38 BIOGAIA SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2021 Community engagement As a value-driven organisation, BioGaia believes strong community engagement goes hand in hand with deliberate sustainability work. BioGaia is involved in and supports a number of organisations focused on areas with links to BioGaia’s business. 1) “Credit and attention in the adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya” by Susanna B. Berkouwer & Joshua T. Deany (4 October 2019) Children’s Mission BioGaia supported Children’s Mission with SEK 500,000 for their work with poor children and families in the Philippines. Children’s Mission runs schools and offers children opportunities for education and healthcare. Children’s homes and a support programme for poor women and their families are also supported by the Children’s Mission. PAR Foundation (The Foundation to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance) In 2017, BioGaia founded PAR Foundation (The Foundation to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance), an independent foundation with the aim of preventing antibiotic resistance through support to research, education and information activities. The context for this was that the more antibiotics we use, the more likely bacteria will develop resistance to antibiotics treatment. An increase in antibiotic resistance could undermine the entire modern healthcare system, when seemingly easily treatable diseases or wounds and standardised medical procedures lead to life-threatening infections that are untreatable. Antibiotic resistance is considered one of the world’s main threats to man. The link between the PAR Foundation and BioGaia’s business is clear since probiotics can contribute to strengthening the immune system and thus reduce the need for antibiotics. To date, the PAR Foundation has granted a total of SEK 9.49 million in funding to 12 projects. During 2021, BioGaia allocated SEK 2.8 million to the Foundation. Calls for applications in 2022 support projects to prevent infections in the elderly and projects run by individuals who are starting out on their career1). 1) “Credit and attention in the adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya” av Susanna B. Berkouwer & Joshua T. Deany (October 4, 2019) Impact report 2021 Protecting modern healthcare for future generations BioGaia supported Children’s Mission with SEK 500000 CONTENTS
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