Philanthropic missions
Addressing significant societal issues through focused mission-driven philanthropy.
The Ramboll Foundation provides grants and builds partnerships within three missions. Our mission-driven approach helps ensure maximum impact, relevance, and visibility within areas of significant societal importance.
The charter allows the Board to decide which missions to pursue at any given time, as long as the missions require research or education, and recipients are non-profit, charitable and/or the missions directly or indirectly promote the development of Ramboll and the satisfaction of Ramboll’s employees.
Through the three philanthropic missions, the Ramboll Foundation addresses significant societal issues through donations and projects with a line of sight to Ramboll Group's vision and mission.
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Philanthropic missions
1. Regenerative rebuilding
Rebuilding and regeneration of areas affected by major crises or risk of permanent losses
We contribute with knowledge and efforts that promote sustainable reconstruction, making societies and habitats more resilient than before. This involves physical, institutional, and social aspects that we support through research, innovation, partnerships, and concrete initiatives in crisis-affected areas or areas in risk of permanent loss of human or natural assets.
2. The built environment
Enhancing the quality of life in the built environment
The Ramboll Foundation focuses on rethinking and reshaping urban environments, including infrastructure and buildings, that enhance people's well-being, health, and quality of life. We strive to transform the existing built environments and create sustainable, inclusive, and healthy cities and buildings for the future.
3. Resource management
Promoting knowledge and practices in resource management within planetary boundaries
The Ramboll Foundation focuses on managing resources within planetary boundaries by promoting sustainable practices that minimise resource extraction and waste generation while safeguarding biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate stability.
Case stories: The three philanthropic missions
Regenerative design
Due to global warming, many cities will experience persistent extreme temperatures for nearly half the year. This project aims to create accessible cooling solutions to mitigate urban heat. It deploys a condensation-free radiant cooling technology, developed by an international team of researchers. The funding from the Ramboll Foundation will be used to create a prototype of an external autonomous pavilion, providing a scalable cooling solution to combat heat waves in different climatic zones across the globe.
The built environment
Apida Community Health Organisation runs a hospital located in Apida, Homa-Bay County, Kenya, providing healthcare to the surrounding population. Currently, daily power outages disturb the general operation of the hospital, with drastic effects on ongoing operations and other medical interventions. This project will address this issue by implementing an uninterruptible power supply based on solar panels and a battery pack. With support from the Ramboll Foundation, this initiative aims to enhance the hospital's resilience against power outages, reduce operational costs, and improve health outcomes.
Resource management
Concrete is the most widely used construction material globally and a significant source of CO2 emissions. Extending the service life of existing concrete structures is crucial to reduce its environmental impact. Many concrete bridges need strengthening or replacement due to inadequate load-bearing capacity, often governed by insufficient shear capacity. This research project aims to include even small amounts of shear reinforcement in shear capacity calculations, hereby the environmental impact of a strengthening or total replacement of the structure can often be eliminated entirely.