Employees of Nhood Services Hungary took part in a tree planting project

The Rüsselsheim playground in Kecskemét was enriched with nearly one and a half hundred trees, some of which were planted by the colleagues themselves.

Nhood, a company that develops, regenerates and operates mixed use properties, places special emphasis on social and environmental responsibility. It conducts all its activities for the benefit of the community, taking into account the impact on people and the planet in all its decision-making. Nhood seeks to create added value by taking an integrated approach and, in collaboration with local advocacies, associations and residents, transforms its sites into lively community spaces with a triple positive impact (environmental-social-economic).

In this spirit, this time the Nhood employees decided to plant trees near one of their real estate development projects in the area of the Rüsselsheim playground in Kecskemét. The landscaping project fits in perfectly with Nhood’s corporate philosophy, which also deals with urban regeneration, as by planting trees, the company has a positive impact not only on the wider environment of the apartment block they built, but also on the lives of the local population. The playground in Széchenyiváros is visited by an average of 200 children a day, the area is very popular among locals. The aim of the project was to create a more pleasant, closer to nature environment for the children using the playground and the adults accompanying them, while also improving the air quality in the area.

For the implementation of the project, Nhood cooperated with the Kecskemét association of the 10 Million Trees Foundation. Kata Farkas-Barta, president of the Kecskemét association and curator of the foundation, organized a large-scale tree planting in Kecskemét for this year with the help of the local government and local horticultures, and was pleased to hear that Nhood joins in on the „greening” of the city. 10 Million Trees is a community founded in 2019 with local groups of enthusiastic volunteers operating in various parts of the country. These volunteers prepare and implement the planting of the trees, the noble initiative aims to plant ten million trees in Hungary. Their work is supported by a central team of foresters, gardeners and ecologists, but in many cases local communities also work with their own foresters or gardeners who are well acquainted with the specifics of their area.

With the collaboration between Nhood, the local government and the foundation, on March 5, 2021, the playground area was enriched with a total of 144 saplings. The Nhood donated 40 trees and 15 evergreens, which the colleagues planted themselves after a short preparation. Nhood employees improved the soil with organic seed treatment to make the planted trees as strong as possible, and covered the tree plate with a high-absorbency mulch to protect freshly the planted seedlings from drying out.

„Through our work in the area of the playground we helped to create a park where both children and adults can have a good time and which makes this neighborhood more beautiful. Warmer summers and rising temperatures caused by the climate change make it necessary to shade public spaces, and the role of trees and plants is particularly important in this. The trees planted here will form a cool grove in a few years and sequester 22.3 tons of CO2 as well as 170 tons of dust in 10 years while producing 24.5 tons of O2. The 144 trees planted on March 5th will represent nearly 36 million HUF value for the local population in 10 years. Plus, these good-natured community activities bring the team closer together, making it easier for employees to communicate and work together on office days.” - said Dóra Diána Szemerédi, CSR and Internal Communications Senior Manager about the tree planting.