Stories related to Philanthropy

Published on: 4 June 2021

Roche Children’s Walk 2021

Every year our employees around the world join forces to support children in need.

Tags: People, Philanthropy

Published on: 2 December 2020

A walk like never before

Year after year, colleagues gather at their local site to spend some time together, walk, and raise money for a good cause. 2020 was different.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy, Sustainability

Published on: 2 December 2020

Roche Children’s Walk no matter what

Employees drove this year’s Roche Children’s Walk, finding ways to engage, motivate and communicate to continue to raise funds for projects we support around the world.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy, We are Roche, Sustainability

Published on: 30 July 2020

Fighting COVID-19 with the Train Of Hope

The Roche-sponsored Phelophepa healthcare trains have joined the COVID-19 response.

Tags: Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 9 June 2020

Helping to rebuild communities

From rebuilding houses to providing mosquito nets, disaster relief is about showing up as a real partner to society when it’s most needed.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy, Sustainability, EverGreener

Published on: 17 March 2020

Responding to natural disasters sustainably

For communities that have experienced a major natural disaster, we support community rebuilding and humanitarian projects.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 18 February 2020

Transnet-Phelophepa healthcare train

The Transnet-Phelophepa trains are mobile healthcare clinics that travel nine months out of the year to areas of rural South Africa.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy, Africa

Published on: 23 March 2018

Strengthening communities

We are committed to building stronger communities and responding to natural disasters sustainably.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 23 August 2017

Philanthropic partnership with ETH Zurich

Roche partnered with ETH Zurich to enable PhD students and postdoctoral scientist from developing countries to attend the 14th ICOBTE held in Zurich.

Tags: Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 23 February 2016

LED by science

Curiosity, passion, determination and a touch of genius led three young Hong Kong students to design and produce a self-sanitising door handle, thereby winning the Roche Young Scientist Award (RYSA) and a round trip of Roche sites in Switzerland.

Tags: Career Blog, Canada, Philanthropy

Published on: 20 July 2015

Supporting humanitarian and social development efforts

We direct the majority of our philanthropic donations to humanitarian and social development projects.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 19 May 2015

Supporting Japan's super-aged society

Over the past 30 years, Chugai, a member of the Roche Group, has donated more than 200 specially equipped vehicles to organisations that transport senior citizens and disabled people between their homes and medical and social welfare facilities.

Tags: Access to healthcare, Sustainability, Philanthropy

Published on: 24 April 2015

Supporting innovation in arts

We support groundbreaking contemporary art, cultural projects and activities that explore the parallels between innovation in art and in science.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 24 April 2015

Investing in science and education

We are dedicated to programmes that promote scientific interest and provide educational opportunities for young people around the world.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 24 April 2015

Philanthropy

Learn more about philanthropy at Roche

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy

Published on: 23 April 2015

Roche employee secondment programme

We offer a skills-based volunteering programme for employees to help non-profit organisations on health- and education-related projects.

Tags: People, Society, Philanthropy