Safety
In addition to ongoing efforts to improve customer service quality and regular satisfaction surveys, the VINCI Group’s mobility-related activities ensure a particularly strong focus on road safety. This concerns both VINCI employees, who drive tens of thousands of vehicles and site machines, and the hundreds of millions of people using motorways, roads and other infrastructure operated under concession contracts every year, as well as the airports operated by VINCI Airports. Regular awareness and information campaigns are organised, and specific training is provided for those who are most exposed.
In France, the VINCI Autoroutes Foundation is particularly committed to preventing risks associated with inattention and drowsiness at the wheel. Through its research programme, the Foundation funds several scientific studies and surveys on behaviours and helps to make information tools available to drivers and the general public.
In February 2023, working with the national federation of schools for parents and educators (FNEPE), the VINCI Autoroutes Foundation published the findings from a pioneering study looking at the sleep patterns of adolescents and the importance given to sleep in their families. Funded by the Foundation and led by Carmen Schröder, a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Strasbourg’s regional university hospital centre and sleep specialist, this study was carried out by a team of researchers from Paris-Nanterre and Strasbourg universities with 115 young people and their parents who were asked about their sleep patterns and quality of life. The findings show a chronic lack of sleep among adolescents and clearly highlight a link with their parents’ lifestyles and sleep habits. The poor sleep hygiene observed in some adolescents negatively affects their quality of life, and particularly their mood, as well as their academic results and sports performance levels. Based on these results, the Foundation and Fnepe highlighted the importance of families adopting rules and habits that support a good quality of sleep.
In May 2023, the VINCI Autoroutes Foundation published the findings of its 10th European survey on responsible driving. This extensive survey, covering over 12,400 people in 11 European countries, assesses the behaviour of European drivers in order to better target prevention messages in each country. The results show that young people under the age of 35 are more likely to be concerned by risky driving practices relating to smartphone use, alcohol or drug consumption, and drowsiness at the wheel. Following on from this survey, in November 2023, the Foundation published the results of a new European survey conducted by Ipsos on sharing the road. This study offers an overview of the behaviour of Europeans dealing with the coexistence of different modes of transport, and found that 96% of road users are afraid of the risky behaviour of others. It also shows that faced with the increasingly widespread adoption of active modes of transport, and particularly cycling, the sharing of the road and public spaces in general requires everyone to be adaptable and highlights the need to make all users more aware of the importance of respect for others and following the rules so that the various uses can coexist harmoniously.
In July 2023, in response to faced with the unacceptable number of incident response vehicles hit by other vehicles on motorways, VINCI Autoroutes and the VINCI Autoroutes Foundation renewed their hard-hitting mobile operation entitled “Quand allez-vous percuter ?” (When is it going to hit home?) to encourage drivers to be mindful of the serious risks involved with certain behaviours and remind them about the importance of the “safety corridor” rule. This operation was widely covered in the media and was also the focus of a major online communications campaign. Accompanied by a video shared on social media to raise awareness, the campaign generated more than 56 million views.
Across the entire VINCI Autoroutes network, many awareness actions concerning road safety and the safety of personnel working on motorways were conducted over the course of the year, directed at different categories of road users.
| non-inclus | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Motorways operated by VINCI Autoroutes (in km) | 4,436 | 4,436 |
| Traffic (in billions of km travelled) | 54 | 53 |
| Number of accidents per billion km travelled | 216 | 222 |
| Number of fatal accidents per billion km travelled | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Number of deaths per billion km travelled | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Purchasing is a key financial and sustainable performance driver for the Group’s activities and strategic objectives. Effective procurement processes help optimise costs, secure supplies and control risks, while building strong relationships with the Group’s strategic partners and those of its business lines. Improving the traceability of purchases, identifying the CSR impacts and risks at each stage across the supply chain, decarbonising upstream Scope 3 emissions, and putting in place relevant tools and arrangements in line with its suppliers’ exposure levels are just some of the challenges that the Group and its business lines incorporate into their planning and review processes. The Group’s objectives through purchasing will only be achieved by working closely with stakeholders and by being a responsible partner.
A significant proportion of Group revenue is allocated to purchases and has remained stable for several years, representing 56% of the total at end-2023 (57% at end-2022). These purchases consisted of €15.8 billion for materials (€14.9 billion in 2022), €7.6 billion for external services (€6.7 billion in 2022) and €13.7 billion for subcontracting (€11.8 billion in 2022).
