Petrobras

The Investors in People Awards 2025 - Finalist Case Study

Nominated for The Award for Learning and Development (500+ people)

Why did you enter the Investors in People 2025 Awards?

We entered The Investors in People 2025 Awards to highlight Petrobras Corporate University’s unwavering commitment to excellence in learning and development, aligned with Petrobras’s mission to foster innovation, sustainability and operational excellence. As a leading energy company, continuous learning is essential to equip our workforce of over 42,000 employees with critical skills in a highly competitive and complex industry. Our Petrobras Knowledge System, launched in 2023, integrates technical expertise and business priorities through over 50 Technical Knowledge Committees and specialised Academies, ensuring relevant and impactful development. Participation in this award allows us to benchmark our initiatives globally, gain recognition for transformative programmes and reinforce our dedication to nurturing talent that drives Petrobras’s sustainable growth and contributes to Brazil’s energy transition.

What has it meant to you, your team, and your organisation to be shortlisted for an Investors in People 2025 Award?

Petrobras stands out among its peers for its strong culture of excellence in training and development. Being shortlisted is a powerful recognition of the hard work, dedication and innovation of the Petrobras Corporate University team and our partners across the organisation. It validates our strategic shift towards a more integrated, business-aligned learning model that directly supports Petrobras’s core values of care for people, integrity and sustainability.
For our team, it boosts morale, renews enthusiasm and inspires continuous innovation in our educational solutions and partnerships.

For Petrobras as a whole, it reinforces the importance of investing in people as a key driver of safety, performance and leadership development. This recognition motivates us to deepen collaboration with business areas, expand our knowledge mapping, and enhance impact measurement — all aimed at sustaining Petrobras’s leadership in the energy sector and in Brazil.

What would it mean to your organisation to win an Investors in People 2025 Award?

Winning an Investors in People 2025 Award would be a prestigious acknowledgement of Petrobras Corporate University’s role as a strategic partner in the company’s success and transformation journey. It would highlight our commitment to developing talent aligned with our core values of integrity, sustainability, innovation and care for people. Such recognition would strengthen our credibility internally and externally, encouraging further investment in cutting-edge learning technologies and initiatives that promote diversity, inclusion and leadership development. Moreover, it would inspire our entire workforce to continue embracing a culture of continuous improvement and excellence, reinforcing Petrobras’s position as a world-class organization dedicated to delivering long-term value for Brazil and the global energy transition.

How important is it for your organisation to be a part of the Investors in People community and engage in awards and events like this one?

Being part of the Investors in People community is important for Petrobras University as it connects us with a global network of learning and development leaders committed to excellence in people management. Engaging in awards and events provides invaluable opportunities to exchange knowledge, adopt innovative practices and benchmark our progress against international standards. This engagement supports our ambition to keep Petrobras at the forefront of corporate education by continuously evolving our strategies and tools. Furthermore, it reinforces our commitment to transparency, accountability and collaboration — all essential to fostering a high-performance culture that benefits our employees, business and society.

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