2023 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

Across a broader scope than reuse, VINCI Construction also promotes circular economy principles in its sector. The business line is a founding member of CircoLab, an organisation that develops the circular economy in the property and construction industries.

To limit the use of natural resources, more recycled materials must be available. VINCI companies work to increase the share of recycled materials used, either in their construction processes or with their partners when acting as programme managers. They also deploy materials recycling solutions, by developing their own recycling sites, improving their techniques to provide larger amounts of recycled materials and working on the environmental benefits of these solutions for their customers.

The Road France Division of VINCI Construction has set the following targets: 80% of sites operating in the circular economy, 25% of asphalt mix made with reclaimed asphalt pavement at worksites, and a twofold increase in the production of recycled materials between 2019 (15 million tonnes produced) and 2030. This issue has garnered increasing interest from customers in the development of innovative products and processes that use smaller amounts of natural resources and energy.

Currently a market leader in construction and industrial waste recovery, VINCI Construction is continuing the rollout of Granulat+, its brand that applies circular economy principles to construction materials, throughout France. Forming the largest network of sites for treating mineral waste from the construction and manufacturing industries in the country, 150 quarries and processing facilities equipped with dedicated waste collection, sorting and recycling capabilities have joined the Granulat+ programme. The recycled materials thus become certified, quality aggregates. Each Granulat+ site sorts all the waste collected, optimises recycling and recovery, and guarantees traceability of the waste treated. The programme aims to improve the treatment of recycled materials so that they can be used for more noble purposes. For example, excavation material from construction sites, which used to be considered final waste, can now be fully recovered. Granulat+ sites are spread throughout France, forming a dense network that favours short circuits and optimised packaging that rationalises consumption (big bags for urban or small-scale worksites). Progress in recycling techniques should eventually pave the way towards “perpetual quarries”, which would operate without virgin mineral deposits.

In 2023, VINCI Construction launched Ogêo, a new brand offering aggregates formulated throughout France. Made up of both primary resources (quarry aggregates) and secondary resources (local materials from demolition and recycling), Ogêo is a range of highly technical materials from eight responsible collection channels. As part of Granulat+, this offering favours short circuits and confirms the division’s commitment to optimising resources by using materials produced locally, as close as possible to worksites. VINCI Construction has also invested heavily in the Extract platform in Bruyères-sur-Oise (Civil Engineering France Division) to increase and improve the treatment capacity of contaminated soil received for remediation.

When acting as programme managers, VINCI’s concession companies are also involved in promoting recycled materials by including materials recycling requirements in their programme specifications (see paragraph 3.3.1.1, “Responsible sourcing actions”, page 246).