€5.5bn
in projects awarded environmental certifications and labels in 2022
In order to deliver on its environmental ambition, VINCI needs both strategic vision and high engagement in environmental issues from all its employees. The rollout of training and awareness actions within all Group activities reflects efforts to share best practices and pass knowledge on to others at every level.
With the overarching goal of amplifying environmental actions, VINCI’s 2022 Environment Day provided the opportunity for each manager to sit with their team members and discuss the initiatives taken within their business line to meet the targets of the environmental ambition. About 100,000 employees participated in the event, which featured talks and awareness actions across all the Group’s business lines.
For the first Environment Day in September 2020, VINCI launched the Environment Awards, a year-long Group-wide contest empowering employees to play an active role in VINCI’s environmental ambition. This programme, which is aimed at singling out and promoting local environmental initiatives, garnered the participation of more than a quarter of VINCI employees (over 57,000 employees voted for the best initiatives on the internal website environnement.vinci.com). Taking full advantage of its decentralised model, a connected network of more than 800 correspondents and experts was formed to coordinate the Environment Awards at the Group’s various geographical locations. Nearly 200 initiatives were recognised within the established regional divisions, and 14 of them won awards in the final round in 2021. These winners included several projects that contribute to reducing the direct environmental impact of Group operations, along with innovative solutions for customers to promote energy efficiency, reuse and land rehabilitation.
In 2022, initiatives from the 2021 Environmental Awards continued to be rolled out internally. The Grand Prize–winning Exegy® range of solutions, aimed at increasing the use of low-carbon concrete, had already been implemented on several iconic Group projects in France and the United Kingdom by the end of 2022 (see paragraph 3.2.2.1, “Actions to reduce indirect emissions”, page 235). Another winner, Rehaskeen®, a façade insulation system designed for industrial-scale thermal renovation of buildings, had been applied on two projects in France by the end of year. The Group’s low-carbon motorway maintenance solution, which develops on-site recycling, has already saved 80,000 tonnes of materials. The regional winner Power Road®, used to generate thermal energy captured from the heat in roads, is currently in use on 11 sites in Europe and Canada.
Created by the Group’s Environment Department in 2018, Ecowork is a community of more than 500 employees from different divisions and business lines who want to implement environmental actions in their professional life. The Environment Department works with the organisation Makesense to coordinate the community’s activity, which includes training courses, discussions, meetings and tools to increase engagement and raise awareness about environmental issues.
The Group’s Environment Department also manages internal networks that focus on the key topics of the environmental ambition: biodiversity, circular economy, carbon issues. These networks unite dozens of experts from all the Group’s geographies and business lines to create a multi-disciplinary approach, share solutions and best practices, and make progress on common issues.
A life cycle analysis network was set up in 2022 by the Environment Department to develop internal expertise on the subject.
At the end of 2022, the Group launched a programme on the responsible use of digital technology. The objective is to find ways to reduce the social and environmental impacts of digital technology and its use. The programme is led by the Group’s IT Department with the support of the Environment Department. It aims to gain momentum for a movement already at work within the Group to advance on five key issues:
