The willingness to help where we can and where it is needed most
We have many long-term commitments that stretch far beyond the business world. The goal of our involvement is to help and make a difference. We believe that we have a responsibility to our employees and thus to the world around us. And if we can help correct an injustice or imbalance that exists in our society, we make sure to do so. Here, too, our companies and colleagues demonstrate tremendous drive. They all participate in starting up outreach efforts and driving our commitment forward. This allows us to continue to help where we can and where it is needed most. The will to help is always there, whether it’s on our doorstep or on the other side of the world.
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Star for Life
Star for Life is a non-profit organisation that works to create better circumstances for young people.
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Star for Life Jerusalem
Star for Life Jerusalem is a foundation whose vision is to promote sustainable development for the people of East Jerusalem through various initiatives. Our mission is to develop, finance, and implement programs targeting education, employment, IT skills development, and IT entrepreneurship.
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Motivationslyftet
Motivationslyftet is part of Star for Life International, which has operations in Sweden, South Africa, Namibia, Jerusalem and Ukraine.
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FC Rosengård
FC Rosengård has Sweden’s best women’s football team, and 2022 was a year for the record books, as the team took home Swedish Championship gold, cup gold and competed in the Champions League group stage.
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Uppstart Malmö
With a conviction that entrepreneurship creates jobs while reducing segregation and exclusion, Uppstart Malmö was founded in 2011 by Dan Olofsson and Luciano Astudillo.
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Swedes for Ukraine
Millions of Ukrainians are still fleeing the horrors of war following Russia’s brutal attack on their homeland. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians arrived in Sweden early this spring. The need for shelter quickly became acute. In March 2022, the non-profit site swedesforukraine.org was launched.
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Project Kaxås
Project Kaxås is an initiative that invests in young families who want to change their lifestyle and move to a scenic rural environment. The starting point for the project was to break the trend towards centralisation and save the rural school in Kaxås.
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Thanda Foundation Trust
The Thanda Foundation Trust was established to engage with the socio-economic, educational, and developmental needs of the three tribal communities neighbouring Thanda Safari in the Umkhanyekude District.
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Expect a Better Tomorrow – a foundation
This year’s Expect a Better Tomorrow initiative is Heja Klubben! This initiative seeks to demonstrate the invaluable benefits that Swedish association life provides throughout our expansive country.
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Special Olympics Sweden
Special Olympics is a part of the Swedish Parasports Federation that offers wide-ranging and recreational athletic activities for persons with intellectual disabilities.
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Hugos Stiftelse and Glädjeruset
The Hugos Stiftelse foundation raises money to support associations and organisations that work to ensure an active life and better health for children and young people with disabilities.
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Emerging Cooking Solutions
Around the world, more people die as a result of cooking over smoky, open fires than from malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined. The climate impact of charcoal and firewood burned for cooking is as great as that of the entire aviation industry.
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Jewish Community of Malmö
The Jewish Community of Malmö is there for all Jews regardless of age, lifestyle, background and degree of religiosity.
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The Swedish Committee against anti-semitism
The Swedish Committee against anti-semitism is a non-religious and non-political organization whose purpose is to work against and raise awareness of anti-semitism and racism.
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Entrepreneurship Forum
The Entrepreneurship Forum is an independent research foundation that initiates, conducts, and communicates policy-relevant research which creates better conditions for entrepreneurship, innovation, small business, renewable energy, and growth.
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Offerdals SK
The Olofsson family has a long-standing commitment in Jämtland. Here we support the local club Offerdals SK with the ambition to promote sports activities in Offerdal, and skiing in particular. Offerdals SK was founded in 1961 and currently has around 500 members.
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Offerdals Spelmanslag
Since 1985, Offerdals Spelmanslag has performed their music at venues ranging all the way from the forests of Jämtland to the United States, Russia and South Africa. At home, they make various stage performances throughout Jämtland.
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is committed to continuing Robert F. Kennedy’s legacy to stand against oppression and strive to achieve a more just and peaceful world. Since 2018, Dan Olofsson is a member of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Leadership Council.
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UWC Dilijan College
UWC Dilijan College in Armenia is a part of the UWC network, a global education movement that makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.