The UBoC Founders
“As part of a family business which has strong ties with the tropics where our tea and coffee is sourced, we have firsthand experience of the challenges facing local communities and how NGOs are working with them to provide practical solutions. However, after 20 years of planting and saving trees around the world, supported by our customers and staff, we realise that the scale and urgency of climate change means that only a collaboration of organisations can achieve the impact we need. UBoC provides the vehicle for businesses to join together and make a real difference.”
Jonathan Wild, Chairman of Board of Trustees of UBoC and former Chairman and Chief Executive of Bettys & Taylors Group
“With 12 million hectares of tropical forest being destroyed every year, action is needed quickly and by joining together through UBoC, businesses can have a real impact. Our work at the University has shown that it also makes economic sense – saving carbon emissions via rainforest protection costs less than $10 per tonne of carbon dioxide, but can cost over $200 per tonne via investments in renewable energy or nuclear power”
Piers Forster, Trustee of UBoC and Professor of Climate Change at University of Leeds
“This initiative was a pioneering move by Deloitte. We wanted to demonstrate our commitment to the rainforest, to biodiversity and to the development needs of local people. And we wanted to learn more about how we could make a difference in remote and important parts of the world. At Deloitte, we believe it is our responsibility to show leadership in tackling the environmental challenges that face us all.”
Heather Hancock, Managing Partner for Innovation and Brand at Deloitte, one of the founding partners of UBoC
