Our society
We take responsibility for a sustainable society
MAQS sponsors and actively participates in activities that contribute to a better environment and a more sustainable society. We believe it is important not only to provide financial support but also to engage our employees in this work.
MAQS stives to help create a society for everyone. We do this through various collaborations, including our partnerships with NU: Nolla Utanförskapet, which promotes a more inclusive society, and My Dream Now, which aims to reduce social exclusion among young people in areas with high unemployment through increased cooperation between schools and the workforce.
We also collaborate with The Right Livelihood Foundation and with Skåne Stadsmission, which works for people in vulnerable situations.
”It is extremely important and rewarding to have the possibility to help youth in need with our “homework shops”. In doing so we promote equal opportunity to a good education, but mostly because it is such really nice to meet them. It is a fantastic experience to see them interact with our co-workers, and watch them transform from quiet and timid to so very talkative and mature. The fact that they want the opportunity to further educate themselves is a bonus”
Cecilia Uddman, Legal Director
MAQS partners with My Dream Now
Through our partnership with My Dream Now, we strengthen our commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, with a particular focus on supporting initiatives that promote education, diversity, and inclusion.
My Dream Now works to reduce social exclusion among young people in areas with high unemployment by fostering increased collaboration between schools and the workforce. Through class coaches, study visits, and future days, My Dream Now and its partner companies help young people gain new perspectives, see opportunities in the job market, and dare to dream big.
Right Livelihood
The Right Livelihood Foundation is a politically and religiously independent organisation based in Stockholm, which has fought for peace, justice and sustainability since 1980. Each year they bestow the Right Livelihood award to call attention to brave people and their visionary efforts for a better world. The award is sometimes referred to as “the alternative Nobel Prize”. Through their laureates, they have built strong and effective networks around the world in order to work together for real and sustainable change. Winners include well-known advocates for a better society like Greta Tunberg, Edward Snowden and Denis Mukwege.
Right Livelihood’s work, however, goes far beyond just awarding prizes. They offer all laureates long-term support and special protection efforts are made for the laureates whose lives and freedom are threatened. Right Livelihood also brings the laureates together with academic institutions and ensures that their courageous work and important ideas are linked together and noticed around the world. MAQS is proud to be a small part of the fantastic work that Right Livelihood does around the world. Thanks to their activities, important steps are being taken for a more just, sustainable and responsible world.