Additional measures are taken by business lines and subsidiaries, for example:
| Business line |
Examples of supplier assessment |
| VINCI Autoroutes |
VINCI Autoroutes Examples of supplier assessment
- Due diligence during consultations
- Supplier audits including sustainability criteria
- Supplier assessments during performance, using dedicated internal tools, and sharing of results at meetings
- Collaboration with suppliers on environmental issues (such as products used for road maintenance)
- Initial and follow-up assessments of selected suppliers in the Cofiroute network (questions incorporating environmental issues)
- Assessment of environmental suppliers (providing programme management assistance) in 2020
- Consolidation of purchases through framework agreements
- Streamlining of the number of purchases and deliveries to lighten the logistics load
- Mapping of CSR risks per purchasing category (in progress)
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| VINCI Airports |
VINCI Airports Examples of supplier assessment Analysis in progress to identify and assess the main social and environmental risks for each purchasing category |
| VINCI Energies |
VINCI Energies Examples of supplier assessment
- Yearly or half-yearly assessment, using a questionnaire, of each company’s top ten suppliers and top five subcontractors, and support of suppliers in their identified areas for improvement
- Assessment of VINCI Energies suppliers, using the Actradis platform
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| VINCI Construction |
VINCI Construction Examples of supplier assessment
- In 2022, all suppliers covered by a framework agreement with VINCI Construction’s Road France Division and whose contracts are managed by the division’s Purchasing Department answered VINCI’s ethics and vigilance questionnaire, designed to assess their environmental, social and ethical commitments in particular. The questionnaire was sent to every supplier having participated in a tender in 2022, enabling the identification of the best performers. A total of 99 suppliers, representing a purchasing volume of €185 million, were therefore assessed and/or received guidance in 2022, in connection with the framework agreements managed by the division’s Purchasing Department.
- Assessment of suppliers, subcontractors and partners upon completion of their service using a dedicated internal tool that includes an environmental evaluation. In 2022, 152 environmental assessments were performed for the Earthworks, Maritime and River Works delegation.
- Environmental criteria included in annual assessments of subcontractors and suppliers (Sogea-Satom)
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| VINCI Immobilier |
VINCI Immobilier Examples of supplier assessment - Development of “green” specifications for all operations in each sector of activity (residential property, office space, hospitality industry, commercial space, and redevelopment), setting minimum environmental requirements in each focus area (natural environments, the circular economy and the energy/climate) |
4.4.3 Tailored actions to mitigate risks and prevent serious impacts
a. Policies and procedures to prevent and mitigate risks in operations
To address the major issues identified for VINCI’s business activities (see paragraph 4.4.1, “Mapping of the Group’s major risks”, page 273), the Group’s environmental ambition for 2030 has been translated into key targets and action plans in three areas: climate change, the circular economy, and the preservation of natural environments. The Group’s entities are implementing this ambition by building road maps that are aligned with their business activities and using environmental management systems.
| Issue |
Commitments |
| Climate change |
Climate change Commitments
- Reduce direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by at least 40% by 2030 compared with 2018 levels
- Reduce indirect emissions (Scope 3) by at least 20% between 2019 and 2030, by taking action across the value chain for the Group’s businesses
- Adapt infrastructure and activities to improve their climate resilience
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| Resources and the circular economy |
Resources and the circular economy Commitments
- Promote the use of construction techniques and materials that economise on natural resources
- Improve waste sorting to implement waste recovery more widely
- Expand the offer of recycled materials to limit extraction of virgin materials
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| Preservation of natural environments |
Preservation of natural environments Commitments
- Prevent pollution and incidents by systematically implementing an environmental management plan in all businesses
- Optimise water consumption, especially in areas of water stress
- Aim to achieve no net loss of biodiversity
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• Environmental management and incident prevention
To achieve its environmental ambition, the Group implements environmental risk prevention management systems at Group entities (see see paragraph 3.1.1.2, “Identifying and managing risks”, of the “Environmental performance” section, page 221), which also cover their worksites and sites under operation. For example, VINCI Immobilier applies its own worksite charter that enumerates obligations for all companies operating at the worksite, to monitor and reduce nuisances and environmental impacts.
VINCI Construction is taking actions of increasing scale to prevent all types of pollution. It is implementing efficient and innovative methods to prevent pollution in natural environments, ranging from impermeable areas for the refuelling of machinery to new techniques to prevent the discharge of water containing suspended matter into the natural ecosystem. In recent years, thanks to applications such as Ecare and Watch in VINCI Construction divisions in France, more environmental incident monitoring systems have been developed to facilitate the reporting of all incidents, including major ones.
Various business lines, divisions and subsidiaries also develop internal labels to prevent risks specific to their business activities and to recognise worksites that have done an exemplary job in protecting the environment. In 2022, nearly 300 worksites were certified with the Attitude Environnement label and 42 VINCI Construction worksites received the in-house Environmental Excellence label.
In the Concessions business, VINCI Concessions is expanding ISO 14001 certification to enhance risk prevention in airports and other concessions, which requires:
- a regulatory watch and compliance assessment process;
- an assessment of significant environmental aspects and impacts during normal operations and in the event of an incident;
- preventive systems to reduce risks (containment pallets under hazardous products, for example);
- clear procedures and training to ensure that workers are informed and fully prepared to respond effectively in the event of an incident;
- drills to practise responding to emergency situations.
VINCI Autoroutes also set up a procedure to manage pollution incidents on motorways or other sites, which is continuously improved based on feedback from incidents and emergency drills. Different players work together to implement the procedure:
- a network of operators at traffic control centres, who share information about the situation and coordinate a response;
- an on-call chain of people in command, who make decisions while the incident is being managed;
- the operational staff at the site, who directly handle the incident.
