Our donations
Basel Cancer League
Since 2014 Bayer Switzerland has supported the cancer charity Krebsliga beider Basel. This partnership is particularly close to our hearts: As a highly regarded institution, Krebsliga beider Basel understands the challenges for sick people and for society. Our donations have helped finance an information and meeting center on Petersplatz, Basel. Many cancer patients go through treatment only to find out that their condition is incurable; others have been cured but are still not back to full health. In the past, there was nowhere these patients could go in the Basel region to obtain support to help them reintegrate into everyday life. The center offers them and their loved ones professional psychosocial support in order to meet the emotional and social needs of those affected as well as the demand for information about the disease.
Schweizer Jugend Forscht
Seit 2019 leisten wir einen Beitrag an die Stiftung Schweizer Jugend forscht. Diese etablierte Stiftung will bei Jugendlichen das Interesse an den Wissenschaften wecken und sie zu selbstständigem Forschen anregen. Wir freuen uns, sie dabei zu unterstützen.
Stiftung Theodora
The Consumer Health Division of Bayer Switzerland has been working together with the Stiftung Theodora foundation since 2020. The foundation aims to make the lives of children in hospital a little brighter through fun and laughter. It organizes and finances weekly visits by professional performing artists, referred to as “dream doctors.” The donation in 2024 amounted to 10,000 francs.
Debra Schweiz
Our Consumer Health Division has also supported DEBRA Switzerland since 2021. This is a patient organization for people suffering from the congenital, currently incurable skin disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The foundation advises and supports those affected and their relatives.
The “Butterfly Month” launched by Bayer took place in October 2024. To this end, Bayer provided 1,285 interested pharmacies and drugstores throughout Switzerland with information and display materials to raise awareness of epidermolysis bullosa among the general public. In addition, Bayer Switzerland is donated one franc to DEBRA Switzerland for every Bepanthen® DERMA SensiDaily™ protective balm product sold in June. This fundraising campaign raised 30,000 francs.
Schweizer Tafel
Schweizer Tafel accepts perfectly good goods and food from companies and distributes them free of charge to 500 social institutions such as homeless shelters, soup kitchens, emergency shelters and women’s refuges in Switzerland. It thus builds a bridge between abundance and scarcity and helps people in need in Switzerland, in line with our mission “Health for all, hunger for none”. In 2024 we donated 5,000 units of Bepanthen DERMA Regenerating Body Lotion.
Stiftung ToGo opening eyes
In Togo (Africa), cataracts are a common yet unfortunately rarely treated eye disease. This clouding of the lens, which often occurs in old age, is usually easy to operate on but many cannot afford to pay the CHF 50 for the surgery. The ToGo opening eyes foundation is trying to change this, and is currently building an eye clinic in Vogan. In 2024 we donated CHF 5,000 to the foundation.
Augenlicht für Marokko
Augenlicht für Marokko is a humanitarian, non-profit organization dedicated to improving and preserving the eyesight of people in need. As specialists in ophthalmology, the organization focuses on providing assistance in the field of cataract surgery. In 2024, we donated CHF 8,000.
Charitable Activities
Tree-planting Event
On September 14, 2024 the third Bayer CropScience tree-planting event took place in Muttenz. In collaboration with the Schauenburg forestry district, Bayer employees planted around 500 trees. Planting trees helps to bind CO2 on the one hand, and, on the other, the addition of different tree species promotes biodiversity. Both measures are important in the fight against climate change. Through this planting event we made a contribution to creating a habitat for linden, walnut, and cherry trees as well as pine trees, oak trees, and silver firs, species which are able to better adapt to the new environmental conditions but have previously struggled to establish themselves. The trees planted will bind around 6,667 metric tons of CO2 each year, which corresponds to a car journey of around 25,000 kilometers.
