Nature. Climate. People.

The RELEX Foundation

Hero image

Our MissionRELEX Foundation for a Better Future aims to build better futures for generations to come, by fostering biodiversity, furthering climate change mitigation, as well as promoting human rights and equality. Our role is to help the creators of better futures to succeed in their mission.

Jan 29, 2025

Significant commitment from RELEX Foundation and Snowchange Cooperative to the biodiversity of peatlands and forests in Ilomantsi and Sápmi in Finland

Snowchange Cooperative (Lumimuutos) has received a substantial €600,000 grant from the RELEX Foundation for nature protection and restoration in Eastern and Northern Finland from 2024 to 2026. The aim is to safeguard Finland's unique and valuable peatlands and old-growth forests amidst increasing economic pressures. Local communities and their cultural heritage are at the heart of these initiatives, and restoration efforts utilise traditional ecological knowledge.

Read more
Oct 23, 2024

Financial Times: The tech entrepreneurs translating their business success to philanthropy

Financial Times asked RELEX Foundation founder, Johanna Småros, if there's a special touch to how tech entrepreneurs approach philanthropy. A solid and scalable hypothesis is at least what she, with her engineer & startup founder eye, looks for in the initiatives the foundation supports.

Read more
Jan 29, 2025

RELEX Säätiöltä ja Lumimuutokselta merkittävä panostus suo- ja metsäluonnon monimuotoisuuteen Ilomantsissa ja Saamenmaalla

Oct 8, 2024

For the Chair of the Board Marko Nikula islands are the most important part of the Baltic Sea

Oct 2, 2024

Landscape Finance Lab receives financial backing by the RELEX Foundation