About the foundation

The future is feasible. The changing world - people at the centre.

Self-image
and purpose of the foundation

 

The Foundation for Future Issues - a BAT initiative - contributes to the sustainability of society. To this end, it initiates the scientific examination of future issues and the development of approaches for the sustainable solution of future challenges facing our society. It dedicates itself responsibly to the future and provides positive impetus in order to prepare for tomorrow today by pointing the way and setting the course for the future.

The changing world - people at the centre

This guiding principle is at the centre of scientific interest. It is important to it to provide reliable answers - not only to the question "How will we live in the future?", but also "How do we want to live in the future?". The foundation is thus an advocate of vision and responsibility.

About the founder

British American Tobacco's social commitment

BAT in Germany is convinced that a company can only be successful in the long term in a socially intact environment. The company's social commitment has a decades-long tradition and is expressly anchored in its business principles. BAT in Germany sees its social commitment as an important investment in the future of society. This self-image is reflected, among other things, in the establishment of the FFI Leisure Research Institute in 1979. With the transition from the Leisure Research Institute to the Foundation for Future Issues in 2011, BAT, as initiator, founder and benefactor, has broadened its view for a future in the plural - for different "futures", between which we can choose and which we can also shape.

Promotion and co-operation

In accordance with its statutes, the Foundation for Future Studies only funds projects that it initiates itself. It therefore does not award scholarships or fund third-party projects. Please understand that applications for funding cannot be processed.

We are available at any time to clarify content-related co-operations - please contact us.