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Laureate Education | Sustainability Performance

https://www.laureate.net/
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Operates a network of higher education institutions supported by centralized academic frameworks and administrative systems. Activities include curriculum development, digital learning support, student services coordination, and maintaining quality standards across diverse educational programs.

1989

United States

10,001+ employees

Higher Education

$1B - 10B in revenue

$100M - 500M in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#9806
Overall
#2175
in United States
#61
in Higher Education

Sustainability Maturity

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Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

79 out of 89

Overview
Environmental
Nature and biodiversityNature riskClimate risk
Social
Diversity and inclusionPay gapsExternalities
Governance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and exclusionsB-corp & CDP
Financial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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Female engagement

51% 2024
Critical

Externalities

6.9M $, 2025
Laggard

Market cap

5.3B $, 2026▲16.6% YoY

Revenue

1.7B $, 2025▲7.9% YoY

Female engagement

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Controversy level


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  • Laureate Education Inc, US forprofit education (Walden University, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi), has faced multiple US class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of US forprofit education accreditation challenges including the contested 2021 USD 1.48 billion Walden University divestiture to Adtalem Global Education, plus periodic US Department of Education enforcement affecting US institutional shareholders.
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Climate risk

OverallAcuteChronic
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0 assets assessed
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56Moderate
$19.0Mestimated revenue at risk
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Nature risk

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Production loss

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Diversity & inclusion

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Externalities

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Market cap

5.3B $, 2026▲16.6% YoY

Revenue

1.7B $, FY2025▲7.9% YoY

EBITDA

431.0M $, FY2025▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

25% Industry: 18▲3.2% YoY

Revenue & EBITDA

$1.7BFY2025 revenue

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Mexico
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Margin trends


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Free cashflow

263.4M 2025▲38.8% YoY

Capex

103.0M 2025▲31.1% YoY

Debt/equity ratio

0.1 Industry: 0▼NaN% YoY

Return on invested capital

21.0%FY2026

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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals


Analyst consensus vs actuals
($ B)

Actual revenue
Consensus estimates
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1.5

▲ 1.4%

2023

1.6

▲ 0.6%

2024

1.7

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2.2

2028

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69%
Independent Directors

9 out of 13 incl. management

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Overall score

57

Environment

22

Social

84

Governance

66

Exclusion screening

Adult content

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Alcoholic

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Animal testing

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Firearms

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SDG impact

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SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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