Once again on this year’s Biodiversity Day, Armin Günter, who is responsible for biodiversity at HiPP, will guide 40 students from the paediatric department at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen through the Ehrensberger Hof farm and provide them with practical insights into the possibilities and the significance of biodiversity protection.

It is often the small things, which everybody can do, which have the greatest impact. For example, the numerous nesting boxes which HiPP, in cooperation with the Bavarian Bird Protection Society (LBV), mounted at the farm and the factory premises over recent years, have helped to increase the settlement of rare and useful bird species. On 22nd May 2015, HiPP will be creating further habitats on the company’s land, this time to support the breeding of swifts.

Also on the German Campaign Days for Sustainability, HiPP will be carrying out a very special campaign concerning research into the living conditions of the white stork. The presence and number of white storks is a clear indication of the status of biodiversity in many regions, because storks need an abundance of food and an unspoiled habitat to be able to rear their young. To strengthen awareness amongst school children of the importance of the environment and the interactions that can be found in it, HiPP is sponsoring a camera and a transmitter for stork observation at the Schyren-Gymnasium grammar school in Pfaffenhofen. Through this initiative, in cooperation with the Bavarian Bird Protection Society (LBV), the school children can observe (online) "their" storks nesting on the school roof as part of lessons. They will also be able to follow flight paths via an app.

Further activities on the International Day for Biological Diversity can be found in our  <link http: www.business-and-biodiversity.de _blank external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>Newsletter 4/2015.