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The VELUX Group employs 11,900 employees worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by VILLUM FONDEN and members of the Kann
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In 1965, VELUX founder Villum Kann
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The partnership aims to contribute the verified carbon reductions and removals generated by the forest projects to the host countries' climate commitments. This means that the verified carbon reductions and removals will not be traded nor used for offsetting by the VELUX Group.
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