Eurofins carries out or contributes to various social projects and charitable work throughout the year and many subsidiaries and laboratories take responsibility for local activities. Along with our corporate mission and values we have the desire to enrich the lives of others less fortunate than ourselves. At this stage in its development the Company considers a decentral approach the best way to address this objective.
Over the years the Eurofins Group has financially supported several non-governmental charitable organisations. On a longer term basis Eurofins continues to support Plan International. More details on this charity can be found here : : (http://www.plan-international.org and the project proposal)
Organ transplants save lives every day: not enough lives unfortunately, due to a shortage of organs. What makes it even more difficult are the losses caused by chronic rejection. Research in the domain of immunological recognition of tissues, including those of animal origin (xénotransplantation), constitutes a great hope in breaking down the natural incompatibility between human and animal tissue. In Nantes, Professor Jean-Paul Soulillou and his team from ITERT (Institut de transplantation et de recherche en transplantation) are working on this with the support of 12 companies grouped in the PROGREFFE Foundation. In 2007, Eurofins also adopted ProGreffe as one of its long term beneficiaries. This activity is a part of our mission to contribute to global health and safety. (http://www.progreffe.com/)
A number of our laboratories have agreements with universities and technical agencies to accommodate within their teams both scientists and technicians in the course of their qualifications, doctorates, post-doctorates etc. In this way Eurofins contributes to the advancement of science and benefits from being able to identify high level scientists who have the potential to join the Company in the future and who often possess fresh ideas and insights. The secondees in turn are able to apply their theories in a practical environment with state-of-the-art facilities.
