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Commitment to a good cause is a long-held tradition at our company. AXA and its employees support projects across the globe in the areas of social issues, the environment, and education through both donations and volunteer work assignments.
The most valuable thing we can give to society is our time and commitment. This idea is behind the global initiative "AXA Hearts in Action." AXA employees invest some of their time for others or the environment. In 2023, around 700 employees in Switzerland demonstrated their commitment by carrying out several thousand hours of volunteer work in the outdoors or for social projects.
Work in natural reserves to protect the rare small red damselfly.
With our Flora Futura initiative, we aim to create around two million square meters of space in which biodiversity can flourish in Switzerland by 2025 – including with the help of our volunteers. Together with our partners, we are working to combat climate change.
The Bergwald project is a charitable foundation in Trin, Graubünden, which promotes the maintenance, care, and protection of the forest, especially the mountain forest. In addition, it attaches great importance to drawing the population’s attention to interdependencies in nature. Our employees contribute to projects to maintain and reforest protected forest areas and moorland as well as to promote mixed woodland.
AXA’s volunteer work for the mountain forest project
Employees help increase biodiversity and improve habitats.
By volunteering in projects with the organization bergversetzer (in German), our employees contribute to increasing biodiversity and the sustainable development of mountain regions.
Natural reserves are vital habitats that are essential for the survival of demanding animal and plant species. During volunteer assignments, our employees remove neophytes and shrubs or set up small structures for amphibians, and thus make a valuable contribution to protecting and preserving native plants and animals.
AXA has been involved in social projects for many years in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) and Caritas. Our employees support various initiatives, including:
A very special Hearts in Action commitment: AXA took part in the Caritas 2024 Christmas Wish campaign. Our employees bought and packed Christmas presents for children from disadvantaged families, thus fulfilling 600 children’s wishes.
Gifts are lovingly wrapped at the AXA Superblock.
Around 600 children’s wishes were fulfilled.
Sitios provides valuable information on the accessibility of infrastructures for people with reduced mobility with the ginto App. It aims to help them organize their daily life in a self-determined and independent way. Our employees make an important contribution to inclusion by actively recording access data to public places such as restaurants, hotels and museums.
Group photo of the AXA Hearts In Action team
Employees of AXA Switzerland measure the height of an entryway.
Some 50 children from crisis and war-torn areas can spend a week in the Red Cross vacation camp, giving them the opportunity to enjoy recreational activities as well as to relax. During the vacation week, they can take part in a varied program featuring lots of games and fun. In addition to a financial contribution, AXA sends a team of employees to accompany the children on their journey to camp and back home.
AXA employees with children at a Red Cross Vacation
Red Cross Vacation 2023 − Rheinfall bei Schaffhausen
During the Christmas season, the Red Cross in Geneva distributes 4,500 presents to children whose families are experiencing financial difficulties. Our employees support the campaign by buying presents or donating directly.
With the “2× Christmas” campaign, gift packages are donated to people in need. Our employees support the campaign by opening, sorting, and putting the packages together so that they can be distributed.
Remote regions at risk of humanitarian crises such as natural catastrophes, pandemics, epidemics, or conflicts, often have only very vague or even lack maps, which makes the work of aid organizations more difficult. In a so-called "mapathon", a special form of corporate volunteering, the participating employees enter the geographic data of certain areas so that maps can then be generated.
Together with Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES), around 20 employees conduct application training for students in secondary education.
The Tischlein deck dich organization (in German) saves unspoiled food from going to waste and hands it out to people in poverty. Our employees lend a helping hand by preparing and distributing meals.
Our employees support people with disabilities at the Brühlgutstiftung (in German) with their activities, thus promoting social exchange and a mutual understanding for one another.
