Unimed System Sustem Sustainability Report 2015

Unimed System Sustainability Report

Project Sinal

With the purpose of reducing the number onsite meetings and events and of generating savings at various fronts, Unimed do Brasil started

in 2009 the Unimed System videoconference project, named Sinal – National Integration System. The solution allows communication be-

tween a cooperative and another, anywhere in Brazil. As from its implementation, the cooperatives may begin to participate in meetings or

promote courses via videoconference. Among the project benefits, there are: cost reductions with trips, accommodation, meals and other

related expenses; saving of time by the involved persons; communication, which continues being face-to-face; cooperative work facilitation;

meetings time management; carbon emission reduction and the consequent environment benefit; and possibility of recording the meetings

and disclose them later.

“The project was a challenge

in function of the whole

diversity presented by

the Unimed System. We

succeeded to have Singular

Units and Federations

believe in it, as it associated

the innovation issue with the

cost reduction need. It was

already born with success

possibility and along time

it consolidated itself. The

award crowns a whole work

which has been done since it

was implemented”.

Antonio Cesar

Azevedo Neves, Chief

Technology and Systems

Officer of Unimed do Brasil

Polycom Success Award 2014

The Unimed do Brasil Sinal – National Integration Sys-

tem won the Polycom Success Award contest and was

elected as the best videoconference network in Brazil in

2014. At the occasion, the highlighted points were the

non-issuance of over 1,000 kilos of CO

e, the investment

return which occurred in a short period of time, the

wide national reach and the integration among various

technologies. The award assessed several criteria, such

as innovation, use of resources, integration among plat-

forms, capillarity and quality. Unimed do Brasil compet-

ed against over 70 companies from several sectors.