Galileo Global Education (GGE) is the world leader in private higher education with a network of schools spanning over 100 campuses in 18 countries.
GGE was aware of the increasing importance of their approach to managing environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities for investors and other stakeholders. They sought our support in 2019 to define their ambition and translate what ESG means for the Group and its network of schools into an ESG strategy.
We have since worked with the business to further develop and implement the strategy and to effectively communicate their approach and performance with priority stakeholders, in an annual ESG report.
We began by conducting a materiality assessment to identify and prioritise the environmental, social and governance issues that are most significant to their business – today and in the future.
We then supported the Group to develop its inaugural ESG strategy, outlining key focus areas and KPIs, and to report transparently on its approach and performance in an engaging report.
Throughout this process, we worked closely with the network of schools to understand ongoing activities and to identify opportunities to improve and share best practice, based on their current level of maturity on different issues.
We also held working sessions with senior executives to bring them on the journey and gather their input on the ESG strategy, ensuring it could be seamlessly embedded into the core business.
GGE now has strong executive and group-wide buy-in on ESG. We continue to work with GGE to further evolve and embed ESG and societal impact into their strategy and demonstrate leadership in this space.
As a result of our work together, GGE is well positioned to meet changing investor ESG requirements, the social and environmental expectations of students and priority stakeholders, and to comply with incoming reporting requirements.
