At Sonae we recognise that education is the most powerful catalyst for the social and economic development of our society. Thus, our educational projects implemented in 2023 reached more than 360 thousand people.

In 2023, Sonae launched the 1st edition of the Sonae Education Award, an initiative that aims to pro-mote innovative and inclusive projects with a significant impact on improving the access and the quality of education in Portugal, contributing to eliminating and mitigating inequality and social exclusion factors.

With more than 400 applications, the winners were: NoCode Institute, a digital platform that aims to reskill and relaunch careers at risk by the digital economy, and EKUI a project aiming to eliminate barriers in linguistic communication.

The winners were announced at the Innovators Forum, an initiative introduced by Sonae for sharing knowledge about critical dimensions directly impacting society, particularly in areas where Sonae is investing and developing expertise, always with a forward-looking perspective.