Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
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The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development "is not a new phenomenon – it has been one of the leading organizations in the private sector for international development for 25 years.
"Starting out as a department within the company for relations with developing countries, then from 1979 known as the Ciba-Geigy Foundation for Cooperation with Developing Countries, we have been working for the sustainable improvement in the living conditions of poor people in developing countries since 1973." [1]
Trustees
Accessed December 2007: [2]
- Klaus M. Leisinger - President and CEO
- Rudolf Schneiter - Honorary President
- Alexandre F. Jetzer
- Jean-Marie Lehn
- Thomas Wellauer