Voices for resilience

Igniting the spark of a resilient tomorrow. Together.

Voices of Resilience

In this digital annual report, we offer a snapshot of the Swiss Re Foundation’s progress in 2025, and also of how we are advancing within our current strategic cycle. Alongside the year’s key highlights, the report reflects our continued role in de-risking entrepreneurial approaches to health and climate challenges, as well as our growing emphasis on evidence generation and knowledge sharing to support scalable, data-driven solutions.

We believe the Foundation’s distinctive contribution to a more resilient world lies in its ability to strengthen low-income communities by enabling innovation where risk would otherwise limit progress. By de-risking entrepreneurial solutions, improving system efficiency and fostering collaboration through shared insights, we aim to accelerate impact and support more sustainable and inclusive outcomes.

Message from the Chairman

"The efforts of 2025, reflect a Foundation that is evolving with clarity of purpose combining innovation, appropriate risk-taking, trust-based partnerships and actionable learnings to help make the world more resilient", says Jacques de Vaucleroy, Chairman of the Swiss Re Foundation.

Read more Message from the Chairman: Annual Report 2025

At a glance 2025

  • 1,760,000

    people benefited from improved resilience through projects approved since 2022​

  • CHF 8,127,999

    worth of grants approved ​

  • 17,025 square km

    of environmentally vulnerable zones protected since 2022​

  • 68

    active projects​

  • 67,766 tC02

    worth of emissions saved since 2022​

  • CHF 177,232

    donated by Swiss Re employees to Foundation partners and projects ​

  • 35%

    of Swiss Re employees volunteered with Foundation partners and projects ​

  • 47,249

    volunteer hours clocked ​

Impact stories 2025

Scaling Nature-Based Solutions for Resilient Ecosystems

What do early-stage ventures that protect nature need to attract sustainable investment?

Learn more Scaling nature-based solutions to climate risk

Reading the river to build resilience to floods

What does it take to build flood resilience for vulnerable communities in Nepal?

Learn more Reading the river to build resilience to floods

From carbon to craft

How is a Shine enterprise contributing towards net zero emissions in the construction sector?

Learn more From carbon to craft

Advancing impact through strategic grants

In 2025, the Board of Trustees approved a new set of projects that advance our strategic priorities across health and climate. These initiatives reflect our continued focus on de-risking entrepreneurial solutions and supporting approaches with the potential to scale. Together, they strengthen our portfolio and contribute to more resilient and sustainable outcomes for the communities we serve.

 

Learning notes: Venture building support for nature-based solutions

Amplifying impact through evidence

Creating a body of evidence that informs our own and others’ resilience-building efforts is now integral to our strategy. We commission independent evaluations of Foundation projects and partners and make the findings publicly available.

Global footprint, focused portfolio

Supported by a global network of Swiss Re advisers and volunteers, the Swiss Re Foundation is run by a lean, increasingly international core team. The election of Andreas Berger, CEO of Swiss Re, to its Board of Trustees in 2024 reaffirmed its anchoring within the Swiss Re Group.

 

​Annual report archives

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, NGOs and social enterprises to system efficiencies and people whose resilience has been improved by our projects.

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