Additional analyses and various controls may be carried out at the subsidiary or project level.
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| VINCI Autoroutes |
VINCI Autoroutes Examples of internal controls
- – Inspection of measures to protect wildlife around motorways and supervision and monitoring agreements with many local and national organisations, such as the Bird Protection League (LPO)
- – Inspection of work performed by specialised providers (including environmental performance)
- – Publicly released assessments of socio-economic and environmental impacts, called “LOTI audits”, established by the French domestic transport planning law (Law no. 82-1153 of 30 December 1982), for new transport connections
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VINCI Airports
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VINCI Airports
Examples of internal controls
- – Environmental due diligence for projects under development in order to analyse and manage environmental risks at the earliest possible stage of a project
- – Internal environmental audits for 23 airports with ISO 14001 certification
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| VINCI Energies |
VINCI Energies Examples of internal controls
- – Achievement by VINCI Energies France of the Gold rating from EcoVadis, which assesses the quality of a company’s sustainability management system, in 2021
- – Risk assessment and environmental health and safety regulatory watch, centralised on an internal tool designed for VINCI Energies companies
- – Use of Preventeo by VINCI Energies companies in France to obtain consolidated compliance results and translate nonconformities into measures for inclusion in action plans
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| VINCI Construction |
VINCI Construction Examples of internal controls
- – Achievement by Eurovia France of the Gold rating from EcoVadis, which assesses the quality of a company’s sustainability management system, in 2021
- – Assessment of environmental risks for activities being acquired or for investments in quarries or production plants
- – Internal assessment of environmental risks for each project using a questionnaire based on local regulations and ISO 14001 (VINCI Construction Terrassement)
- – Regulatory watch developed in all VINCI Construction businesses
- – Regular internal audits as part of the “The Way We Work” quality initiative to ensure that entities have incorporated environmental action plans into their strategic business plans
- – Annual environmental audit (incorporated into the integrated management system) for all divisions, which are all ISO 14001 certified, and monthly health, safety and environment (HSE) inspections by management for each project (Sogea-Satom)
- – Regulatory compliance audits (125 in France in 2021 for Eurovia entities)
- – 35 internal compliance audits in 2021 using a set of 115 items to assess worksite performance (VINCI Construction Terrassement) and 36 internal audits for Eurovia, covering 25% of works agencies, to verify the implementation of environmental action plans
- – Development of a specific environmental acceptability and certification process for Eurovia France production plants
- – Internal audits of worksites applying for the Attitude Environnement label (VINCI Construction France) or the Excellence Environnement label (Eurovia)
- – Audits of subsidiaries and subcontractors, with the requirement for subcontractors to provide an environmental risk analysis and environmental protection plan
- – Assessments of subcontractors, suppliers and partners by works management after service completion, using a dedicated internal tool (Dodin Campenon Bernard and VINCI Construction Terrassement)
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| VINCI Immobilier |
VINCI Immobilier Examples of internal controls
- – Quality audits carried out systematically at all residential property worksites, for example in compliance with VINCI Immobilier’s charter for clean worksites.
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b. Assessing the situation of suppliers
As indicated in paragraph 2.2.1, “Group-wide approach to promote responsible purchasing”, page 197, the responsible purchasing task force developed and shared a process to evaluate how suppliers and subcontractors manage the following environmental risks: climate change, depletion of resources, loss of biodiversity and pollution. For purchasing categories that significantly impact revenue or carry high social or environmental risks, a separate analysis is performed and a specific CSR questionnaire is used to assess suppliers. Based on the results, a supplier may be excluded from a tender process or be invited to set up an action plan, complete with measures to verify its implementation. In 2021, 20 new suppliers were assessed using this approach and only nine were approved.
The VINCI holding company and some Group entities may also carry out audits of their suppliers, focusing on specific purchasing categories, often selected because of the associated risks.
For local purchases, special attention is paid to materials suppliers, in particular by asking them to provide information on their environmental footprint, such as CO₂ emissions or the use of bio-based materials, during the selection process. Increasingly, preference is given to suppliers that integrate environmental protection in their practices, and suppliers’ practices are regularly audited in this respect, particularly when contracts are up for renewal.
