Report and Accounts 1999 / 2000 - Carlsberg Group

54 The New Carlsberg A/S
Carlsberg Laboratory
on 28 August 2000. The district plan allows for
new building to take place immediately in three
areas, whereas the building on the remaining six
areas is conditional upon prior preparation of an
additional district plan. In total, the district plan
makes it possible to build a total floorage of
approx. 100,000 m 2 for non-residential building,
100,000 m 2 for flats and approx. 25,000 m 2 for
public purposes, of which it is expected that the
local authorities will use approx. 7,500 floorage for
the construction of a new school.
The Carlsberg Bequest to the
Memory of Brewer J.C. Jacobsen
On 1 October 1938, 60 years after the Carlsberg
Foundation took over brewer J.C. Jacobsen’s
brewery, Old Carlsberg - the foundation established
The Carlsberg Bequest to the Memory of
Brewer J.C. Jacobsen as a tribute to the foundation’s
founder, whose extensive engagement in
society is well-known.
The trust was established with a basic capital
of DKK 1 million and the charter stipulated that it
is to “operate in support of socially beneficial
aims within the sphere of practical life, particularly
in connection with science”.
Since its establishment, the trust has granted
about DKK 200 million measured in current value
to approx. 6,000 large and small projects within all
branches of society. At present, the trust grants
around DKK 4 million annually to about 180
activities in Denmark.
Contributing to scientific objectives is one of the
trust’s main objectives. As a result, the trust has
supported the purchase of apparatus to be
distributed among high schools and higher
education courses to promote the development
work with biotechnological experiments.
Every second year, the Royal Veterinary and
Agricultural University in Copenhagen receives
DKK 100,000 to be distributed as “Carlsberg’s
research prize for the promotion of agronomics”.
The Copenhagen University Hospital has also
received a scientific grant for the purchase of ITequipment
in connection with the establishment
of the secretariat for the International Reference
Centre for Continuing Technical Education.
The newest addition is the establishment of
“Carlsberg’s research prize for the promotion of
chemistry” of DKK 100,000, granted as a tribute
to chemical research. This prize is awarded every
second year to a researcher within this field.
The Tuborg Foundation
On 9 February 1931, the board of The United
Breweries Co. Ltd. decided to mark the 40 th
anniversary of the foundation of the company by
establishing the Tuborg Foundation with a basic
capital of DKK 1 million. The United Breweries
was established on 9 February 1891, when 12
Copenhagen breweries joined forces.
On 1 October 1991, the Tuborg Foundation
was merged with the Carlsberg Foundation. The
latter continued with the Tuborg Foundation as an
independent unit within the Carlsberg Foundation
with its own administration.
According to its charter, the objective of the
Tuborg Foundation is “to work for socio-beneficial
objectives especially in support of Danish trade
and industry”. Since its establishment, the Tuborg
Foundation has distributed approx. DKK 500
million in current value to around 11,000 large
and small projects across the entire country. At
present, the foundation grants about DKK 17
million annually to approx. 400 activities.
Throughout the foundation’s 70 years, all
branches of Danish society have benefited from