Environmental • Social • Corporate Governance
Our purpose is to encourage people to build a better version of themselves, as we know that education is the only way to have a fairer and less unequal country. We do this not only by implementing the best governance practices in the company, but mainly by offering quality education with reach throughout Brazil, empowering people so that they can be agents of transformation of their future.
We believe that it is necessary for companies to take into account the environmental and social impacts of their activities, which is why sustainability is present in our strategy, operations and non-negotiable values.
Based on this premise, we are committed to generating sustainable value for all our main stakeholders, our students and customers, employees and teachers, shareholders and investors, suppliers and service providers, contributing to the balance of environmental and social resources and meeting the needs of future generations.
Aware that we can go further, and that the future is in our hands, we disclose our goals and commitments.
- Make efficient use of natural resources, prioritizing renewable sources for a greener world;
- Educate and promote environmental awareness, aware that we are all responsible for climate change;
- Promote balance between the use of resources, their preservation and environmental compensation.
- Contribute to Public Education in the country;
- Promote the entrepreneurial ecosystem and employability, assisting in the professional journey and career building;
- Promote economic and social development around educational units;
- Caring for the health and well-being of employees, contributing to physical, mental and emotional balance.
- Seek gender equality at all hierarchical levels and in the Company’s governance;
- Promote best governance practices and transparency in disclosures and results;
- Promote the principles of integrity and anti-corruption.
2023 Scenario
Of the goals of the Cogna Commitments for a Better World established for the year 2023, there was a global achievement of 131%.
General scenario – 2025
Of the goals of the Cogna Commitments for a Better World established for the year 2025, we achieved – still in 2023 – 43% of the goals assumed. In addition, we launched another commitment linked to climate change, with the inclusion of the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
| SDG1 | Goal | Status | % global achievement 2023 | % overall achievement – YTD (12/31/2023) | Observations and highlights |
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Have 90% of energy consumed on the grid come from renewable sources by 2025. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 99% | 96% | We ended the year 2023 with 86% of energy consumed from renewable sources. As a highlight, our distribution center consumes 100% of its energy from renewable sources and we maintain photovoltaic panels at our units in Jaú (SP) and Eunápolis (BA). |
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Measure the impact of GHG emissions on the Company’s operations, stipulating targets and commitments for mitigation and compensation until 2022. | GOAL COMPLETED | 100% | 100% | Target completed in 2023 with the publication of emissions inventories from 2019 to 2022 and publication of a public target of “Reduce the Company’s total GHG emissions in scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 50.4% by 2032”. As a highlight, our inventories since 2019 received the gold seal by the Brazilian GHG Protocol Program. |
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Reduce the Company’s total GHG emissions by 50.4% in scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2032. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | N/A | 0% | Goal released in December 2023, will now be monitored in replacement of the goal of “Measuring the impact of GHG emissions in the Company’s operations, stipulating targets and commitments for mitigation and compensation by 2022.” |
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Impact 1.8 million people with environmental education content by 2025. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 42% | 23% | We ended 2023 with 422 thousand people impacted by environmental education content. As a highlight, since the end of the year, our HEIs became part of the Schools for the Climate Movement. And through Fundação Pitágoras, a third sector organization maintained by Cogna Educação, it launched the Mutirão das Árvores Program in conjunction with public authorities and intersectoral partners. |
¹ – United Nations Sustainable Development Goal.
Find out more about our Environmental Management:
| SDG1 | Goal | Status | % global achievement 2023 | % overall achievement – YTD (12/31/2023) | Observations and highlights |
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Benefit 5 million people through community services and social projects at our educational units and partners by 2025. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 78% | 38% | We ended the year with 1.8 million people benefiting from community services and social projects since 2022. In addition of collaborating with the communities surrounding our HEIs, the actions promote practical experience for students, that is, they align the generation of positive social impact with professional practice. |
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Benefit 150 thousand public education teachers with educational products and services by 2025. | GOAL EXCEEDED | 301% | 120% | We exceeded our target with the training of 179 thousand public school teachers through more than 3.5 thousand training on pedagogical topics throughout the country. |
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Train 150 thousand people in business and entrepreneurial skills, promoting entrepreneurship in the country, by 2025. | GOAL EXCEEDED | 386% | 233% | We exceeded our target by training 349,000 people in business and entrepreneurial skills. |
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Train 100% of the company’s employees in Health and Safety in 2022. | GOAL COMPLETED | 95% | 95% | In 2023 the health and safety course became part of the mandatory training track for the Company’s employees , during the onboarding process (which lasts 3 months). By December, 95% of the Company’s leaders and 92% of all our employees had completed the training. |
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Have equity (50%) of leadership positions (≥ managers), held by men and women by 2025. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 91% | 89% | 45% of leadership positions equal to and above management are held by women (cis or transgender). At the end of 2022, we started our exclusive trainee program for black women. The trainees are working in different areas of the Company, so that at the end of the cycle they will occupy leadership roles. |
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Increase the number of positions occupied by black people (black and brown) to 40% by 2025. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 106% | 93% | 37% of the workforce is made up of black people. The diversity census, carried out in 2023, was important so that we could better understand our internal audience and prepare action plans to be addressed with our affinity groups. Last year, we ended the Somos Afro affirmative internship program, as a result of which 77% of the interns were hired as part of the Company’s staff. |
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Increase the number of leadership positions – starting from coordination – occupied by black people ( black and brown) to 40% by 2025. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 81% | 75% | 30% of the leadership team, starting from coordination, is made up of black people. The diversity census allowed us to make a 2pp advance through self-declaration and updating our base. |
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Maintain favorability for the LGBTQIAPN+ audience, equal to or greater than 93 in the Engagement Survey. | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 105% | 105% | We maintain a favorability of 98 points in the engagement survey for the LGBTQIAPN+ public in the consultation of all audiences. The diversity census allowed us to segment this goal, identifying the favorability of the topic for the target audience, so from 2024 the goal will start to be reported with both scenarios. |
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Train 100% of the company’s leadership in the contents of the Corporate University diversity program by 2025 . | GOAL IN PROGRESS | 96% | 96% | 96% of our leaders were trained in the Company’s diversity program. By the end of 2023, 92% of all company employees had completed training. |
¹ – United Nations Sustainable Development Goal.
Find out more about our Social Initiatives:
| SDG1 | Goal | Status | % global achievement 2023 | % overall achievement – YTD (12/31/2023) | Observations and highlights |
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Have representation of at least 1/3 of women, black people, LGBTQIA+ on the Board of Administration until 2025. | GOAL EXCEEDED | 160% | 160% | Our Board of Directors currently has 60% of its seats occupied by people representing minority groups, two of which are women and a person from the LGBTQIAP+ community. |
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Integrate ESG goals into senior leadership variable remuneration policies by 2023. | GOAL COMPLETED | 100% | 100% | Still in 2022, ESG goals became part of senior leadership’s variable remuneration. In 2023, as a way of reinforcing sustainability as a strategic pillar of the Company, 100% of our leaders and other employees will now have ESG goals in their variable remuneration. |
¹ – United Nations Sustainable Development Goal.
Find out more about our Governance:
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