Charity Partner

BWT - Official Water Partner

At B2Run, you are also running for a good cause. The B2Run Basel becomes the "BWT Best Water Run". For every participant in the run in Basel, BWT donates 6 Swiss francs to the AQUA PEARLS Foundation. B2Run supports this initiative with an additional donation of one franc for every finisher across the six B2Run events. Over the past two years, the Best Water Run has developed into a global movement. Created in the context of World Water Day, it pursues a clear goal: raising awareness of global water scarcity. In many regions of the world, clean drinking water from the tap is still not a given. Often, the nearest water source is on average 6 kilometers away-a distance some people must walk every day. With the Best Water Run, BWT raises awareness and sends a strong signal. Symbolically, BWT donates one franc for every kilometer completed. The funds benefit the AQUA PEARLS Foundation.

AQUA PEARLS Foundation

The AQUA PEARLS Foundation was founded in 2016 and is non-profit private foundation initiated by BWT and its CEO Andreas Weissenbacher. Supported by many committed partners from all around the world, the foundation aims to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged people as well as to stand up for a healthy planet. All donations collected during the Best Water Run flow 100% into the construction of new drinking water wells in Africa. At the Best Water Run 2025, more than 12,000 participants from 35 countries took part. Together, they covered over 60,000 kilometers - raising more than CHF 60,000 for new well projects.

BWT AQUA AG

BWT AQUA AG is part of the international BWT Group headquartered in Austria and employs more than 500 people in Switzerland, around half of them at the production site in Aesch, BL.

The company was founded in 1939. Today, BWT is a leading provider of systems for the treatment and refinement of drinking water.