Bosch Global Software Technologies (formerly known as Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, RBEI) celebrates 25 years of its legacy in India this year. To commemorate this significant milestone in a sustainable manner, Bosch joins hands with Forests By Heartfulness (FBH) to plant 25,000 saplings of forest variety, on behalf of the 25,000 associates of BGSW across the globe. These saplings are being planted across three locations of BGSW in India. Hyderabad, Coimbatore, and Bangalore. These forests will be planted to commemorate both the legacy and Bosch’s commitment to a smarter, greener, and better future for everyone; symbolic of sustainability, diversity, and longevity.

FBH aims to be India’s most trustworthy and successful afforestation organization and a reliable partner to those on a similar journey. Our vision is to conserve the native, endemic, threatened species of the country and enrich the mega-biodiversity while sequestering Carbon permanently from the atmosphere.

The key goals of the programme are:

• Planting 30 million trees across 12 states in India over the next 5 years.
• Ensuring 80 native, endemic and endangered species planted across the chosen locations.
• Ensuring livelihood support for 10000 farmers, indigenous communities, and micro-entrepreneurs.

The programme has multiple objectives:

• Restoring biodiversity by planting native, endemic flora in the initial season followed by rare, endangered, and threatened (RET) species.
• Creating nationwide nurseries to grow highly resilient saplings that can compete and survive in hostile conditions while supporting livelihoods and micro-entrepreneurs.
• Relieving farmer distress by partnering with them to grow trees of economic value on their farm bunds, thus insuring them against crop failures and providing alternative income. 
• Growing plants of medicinal value to address supply-demand mismatch for medicinal plants in alternative treatments such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
• Besides nurturing the saplings, FBH plans to monitor their growth for three years using the latest scientific techniques such as geotagging, satellite imagery, and third-party audits.