AD Education
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023-2024)
Reporting Period: 2023-2024
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:2,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (excluding France)
Renewable Energy Share:45% of campuses have green energy contracts
ESG Focus Areas
- Environment
- Social
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Offset 2000 tons of greenhouse gases through a carbon offset contract with SQC QualiCert.
- 15 campuses carried out energy efficiency work (low-energy lighting, connected thermostats, heat pumps, etc.).
- 4 campuses installed solar panels.
- 70% of schools offered courses on environmental issues.
- 6,300 students took Axa Climate School online courses.
- Relocation of Frankfurt and Munich campuses to more energy-efficient buildings.
- Installation of 92 photovoltaic panels at CES campus in Madrid, producing 80,000 kW per year.
- New SAE campus in Leamington Spa equipped with solar panels and heat pump system.
- Phased out tungsten lighting in French SAE movie theaters in favor of LED lighting.
Social Achievements
- Creation of the AD Education Foundation.
- Increased budget allocated to tuition grants.
- Launch of Skillers, a 3-month online training program for professional integration of young people in difficulty.
- Partnership with Nos Quartiers ont du Talent.
- SAE campuses in Germany set up a diversity and inclusion committee.
- Implementation of gender-sensitive language rules in communications.
- Adaptation of student administration system to better integrate transgender and non-binary students.
- Renovation work at SAE campus in Milan to improve accessibility for disabled.
- Integration of a social inclusion training module at CES Madrid campus.
Governance Achievements
- ESG committee met monthly to steer ESG strategy.
- Country committees established in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK.
- Creation of ESG bodies in each country.
- Feminization of management teams.
- Rollout of procedures to all schools.
- AD Education joined the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
- 100% of schools offering reduced tuition fees by 2026.
Environmental Challenges
- Insufficient information on recently acquired schools (initially SAE Institute, ICMP, and Oktogone) in the first ESG report.
- Assessing the carbon footprint of Oktogone's distance learning activities.
- Reducing GHG emissions and offsetting residual emissions.
Mitigation Strategies
- Commissioned SQC Quality-Cert to consolidate and report data for Europe.
- Developed a decarbonization strategy focusing on measuring, reducing, and offsetting emissions.
- Implemented energy efficiency measures and renewable energy sources.
- Obtained SQC-QualityCert 'Carbon Neutral' certification for Scope 1 and 2 (outside France).