Tropica Verde and the voluntary commitment to transparency in accordance with ITZ requirements

Trust and transparency are the decisive factors for our work.
TROPICA VERDE therefore supports the transparency requirements of the
“Transparent Civil Society Initiative (ITZ)”
with a voluntary commitment to publish the required information transparently in accordance with the ITZ guidelines.

Background information on the ITZ and the institutions supporting the initiative can be found on the website of Transparency International Deutschland e.V. You can also download the guidelines there.

The DZI is also among the supporting institutions of the ITZ and has already incorporated a large part of the requirements of the ITZ guidelines into the requirements for the award of the donation seal.

For this reason, we have essentially been meeting the requirements of the ITZ for years thanks to the information already available on our website as part of the donation seal.
Signing the declaration of commitment is therefore a logical and consistent step for TROPICA VERDE in terms of the complete transparency of our association.

1. name, registered office, address and year of foundation

• to name, registered office, address
• Founded in 1989
• registered in the register of associations of the local court of Frankfurt am Main, No. 9422

2. complete articles of association and information on the objectives of our

• Organization on the Articles of Association, our objectives and subject areas (§ 2 of the Articles of Association)

3. information on tax concessions

• Our work is registered for the promotion of environmental protection and education and vocational training as well as student aid according to the last notice of exemption we received from the Frankfurt /M.
  – V-Höchst (tax number 47 250 62269) dated 24.02.2015 according to § 5 Abs.
  1 No. 9 of the German Corporation Tax Act (Körperschaftsteuergesetz) and Section 3 No. 6 of the German Trade Tax Act (Gewerbesteuergesetz).

4. name and function of key decision-makers

• to the annual report (since 2010, Annex 3 of the cash audit reports)

5th activity report

• to the annual report

6. personnel structure

• to the organization chart

7. information on the source of funds

• to the current annual financial statements

8. information on the use of funds

• to the current activity report

9. corporate affiliation with third parties

• there are no corporate links with third parties.
  TROPICA VERDE is independent and autonomous.
  TROPICA VERDE itself is a member of BioFrankfurt e.V., the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) and the Entwicklungspolitisches Netzwerk Hessen e.V. (EPN Hessen).
  Please see our additional information on these organizations under the Partners tab.

10. names of legal entities whose annual payments account for more than 10% of the total annual budget

• Details of all donations over €1,000 are noted here by name
  EUR 1,200 Aventoura GmbH, Freiburg
  EUR 6,000 City of Frankfurt / IGS Nordend for a reforestation measure
  EUR 8,000 Manfred-Hermsen-Stiftung, Bremen, grant applied for to support various small projects of our partner Fundación Pro Reserva Forestal Monte Alto
• There were no individual donations accounting for more than 10% of total annual income.