Unimed System Sustainability Report
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENTECONOMIC HEALTH
SOCIAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
EXHIBITS
Integrate to strengthen
Private health, responsible for assisting over 25% of the Brazilian
population, has been fundamenting itself as an important sustai-
nability pillar for the health sector in Brazil. One of our biggest
challenges is to find innovative solutions for the constant growth
of assistance expenses, given the current population ageing sce-
nario and strict sector regulation, at the same time in which we
conduct our business in an ethical and responsible way within the
social-environmental sphere.
The Unimed System was born with the foundation of Unimed
Santos in 1967 by Edmundo Castilho. Today, Unimed is the largest
medical assistance network in the country – present in 84% of
the national territory – and the largest medical work cooperative
in the world. In 2014 we reached 351 cooperatives, assisting over
21 million clients. Our beneficiaries rely on 112 thousand active
physicians, 113 own hospitals and 12 day-hospitals, besides first-
aid units, laboratories, ambulances and accredited hospitals
to guarantee quality in medical, hospital and complementary
diagnostic assistances.
Message from the President
In order to conduct this structure with excellence and in an inte-
grated way, we have recently reviewed the Confederation Strategic
Map, the objective of which is to reach the System sustainability.
We have been committed to good governance practices directed
towards cooperativism since we created and implemented the
Corporate Governance, a flexible model aiming at meeting the
Unimeds and their personnel’s yields, grounded on the principles
of transparency, equity, accounts settlement, responsibility, succes-
sion, and especially sustainability.
In cooperativism it is important that all be united around the sa-
me objective. Therefore, I renew the commitment and collective
intention to develop our business in a permanent way guided by
the strictest moral principles, based on cooperation, our greatest
destiny.
[G4-1;
G4-2]Eudes de Freitas Aquino
President of Unimed do Brasil
Eudes de Freitas Aquino