Arricano, together with partners and the community of shopping malls, this year continued the tradition of cleaning, improving and landscaping the cities of Ukraine. In April, the leading developer, together with the Prospekt shopping mall community, planted catalpas, lilacs, as well as forsythia and spirea bushes in the DShK park in Kyiv and expanded the green area, where more than 70 green plants from Arricano appeared last year. Socially responsible partner companies supported the good initiative, in particular JYSK, Auchan Ukraine, DECATHLON joined the cohesive cleaning of the park and greening of Kyiv. Visitors of the shopping mall, students and teachers of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine also took part in the plogging relay and collected more than 140 kg of garbage in the park in just a few hours.

In addition, Prospekt shopping mall has prepared: sports training in step aerobics, training in strength exercises, master classes in modern dances and flash mob "Rhythm of the Heart" from the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine, jumping fitness from Sport Life, etc. Both children and adults actively spent the weekend in the fresh air and made an important contribution to the improvement of their hometown. 

For the second year in a row, Prospekt shopping mall and RayON shopping mall organize GREENCROSSING - the exchange of indoor plants in order to give a second life to green spaces. Shopping malls have provided such an opportunity for those who are now moving, freeing up space in the room or want a new plant. Under the terms of the exchange, everyone could bring vases and give them to good hands or choose another one from the participants of the initiative or partners – Silpo supermarket in RayON shopping mall, Auchan Ukraine hypermarket in Prospekt shopping mall.  

The RayON shopping mall, specially for the Earth Day, together with the IT STEP Academy, created a VR zone with an interactive session about the ecosystem of the planet Earth, children learned to grow microgreen during a master class from the partners of the event and will be able to repeat it at home with their parents, and even young visitors learned more about preserving nature and the environment thanks to a puppet show. 

In addition, within the framework of the green April, RayON shopping mall organized cycling and walking eco-challenges, which aroused great interest among citizens. The participants of the competition had to pass the quest, complete the tasks and reach the finish line, the most skillful received gifts from partners of eco-initiatives, as well as branded eco-shoppers and green gliders from RayON shopping mall.

Throughout April, RayON shopping mall together with the Ukrainian movement "Batteries, surrender!" collected used batteries and batteries that the organization will send for recycling abroad. Together with the CF "O.V.E.S.", RayON shopping mall and Prospekt shopping mall, they initiated the collection of plastic lids – this is a great opportunity to reduce the amount of plastic that we throw away, in addition, all the lids will be recycled, and the charitable fund will direct the collected funds to the purchase of Ukrainian-made drones.

On April 13, the CITY MALL shopping mall joined the efforts of the community of the shopping mall, students and teachers of the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University together with the District Administration of the Zaporizhzhia city Council for the Oleksandrivskyi district for the improvement of Zaporizhzhia. Together, the participants took an active part in the spring Toloka Festival 2.0, removed garbage and cleaned up the territory of the green zone of the Coastal Highway and along the Dnipro River in the Oleksandrivskyi district of the city.

On April 20, the Sun Gallery shopping mall, together with the Ukrainian Bike Family and the NGO "Association of Responsible Citizens", rallied Kryvyi Rih residents on the "Big Toloka" for the Environment Day and encouraged the residents of the city to work together to remove Kaletin's hollow and actively spend time in the shopping complex, relax and receive gifts. During the cleaning of the territory, a large amount of garbage was collected, which barely fit into a five-ton truck. The IT STEP Academy taught children how to program and control robots, how to create the environment of the future in just 5 minutes with the help of artificial intelligence, and also helped young visitors plunge into the VR world to explore different landscapes and geographical places. Visitors to the shopping mall were treated to natural incredibly tasty smoothies for free and joined useful master classes.

 “Green urban areas provide vital space for the physical and mental well-being of city dwellers and the necessary habitat for nature. We can preserve and improve local ecosystems by taking active measures, so Arricano involves a wide community of visitors, partners, team, authorities and educational institutions in its eco-initiatives. And every year we see high involvement of project participants, we receive many positive reviews and together we improve and green Ukrainian cities,”said Inna Morozova, Marketing Director at Arricano.

Project partners: Silpo, Auchan Ukraine, Game Park, DECATHLON, JYSK,  Charitable Foundation "O.V.E.S.", Sport Life, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Geography of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine, "Batteries, give up!", VTakt, State Administration of Desnianskyi district in Kyiv, MO "KYIVZELENBUD", Greek House, IT STEP Academy, Ukrainian Bike Family and NGO "Association of Responsible Citizens", District Administration of the Zaporizhzhia city Council for Oleksandrivskyi district, NU "Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic"