Voices for resilience

The Swiss Re Foundation Annual Report 2022

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Voices of Resilience

With a focus on impact, this digital version of the Swiss Re Foundation’s 2022 annual report shares highlights from our resilience-building activities of the year. These included an exceptional amount of emergency aid, a public-private collaboration to protect coral reefs, digital start-ups that are improving financial access to healthcare and a regional volunteering programme that enlists Swiss Re experts to advise and coach social entrepreneurs.

Message from the Chairman

"The past few years have presented society with an exceptional number of crises, highlighting where resilience is high and where it most urgently needs strengthening," says Sergio Ermotti, Chairman Swiss Re and Swiss Re Foundation, April 2021-April 2023

At a glance 2022

1.4 million

people benefited from improved resilience through projects approved in 2019-21(Another 850 000 expected in future from projects approved in 2022)
82

projects (over CHF 30 000)
CHF 750 000

donated by Swiss Re employees to our partners and projects
2 487

Swiss Re employees volunteered with our partners and projects
25 661

total volunteer hours

Impact highlights

Key Initiatives Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award 2022

Our 2022 Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award programme supported enterprises with innovative approaches to making healthcare more financially accessible to low-income people.

Revitalising rural health insurance

Democratising insurance digitally

Technology for Africa’s healthcare value chain

Building resilience in coastal communities

Can a coalition of public authorities, NGOs and locals rescue a reef?

Learn more Building resilience in coastal communities

From grass to glass, a greener value chain for milk

What can a social enterprise that helps India’s smallholder dairy farmers earn more and lower their carbon emissions learn from a team of Swiss Re volunteers?

Organisation Global footprint, focused portfolio

In keeping with Swiss Re’s commitment to net-zero operations by 2030, the Swiss Re Foundation is run by a small staff of experts, supported by a global network of Swiss Re volunteers.

Our Board of Trustees

Swiss Re Foundation Team

Factsheet

Swiss Re Foundation reporting

We maintain a complete digital archive of the Swiss Re Foundation’s annual reports, including a 10th anniversary edition that gives the floor to our partners, from Swiss Re employees, NGO and social enterprises to academic experts and people whose resilience has been improved by our projects.