ZEISS' First Sustainability Week a Resounding Success

For this reason, sustainable, green, and social activities were run at company sites worldwide during ZEISS Sustainability Week. These included reforestation initiatives, cleanups, and recycling campaigns.

In Southeast Asia, ZEISS employees joined in through regional and local activities. As a region, ZEISS Southeast Asia got involved in two tree planting projects, with employees planting 175 trees for each project. This was also a way to mark the company’s 175th anniversary this year. The first tree planting project was run with APE Malaysia, with employees planting 175 trees in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Sabah. They planted fig, apid apid, bangkal trees and many more varieties. These trees will be nurtured for a year, including trips to the site to clear weeds and vines. And in just 5 years, these trees will grow to up to 5 m in height, and in less than 10 years they will combine with the rest of the trees to form a forest canopy.

For the second tree planting project ZEISS employees partnered with Penang Inshore Fishermen Welfare Association to plant 175 mangrove trees at Sungei Aceh, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia.