The reporting scope for indirect emissions was extended in 2022 and covered purchases of concrete, steel and bitumen for VINCI Construction; buildings delivered by VINCI Immobilier; purchases (including subcontracting) and the use of goods and services sold by VINCI Energies; and emissions from motorway and airport operations, which have been monitored for several years. This data is presented below and set against direct emissions (Scopes 1 and 2).
| VINCI Autoroutes | VINCI Autoroutes | VINCI Airports | VINCI Airports | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in tonnes of CO₂ equivalent) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Scope 1 and 2 emissions | Scope 1 and 2 emissions VINCI Autoroutes18,301 ☑ |
Scope 1 and 2 emissions VINCI Autoroutes20,951 ☑ |
Scope 1 and 2 emissions VINCI Airports71,149 ☑ |
Scope 1 and 2 emissions VINCI Airports91,911 |
| User/third-party emissions (Scope 3) | User/third-party emissions (Scope 3) VINCI Autoroutes15,859,378 ☑ |
User/third-party emissions (Scope 3) VINCI Autoroutes15,575,711 ☑ |
User/third-party emissions (Scope 3) VINCI Airports1,089,787 (**) ☑ |
User/third-party emissions (Scope 3) VINCI Airports948,771 (**) |
(*) Emissions for the environmental reporting period, i.e. from 1 January to 31 December in year Y. User emissions generated by fuel combustion of vehicles on motorways (including upstream fuel). Data for 2021 have been updated to include upstream fuel.
(**) Year Y−1 emissions taken into account in the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) of year Y. Emissions covering all downstream Scope 3 emissions of the ACA scope required by the GHG Protocol, for the entire consolidated scope.
☑ Data checked to a level of reasonable assurance.
The consequences of climate change affect the Group at the level of its businesses, in both construction and concessions, contracts (such as maintenance contracts), and employees (e.g. site workers). It is therefore a priority for VINCI to further strengthen the resilience of its activities, and it has gained recognised expertise in this area. Resilience is already an integral part of the risk assessment process for the Group’s projects and represents a major area for innovation to safeguard the structures and solutions put in place for customers.
| Actions taken | Performance indicators | |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed sites | Fixed sites Actions taken– Perform a self-assessment of climate risks on existing sites and a preliminary analysis of climate risks for sites under construction |
Fixed sites Performance indicators– Percentage of fixed sites that have had a climate risk assessment |
| Bidding | Bidding Actions taken– Use decision-making tools (analysis grids, flowcharts) to identify and anticipate project issues in the bid proposal phase |
Bidding Performance indicators– Inclusion of environmental risks in risk maps and bidding procedures |
A foresight research group from the Leonard innovation platform focused on climate resilience has been active since 2018. Its panel represents VINCI’s various activities, with support from Resallience, VINCI’s engineering and design office focused on climate resilience that works on adapting projects, cities, regions, infrastructure and their uses to climate change.
In 2022, Resallience built a climate resilience performance assessment offering. This decision-making tool uses a geographical information system (GIS) that is part of the UN’s Race to Zero and Race to Resilience projects. It provides users (local authorities, manufacturers, property and infrastructure asset managers, investment funds, etc.) with an overview of their exposure to risks (based on IPCC scenarios) and the potential impact of these risks on buildings and infrastructure: damage, costs, adaptation scenarios, etc.
Resallience and Sixense (VINCI Construction) operate a number of useful software programmes to determine potential corrosion in reinforced concrete structures, measure the urban heat island effect, predict and visualise flooding in cities and urban areas prone to flooding, and assess the cost of climate change on infrastructure.
Since 2008, the VINCI-ParisTech lab recherche environnement has supported some 70 PhD and post-doctoral projects that have contributed scientific knowledge on the adaptation of buildings. This research includes models of the urban micro-climate on surfaces and in the air, with or without green surfaces, and forecasting building temperatures to 2050 and 2100 depending on the type of building: 19th-century Haussmann style, 1960s low-cost housing, recent low-energy apartment blocks, positive-energy buildings.
An e-learning module was released to help Group employees become familiar with the concept of resilience and understand the resilience challenges of Group businesses and its customers’ businesses. The Group is also carrying out significant research internally and with its scientific partners on issues such as adapting neighbourhoods to heatwaves, managing the urban heat island effect, flood prevention, etc.
The business lines are also working to further strengthen the resilience of their activities. In 2022, VINCI Concessions launched a climate change vulnerability analysis for several entities in its network (35 entities, including 27 airports). The first stage in this analysis involved developing a vulnerability study methodology and then carrying out an initial assessment at the macro level to determine the main risks for the concessions studied. In the second stage, a more detailed analysis is to be carried out for the entities with the highest exposure to understand the impact of these risks on the infrastructure. Technical teams will then ascertain any relevant mitigation measures that could be taken to adapt the infrastructure (and the required capital expenditure). All climate forecasts are taken into account to calculate the historical baseline. For the 2030 and 2050 baselines, the two global warming scenarios used are SSP2-4.5 (estimated rise of 2.7°C by the end of the century) and SSP5-8.5 (high emissions, no additional climate policies).
