The mission of Somfy Foundation
Building a better world together for future generations
A world where we would each have access to healthy and sustainable living spaces that respect people and the environment: this is the conviction behind the Somfy Foundation's citizen action.
A word from the President
Jean Guillaume Despature
President of the SOMFY Foundation & Chairman of the Board of Directors
of SOMFY Group
“I am committed to the Foundation, simply to ensure that SOMFY's objective is not only to achieve profitable growth. Our responsibility is to be efficient while preserving our planet for future generations. There are many social, societal and environmental challenges, and companies like SOMFY must also deploy their resources in the service of more sustainable development.”
Two coordinated levers
To face bad housing stakes Somfy Foundation is daily commited to help non-profit associations thanks to 2 identified action levers :
- A financial contribution to support housing projects
- A human help thanks to Somfy’s employees volunteering in housing projects to share their skills
The coordination of these two levers is crucial to bring an appropriate assistance well-matched with the non-profit associations’ needs.The synergy between the financial and human help is at the bottom of the two programs of the foundation :
- Les Petites Pierres: a collaborative crowdfunding platform, which doubles donations for better accommodations
- A House is A Home: an international mutual assistance program implemented with the group’s subsidiaries
Somfy Foundation initiates or supports local actions. These actions are coherent to Somfy’s core business and they all need also the commitment of Somfy’s employees.
Program
A collaborative crowdfunding platform which doubles the donation for better accommodations
To cope with the vast needs of inadequate accommodations and the high costs of implementation of various non-profit initiatives, Somfy Foundation has adapted its patronage policy in order to achieve more effectiveness.
Inspired by collaborative approaches in the digital world, Somfy Foundation has wanted to gather every stakeholders such as citizens, companies and non-profit associations on a collaborative crowdfunding platform. It enables them to all act together to strive for decent housing .
For the first time in France a corporate foundation, is harnessing the power of crowdfunding to trigger a surge of generosity that anyone can be part of, and thus revolutionising the concept of calls for projects.
“The man who moves a mountain always begins by carrying small stones.” Confucius
24189 donations
475 funded projects
5979354 € brought to associations
Program
An international mutual assistance program implemented with Somfy’s subsidiaries
In a spirit of openness and respect of the territories where Somfy group is operating, and because the inadequate housing is a worldwide issue Somfy Foundation is commited to support non-profit projects within 10 countries. Somfy Foundation cooperates within these countries with the group’s subsidiaries to get involved in practical ways with local NGOs.
