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Quality education

SDG 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Quality education is the basis for improving people’s lives and achieving sustainable development.

Important results have been achieved regarding increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrolment levels in schools, especially for women and girls.

The basic literacy level has improved significantly, but efforts need to be redoubled to ensure even better results towards achieving universal education goals.

 Our contribution in 2023

12 mln

hours of training provided overall in the 2022-2023 two-year period

23.1%

graduate employees,
66.3% are high school graduates

Innovative skills

the collaboration with leading universities and business schools continues

Development of skills

investments in the internal development of the skills of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) roles,
also promoting the inclusion of young women through this training

Context

In Italy

Early childhood services

Italy is still far from European targets: 28.0% of places available for children aged 0 to 2 years in 2021/2022

11.5%

share of young people aged 18 to 24 who leave the education system without having obtained a diploma in 2022

29.2%

young people aged 25 to 34 with a tertiary qualification in 2022 

<50%

of people aged 16 to 74 have at least basic digital skills in 2021

Around the world

57 mln

children excluded from primary schools 

50%

of children who do not attend primary schools live in conflict-affected areas

103 mln

young people around the world who lack basic reading and writing skills, of which over 60% are women

>50%

of children not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa

Global community targets

By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes

By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education

By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university

By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations

By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all

By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries

By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States

How do we share the value we produce?

We are a key protagonist of Italy’s economic, social and productive panorama, as a unique Company in the country in terms of size, recognisability and presence.

There is a close connection between the results we achieve through our business model and the needs of the Italian territory.

We collaborate to achieve the objectives of SDG 4 by creating value with:

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Intellectual
capital
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Social-relational
capital
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Human
capital

“Postenibilità” is...

Through our Strategic Plan, we set ourselves the objective of achieving responsible growth and accompanying the country’s path to sustainability and social inclusion. In defining the Plan’s investment choices, we also assessed the contribution of each intervention to the Group’s 8 Pillars of Sustainability.

Our sustainability strategy impacts SDG 4 through the following pillars:

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People
development

Projects underway

Guarantee the continuous training of all Group employees by guaranteeing 25 million hours of training by 2024 and 25 million by 2028