About the
Bikuben Foundation

We get to the root of problems and together with others we take action, try out new solutions and train our ability to envision social change.

We join forces with others and take part in the work. We are very much a part of initiating new initiatives and continue to help drive and develop them. Because we believe that it takes a team effort to solve challenges in society.

At the Bikuben Foundation, we work with missions. They set a clear and common direction for the work on social change that can only be realized in collaboration with others and across disciplines and experiences.

The issues we work with require us to launch portfolios of initiatives that support each other and the common mission. We learn from the initiatives along the way and adjust over time.

In all our missions, we train the ability to envision positive change, bringing the future into the way we develop the present.

In this way, together we create clear images of a better future. That future is a driving force as we experiment, learn and share knowledge. This approach enables us to rethink solutions to today's problems and expands the perception of what is possible to change - both today and in the long term.

Our work takes place in Denmark and partly in Greenland.

SUSTAINABILITY AS A PRINCIPLE 
We have introduced a strategic principle that sustainability must be integrated in all parts of the group across environment and climate, social conditions and corporate governance.

This applies, for example, in Svanninge Bjerge on Funen, where we work to increase biodiversity, and at Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen NV, where we have integrated sustainability into many different aspects, from building construction to the reuse of materials and equipment.

This also applies to our work with investments, where we work according to a unified ESG policy and have our investment portfolio reviewed annually based on ESG criteria. We also work with a responsible purchasing policy that provides guidelines on, for example, energy efficiency, recycling, sustainable transportation and social responsibility.

OUR HISTORY AND ROOTS 
We have our historical roots in the savings bank movement. In 1857, the independent institution Sparekassen Bikuben was established in response to a need for more welfare for a growing working class in Copenhagen. Today, we still operate on the basis of the savings bank's founding principles of innovation and engagement in society.

Over the years, mergers, amalgamations and takeovers of other financial institutions have changed the relationship and ownership of Sparekassen Beehive. Smaller non-profit foundations have emerged from this and later merged with other similar foundations. In 2010, BG Fonden was merged with Bikuben Fonden af 1989 and became Bikubenfonden. Our capital comes from the ownership share in Sparekassen Bikuben and subsequently BG Bank.