Achmea Foundation

Executive Board Report 2023

The Achmea Foundation is building a world in which everyone lives together sustainably. We provide assistance to people in the Netherlands and Sub-Saharan Africa who are experiencing hardship, with the aim of helping them to improve their living circumstances and prospects. In that way, we make a sustainable impact on their socioeconomic situation.

Key message

We are strongly committed to improving living conditions and ensuring a brighter future for people in the Netherlands and in Sub-Saharan countries, who are undergoing hardship. We do this based on the vision of our parent company Achmea, with our own identity. Together, we strive for Sustainable Living. Together: an inclusive society in which everyone participates. We put this into practice with four impactful programmes: Impact Fund, Expert Volunteer Assignments, ImpactPlus and Achmea Voor Elkaar. Many Achmea colleagues contribute ideas for and participate in projects of, for and by the Achmea Foundation. Achmea was founded more than 200 years ago out of solidarity, based on the realisation that you are stronger together than alone. To this day, this is still very important for the Achmea Foundation. We believe in the power of togetherness. We work with partners and invest in the empowerment of people. As a foundation, we make an impact by connecting, working together and looking out for each other. For more information and news from the Achmea Foundation, visit www.achmeafoundation.nl or follow Achmea Foundation on LinkedIn.

Our programmes We have four programmes that support our ambition and increase our impact:

  1. There is no shortage of wonderful social initiatives in Sub-Saharan African countries. But innovative companies in particular find it difficult or impossible to access funding. Through our Impact Fund programme, we invest in innovative projects in Sub-Saharan Africa that improve the health and income of vulnerable people. We do this with a donation, a loan or with the knowledge and expertise of our Achmea colleagues. Where possible, we work together with partners to achieve a greater impact.
  2. As part of the Expert Volunteer Assignments programme, Achmea colleagues can carry out an assignment at organisations that focus on people in vulnerable situations and are committed to Sustainable Living. Together. With their knowledge and expertise, they boost the capacity, strategy and governance of these organisations, and in turn the programme also offers a unique opportunity for personal development of Achmea colleagues.
  3. ImpactPlus is a growth programme we offer together with Achmea to social entrepreneurs who play an important role in the lives of people who are struggling in the Netherlands. We help talented entrepreneurs, active in one of Achmea's strategic domains, with Centraal Beheer's Growth Accelerator programme: the knowledge and expertise of Achmea colleagues and their large network. In this way, we offer entrepreneurs a boost, offer colleagues new opportunities and make the world a little bit better. Upsides all around!
  4. For Achmea colleagues who want to do something extra for society, in addition to their daily work, there is the Achmea Voor Elkaar programme. Achmea colleagues are increasingly spending their team day working on social projects to do something for others, organising (or donating to) a crowdfunding campaign, or volunteering at selected organisations.

In 2023, the Achmea Foundation committed to further developing the four programmes. Every year, we make the world a little fairer with the four programmes!

Through its four programmes, the Achmea Foundation contributes to several Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations: