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Since our founding in 1965 EF has believed in the power of education and understanding to create a safer, happier world for everyone.

The immersive educational experiences we lead can change how people see themselves, each other, and the world around them. Transforming the lives of students and customers by bringing them face to face with amazing places to learn a language, absorb the culture, or experience diverse thoughts and beliefs.

And with each student or traveler, we create a ripple effect of greater understanding that can have a lasting positive impact on our world.

The stories of impact on this site will reflect these transformative experiences as well as all the ways in which EF, and our people, amplify this positive impact further.

Areas of focus

We focus on leveraging our core strengths and global reach as a company to create the conditions for deeper understanding between people and cultures.

We bring people around the globe together to share knowledge and gain a better understanding of themselves and the world.

We invest in creating learning platforms that encourage empathy, enhance communication, and promote cross-cultural understanding.

When people connect across borders and cultures, they learn something new about themselves and the world around them.

Priority issues

We’ve identified a set of key issues that are most relevant to our family of businesses, associated organizations, students, and customers. Our priorities ensure that we are continuously making progress toward a more peaceful and prosperous future.

We shape global citizens by creating culturally immersive education programs that prepare our learners for a bright future in an ever-changing world. This is core to every experience that EF offers.

Communities are at the heart of people’s daily lives. We seek to have ongoing positive economic, social, and environmental impacts on the places we live in, work in, and travel to.

Supply chains are critical to equity, safety, and sustainability. We continually work with our suppliers to advance our impact issues and improve our sourcing methods.

Our students and customers unlock new opportunities for themselves, their families, and their future by learning a new language, exploring the world, and communicating across cultures.

We our part to protect the planet by continually seeking ways to reduce our carbon footprint to ensure a more sustainable future for generations to come.

We commit to travel responsibly and sustainably by supporting local communities, promoting animal welfare, and protecting the environment.

We commit to continually improve DEIB at EF across all fronts: race, gender identity, socioeconomic status, age, ability, language, sexual orientation, ethnicity, caste, education, and beyond.

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