuable watercourses, the WWF is committed to maintaining them and protecting them in the long-term.

  • Peaceful coexistence

    The WWF is committed to ensuring that wolves, lynx and bears can survive in Switzerland in the long term. To ensure a peaceful coexistence between people and predators, it is especially important to protect sheep and goats that spend summer in the Alps.

Actions, not words

Coop is protecting the climate together with the WWF

Action no. 387

  • Action no. 387

    We are committed to climate protection together with the WWF

    Since 2007, we have been voluntarily working to avoid and reduce our CO2 emissions together with the WWF. We offset our minimized emissions with climate protection projects, some of which are implemented together with the WWF along our own supply chains.

For the environment for 60 years

From the rainforests of the Amazon to the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific: since 1961, the WWF has been committed to protecting our planet by implementing countless projects around the world. In the process, it has been supported by its members, which today total over five million. In Switzerland, for example, it promotes school lessons in nature, where children learn to appreciate and respect the environment. The campaign week "Ab in die Natur" (Get into Nature), which has been running for four years, has already reached around 700,000 children.

Sponsorship for the Alps

Ancient tree species, rare wild bees, primeval moors, bears and wolves: the Swiss Alps are a shimmering natural gem and are home to several thousand species of animals and plants. By sponsoring the Alps, you are helping to ensure that nature is not impoverished by human use.

Become a sponsor

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