Besides producing a beautiful, renewable material, cork harvesting supports the employment of over 100,000 people in southern Europe and northern Africa and helps protect rare and fragile ecosystems. Mediterranean cork oak forests are biodiversity hotspots, with extremely high levels of endemism, providing a unique habitat for endangered and vulnerable species such as the Iberian lynx and imperial eagle, as well as being vital carbon sinks, absorbing an estimated 14 million tons of carbon year after year.
The Bob stool is partnered with Movement On The Ground, a foundation that responds to the humanitarian crisis affecting the men, women and children forced from their homes by climate change, poverty and war. Movement On The Ground seeks to improve the dignity of the refugee population and works with local communities, connecting local people with refugees, setting a new blueprint for humanitarian help worldwide. 5% of the sales from all Bob stools is donated to support the work of Movement On The Ground.