Deloitte Belgium is planting 5,000 trees at the Keyenberg in Sint-Stevens Woluwe on a plot of over 3.16 hectares comparable to the surface of almost 5 football fields The trees will be planted on Saturday 12 and 19 March by Deloitte employees and their families The organisation will also further optimise the existing green area at ‘Het Zeen’ in Zaventem The realisation of this will be done in collaboration with Forest Fwd Brussels - 12 March 2022 - The new forest will be planted at the Keyenberg in Sint-Stevens-Woluwe where the soil has recently been raised and made ready for afforestation This forest will become public property to give everyone the chance to enjoy the green surroundings With both the planting of the new forest and the optimisation of the existing natural area Deloitte wants to contribute to greener spaces in Belgium This initiative is in line with Deloitte's two main objectives: contributing to the well-being of our staff and to a better environment With this forest we want to literally give the planet and our people more oxygen We hope that they will use this new nature point to re-energise and reconnect with colleagues The initiative is also important for the municipality of Zaventem Mayor of Zaventem, and Bart Dewandeleer First deputy of the municipality of Zaventem According to the VSGB figures from ANB (Agency for Nature and Forest for the Flemish Urban Area around Brussels) in 2014 there was only one hectare of accessible forest in Zaventem more than 15 hectares have been added (Vliegbos 7 ha And in the next two years this will double again (Zavelbos 8,5 ha This will increase the size of forests from barely one hectare to almost 30 hectares in a decade With more than 5 700 employees in 11 offices in Belgium Deloitte is the largest organisation in the field of audit financial advisory services and risk advisory services Our services are aimed at the largest national and international companies as well as at SMEs the public sector and non-profit organisations Deloitte Belgium is an independent and autonomous organisation and a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Deloitte Belgium BV is the Belgian affiliate of Deloitte NSE LLP a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited that focuses on the highest quality in delivering professional services and advice Its services are based on a global strategy covering more than 150 countries the expertise of over 460 000 professionals is available in all continents the turnover was more than 67,2 billion US dollars Marketing & Communications ManagerTel: +32 485 31 79 63ibox@deloitte.com