Did you ever imagine that cork makes an important contribution to reducing the carbon footprint of cars, ships and trains? Did you know that houses, companies and public buildings use cork as a thermal, acoustic and anti-vibration insulation material? Did you have any idea that cork is the common denominator that enables children to play in harmony with nature, helps mitigate climate change and ensures safer space exploration? Did you believe that it would be possible to eradicate detectable TCA (trichloroanisole) from cork stoppers? Did you realise that cork oak forests provide benefits to society that on average are worth more than €1300 /hectare/year? We demonstrate all this and more in this edition of Amorim News.