GOVERNANCE 67 DONATIONS 2016 According to the Charter, the Poul Due Jensen Foundation can make donations to general non-political, scientific, humanitarian, business, environmental and social causes. In 2016, the Foundation decided to focus its donations within three strategic categories: Safe Water, Social Inclusion and Research & Learning (active ownership) In 2016, 77 % of the Foundation’s donations fell within the category called Safe Water. Besides establishing physical access to water in rural communities and refugee camps, the Foundation funded capacity development in local communities to ensure sustainability and resilience of the water systems. Research & Learning (active ownership) received 14 % of the grants. The Foundation supports research and learning environments of strategic interest to Grundfos. The category also includes the employee prizes mentioned in the Active Ownership section. In the Social Responsibility category, the Foundation supported social causes focusing on the inclusion of the most socially vulnerable people in their local communities in Denmark. The aim is to enable people to be or become constructive members of their local community and of the labour market. This category received 9 % of the grants. You can find the full list of donations committed in 2016 on the following page. DONATIONS BY GEOGRAPHY In 2016, the donations were mainly committed to projects with beneficiaries in Africa and Denmark. 73 % of the Foundation’s project funds went to Africa, where we do most of our safe water projects. The Foundation has also supported safe water projects in the Americas (2.0 %) and Asia (2.0 %). In Europe (mainly Denmark), we spent 23 %, primarily within Research & Learning and Social Responsibility. Social Responsibility Research & Learning Safe Water Europe (Denmark) Americas Africa Asia The Poul Due Jensen Foundation committed 65.5M DKK to philanthropic projects in 2016 and more than tripled its donations compared to previous years
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