Why we are here
We work in climate, water, natural catastrophes, and society to alleviate suffering and help communities become more resilient.
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Mitigating earthquake risk in Latin America
By partnering with the Global Earthquake Model Foundation
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Improving disaster resilience in rural China.
With Save the Children, we’re putting the children first.
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Life in rural Guatemala is a risky business.
We’re helping local people to prepare better for natural disasters.
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840 million people in India don’t have sanitation services. 128 million lack safe water.
Working with water.org, we’re making life better for some of them.
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These women work more than 12 hours a day for very little.
Working with Habitat for Humanity, we’re building them homes.
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HERE TO HELP
Swiss Re has always had a tradition of responsible and effective contribution to society and the world we work in. The Swiss Re Foundation is making visible and tangible the social and humanitarian values of Swiss Re, co-ordinating and channelling effort and making sure its benefit reaches as far as it can.
Our goal is to address social and humanitarian problems worldwide and build local capacity to face them. The issues we address are social, economic and ecological imbalances with a range of causes, including natural disaster, climate change, water, population growth and pandemic. We collaborate long-term on projects and also provide emergency aid. Finally, we carry out work locally and in Swiss Re’s communities.
What we do
Increasing resilience is just as important as finance, making the difference between surviving this time, and surviving every time.
Working with us
The Swiss Re Foundation works through funding, partnerships, and Swiss Re employee volunteering and secondment.
News
Swiss Re 150 Years: send a smile across the miles
In celebration of Swiss Re's 150th anniversary, Swiss Re Foundation sends a smile across the miles by supporting three projects benefiting our next generation.
Swiss Re Foundation partners with the GEM to mitigate earthquake risk in Latin America
The Swiss Re Foundation and the Global Earthquake Model Foundation are pleased to announce a three-year collaborative project to create the first-ever comprehensive picture of seismic risk in Latin America to incorporate social and economic factors. International and local experts will assess potential physical damage as well as the broader community consequences of earthquakes in this rapidly developing region.
Dollars-4-Doers: Young Women Rock!
Young Women Rock! joined Swiss Re’s roster of Dollars-4-Doers programmes in 2013. YWR! is dedicated to strengthening the lives and communities of young women of colour through an after-school educational, leadership, and personal development program that includes weekly sessions and special cultural outings.
The ReSource Award 2013 goes to a WWF project in Madagascar
The Swiss Re Foundation is awarding USD 150,000 to a project in Madagascar that aims to improve farmer's access to water for production in one of the country's poorest regions, but one that is known for being home to dozens of species of animal life that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet.
Stiftung Bühl - Switzerland's Charity of the Year 2013
Over 500 Swiss Re employees participated in the election of Switzerland's Charity of the Year 2013, casting their vote for their personal preference. In a close run contest, the Bühl Foundation (Stiftung Bühl) emerged victorious - with almost 39% of the votes - to be crowned Switzerland's Charity of the Year 2013.