The Rabobank Foundation supports vulnerable and underprivileged groups in Dutch society as well as
being active in 25 developing countries.The Project Fund contributes to innovative, sustainable projects
with economic and social relevance, and the Flerman Wijffels Innovation Award stresses the value that
we place on innovation and sustainability.The Share4More employee fund helps to improve the position
of women, children and disabled persons in developing countries. The national funds are more and
more looking to align their foreign activities to the commercial operations undertaken by Rabobank
Development and Rabobank International.
Rabobank Nederland, Rabobank International and the other Group entities spent EUR 3.8 million on
community investment in 2008.
Rabo Real Estate Group offers facilities, expertise and human resources on a not-for-profit basis via
Fondsenbeheer Nederland with the aim of promoting a sustainable society. The independent social
investment funds it supports, which are linked to social property and the quality of the environment,
are active in the areas of listed buildings (Nationaal Restauratiefonds), nature conservation (Nationaal
Groenfonds), public housing (Stimuleringsfonds Volkshuisvesting Nederland) and industrial heritage
(Nationale Maatschappij tot Behoud, Ontwikkeling en Exploitatie van Industrieel Erfgoed).
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