Sports activities are a key part of the social fabric of Vaud and are central to our sponsorship policy.
We sponsor several clubs, including the Lausanne Hockey Club (LHC) since 1987 and the Football Club Lausanne Sport since 2011. We also support up-and-coming talent through our sponsorship of the Association cantonale vaudoise de football (ACVF), the Lausanne HC Academy, YS Academy, Gymvaud, Lausanne’s Centre Sport-Etudes for school-age athletes, Vaud Générations Champions, Mérite Sportif Vaudois, and Fondation d'Aide aux Sportifs Vaudois.
We sponsor a range of family-oriented activities as well. This includes the Lausanne 20K race, which we have been supporting since it was first held in 1982. We also back numerous other local sporting events, such as the Traîne-Savates foot race.
What’s more, we provided financial support for the construction of the Centre Sport et Santé (CSS) at the University of Lausanne and EPFL, a sports facility that promotes regular exercise.
20KM Lausanne
Cultural activities are a fundamental part of life in Vaud and a key component of our sponsorship policy. The Théâtre de Beausobre, Théâtre du Jorat, Théâtre de Benno Besson, exhibitions at the Musée Suisse du Jeu and the Lausanne–Pully Museum Night are all examples of local cultural events and organizations that have received our backing.
In 2013, we committed to supporting the construction of the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA) on the Platform 10 site. This new arts district will host the MCBA, the Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains (mudac), the Musée de l’Elysée photography museum, and the Félix Vallotton and Toms Pauli Foundations.
We also lend our support to music events. We have been the main sponsor of the Paléo Festival in Nyon – Switzerland’s largest open-air music festival – since 2005. BCV is a partner of the Cully Jazz Festival that bring together Vaudois from all walks of life.
We also provided financial backing for the construction of Lausanne’s BCV Concert Hall, which was opened in 2014 and seats up to 300. Located in the Flon district, this hall features state-of-the-art acoustics and modular facilities that can be adjusted to suit any musical genre.
Through our support for the Vevey Festival of Images, we also do our part to ensure that culture is accessible to all inhabitants of Vaud.
Paléo Festival Nyon 2025
BCV is the largest bank in Vaud and plays an important role in the local economy. As such, we actively support some of the key economic events that take place in the Canton, such as the Forum des 100, the Forum de l’Economie Vaudoise, the Forum de la Durabilité, the PERL Awards, and, of course, trade fairs and economic forums that take place at the regional level.
Since 2021, BCV has supported student innovation by sponsoring the UCreate acceleration program for high-impact projects, which is run by the University of Lausanne’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation HUB.
This program provides support for promising student initiatives with the potential to make a local environmental impact.
One of Ucreate’s recent projects is Paqympaq, which helps companies reduce the environmental footprint of their packaging by connecting ecologically conscious SMEs with suppliers of alternatives to plastic packaging via a digital platform.
