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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC HEALTH
SOCIAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
EXHIBITS
Institutional support to the Unimed System
Sustainability National Committee
The sustainability area of Unimed do Brasil aims at supporting the Unimed System cooperatives and auxiliary companies in the
implementation of the National Sustainability Policy, developing programs and actions aligned to the main market trends and to its
business. Along 2014, besides projects, actions and consultancies, the area guided Unimeds in various technical subjects, totaling
3,202 email or telephone assistances. The highlight was on the Unimed do Brasil adherence to the Sustainable Leadership Platform,
an initiative from Ideia Sustentável, an institution which may objective is to inspire and educate new leaders for the transition to
more sustainable business models, haring success stories of renowned leaders in virtual and online environments and by training.
Another importance action refers to the partnership with that same companies to carry out the study
7 Health and Sustainability
Challenges
, within NEXT – Sustainability Trends Observatory, a tool throughwhich thematic studies directed towards sustainability
knowledge management are developed. This is another starting point for the sustainability discussion within the health segment,
under the perspective of direct health impacts on society, on the business, and the undue management reflex on the environment.
Organized in 2011, the Committee’s purpose is to discuss and propose tools and indicators to guide Unimeds towards a more sus-
tainable management of its business. In 2014 eight meetings were held, three of which with specific agendas for the Committee
discussion, for four the Social Balance RevisionWork Group, and one for the Code of Conduct RevisionWork Group, groups inserted
in the context of the National Sustainability Committee.