Through our community work and employee engagement programmes – such as Water2Life and employee volunteering and donations – we aspire to extend our global impact.
Engage globally with local communities
Installing water pumps in water-deprived communities, donating learning materials to children in need and helping people with disabilities integrate into working societies.
From our employees walking for water, to creating awareness about the water crisis in developing nations, to our senior leaders creating and advocating sustainable mindsets, we believe that the key to engagement for sustainability is to get engaged and to stay engaged, both as people and as a company, wherever we are in the world.
This is a long term commitment that we must choose to make in our everyday lives.
Water2Life
Water2Life is our employee-driven programme which helps us to make a real difference in low-income communities across the world that are impacted by the growing global water challenges. Whilst we are specialists in providing water solutions, we partner with NGOs to use their specialist knowledge to support each of our Water2Life projects.
Between 2010 and 2021 we provided better water access for over 60,000 people through Water2Life. By 2030, we want the programme to have reached the lives of 100,000 people.
Walk for Water
In 2011, Terry Teach of Grundfos Americas joined Water Missions event and carried a bucket of water for three miles to raise funds and awareness for the very first time.
The Walk for Water fundraising event took place in Charleston, South Carolina. It was meant to be a reminder of the millions of people who undertake a similar journey each and every day.
Community engagement is about responding to local needs in communities. Throughout the world our colleagues have engaged in a myriad of different initiatives to make a difference.
In Brazil: Sharing is caring
In 2019, Grundfos Brazil colleagues donated 533 kg of food collected from different departments to Anjos da Sopa (Soup Angels), a local charity feeding the homeless. “The impact is easy to understand, and those who participate always return with more energy and meaning,” says Administrative Assistant, Tatiane Balbino.
They admit that volunteering requires an investment of time, but agree that the end result is worth it. “It does not matter what type of project you do. The important thing is to act! That is Grundfos,” says Tatiane.
Rebuilding the Bahamas
Catastrophic damage displaced tens of thousands when Category 5 Hurricane Dorian made landfall in The Bahamas on September 1, 2019. The most affected area was the Abaco Islands. The island chain’s water supply was contaminated by saltwater.
Senior OEM Account Manager for Water Treatment, MacKenzie Christie, spent three weeks of her vacation time helping bring clean drinking water to people in Marsh Harbour, a small town on Great Abaco Island.
Working side by side with residents, eight hours a day, Christie pulled in saltwater from the harbour. Using a reverse osmosis (RO) system, which is ideal for purifying water in areas with little to no fresh water sources, the project produced 8,000 gallons of clean drinking water per day using a that can make 30,000 gallons at full capacity.
In Serbia it starts from the heart
Colleagues at our factory in Serbia have spent countless hours in service of young people in their community.
More than 100 computers that would otherwise have been thrown away were refurbished and donated to a local school, together with printers, toys, and school supplies. The initiative shows that service projects don’t have to be costly. With a little cleaning or repair, used items can often be brought back to life, bringing joy to someone in need.