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| VINCI Autoroutes |
VINCI Autoroutes Examples of internal controls
- Inspection of measures to protect wildlife around motorways and supervision and monitoring agreements with many local and national organisations, such as the Bird Protection League (LPO)
- Inspection of work performed by specialised providers (including environmental performance)
- Publicly released assessments of socio-economic and environmental impacts, called “LOTI audits”, established by the French domestic transport planning law (Law 82-1153 of 30 December 1982), for new transport connections
- Mapping of CSR risks per purchasing category (especially subcontracting) and introduction of CSR assessment criteria and contractual clauses involving penalties in the event of non-compliance
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| VINCI Concessions |
VINCI Concessions Examples of internal controls
- Environmental and social due diligence for investments and projects under development in order to analyse and manage environmental and social risks at the earliest possible stage of a project
- Internal environmental audits for 26 airports with ISO 14001 certification
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| VINCI Energies |
VINCI Energies Examples of internal controls
- EcoVadis certification obtained by VINCI Energies in 2023 (Gold in France, Sweden and Belgium, Platinum in the Netherlands, and Silver in Germany), recognising the quality of their sustainability management systems
- Risk assessment and environmental health and safety regulatory watch, centralised on an internal tool designed for VINCI Energies companies
- Use of Preventeo by VINCI Energies companies in France to obtain consolidated compliance results and translate nonconformities into measures for inclusion in action plans
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| VINCI Construction |
VINCI Construction Examples of internal controls
- EcoVadis certification obtained by VINCI Construction’s divisions in France (Gold) in 2023
- Assessment of environmental risks for activities being acquired or for investments in quarries or production plants
- Internal assessment of environmental risks for each project using a questionnaire based on local regulations and ISO 14001 (Earthworks, Maritime and River Works delegation, Networks France Division)
- Regular internal audits as part of the “The Way We Work” quality initiative to ensure that entities have incorporated environmental action plans into their strategic business plans
- Annual environmental audit (incorporated into the management system) for all local branches, which are all ISO 14001 certified, and monthly health, safety and environment (HSE) inspections by management for each project (Sogea-Satom)
- Regulatory compliance audits (96 in France in 2023 for Road France Division entities)
- 26 internal compliance audits in 2023 using a set of 115 items to assess worksite performance (Earthworks, Maritime and River Works delegation) and 23 internal audits for the Road France Division, to verify the implementation of environmental action plan
- Development of a specific environmental certification and acceptability process for Road France Division production plants
- Internal audits of worksites applying for the Attitude Environnement label (Building France Division) or the Excellence Environnement label (Road France Division)
- Audits of subsidiaries and subcontractors performed, with the requirement for subcontractors to provide an environmental risk analysis and environmental protection plan
- Assessments of subcontractors, suppliers and partners by works management after service completion, using a dedicated internal tool (Dodin Campenon Bernard and Earthworks, Maritime and River Works delegation)
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| VINCI Immobilier |
VINCI Immobilier Examples of internal controls
- Quality audits carried out systematically at all residential property worksites, for example in compliance with VINCI Immobilier’s charter for clean worksites
- EcoVadis certification obtained by VINCI Immobilier in France (Silver) in 2023
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| Cobra IS |
Cobra IS Examples of internal controls
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b. Assessing the situation of suppliers
As indicated in paragraph 2.2.1, “Group-wide approach to promote responsible purchasing”, of the “Social performance” section, page 215, the responsible purchasing task force developed and shared a process to evaluate how suppliers and subcontractors manage the following environmental risks: climate change, depletion of resources, loss of biodiversity and pollution. For purchasing categories that significantly impact revenue or carry high social or environmental risks, a separate analysis is performed and a specific sustainability questionnaire is used to assess suppliers. These questionnaires are tailored to the specific ESG issues affecting each purchasing category and their inclusion in calls for tenders is increasingly systematic. Based on the results, a supplier may be excluded from a tender process or be invited to set up an action plan, complete with measures to verify its implementation. Following the assessment, on-site audits of subcontractors or a supplier’s production facilities are carried out, based on the level and nature of the identified risks.
Through its calls for tenders, VINCI Autoroutes promotes practices that reduce the carbon footprint of road maintenance work. For example, Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF, VINCI Autoroutes), is experimenting with a new environmental scorecard to help and encourage suppliers to engage in continuous improvement. In their tender submission, suppliers are urged to make certain pledges that contribute to reducing the environmental impact of worksites. These commitments are incorporated into the contract and monitored throughout the project, and penalties apply if they are not met. The scorecard was first tested for the contract for the maintenance of motorway A64 North. Documented feedback from these initiatives and innovations will benefit the entire industry. In addition, upper limits for CO2 emissions per tonne of asphalt mix are included in contracts awarded by the programme management divisions of Cofiroute, ASF Est and Escota. Penalties apply if the limits are exceeded.
For local purchases, materials suppliers are systematically asked to provide information on their environmental footprint, such as their carbon impact or the use of bio-based materials, during the selection process. Increasingly, preference is given to suppliers that take steps to protect the environment, and they are regularly audited in this respect, particularly when contracts are up for renewal. In the Building France Division, environmental data modelling tools for construction materials have been developed in collaboration with engineers from the École des Ponts ParisTech to assess the exact environmental footprint, especially the greenhouse gas emissions, of the concrete used in its projects. The aim is to be able to generate data that its teams can use for their life cycle analysis calculations.
