As a global company and leader in its sector, VINCI must lead by example and work towards the common good. Because its projects serve the public interest, VINCI strongly emphasises listening and dialogue with its stakeholders in all its business lines. In response to the major challenges facing the world today, VINCI aims to be a force for good by actively contributing to the environmental transition, peaceful coexistence and social inclusion in cities and regions. Its humanist corporate culture also impacts the way it looks after its employees.
This goal of all-round performance is outlined in the VINCI Manifesto, which sets out the values shared by all employees and lays down the Group’s commitments to all its stakeholders. Published in some 30 languages, the Manifesto forms a bond between all of VINCI’s businesses and aims to coordinate how its operational entities and their teams act in all countries where it operates.
The Group has adopted a decentralised structure based on a network of subsidiaries operating autonomously. This structure requires a high level of responsibility from managers and their teams, as they are best placed to identify local issues and problems, as well as the most appropriate solutions. In line with this structure, each entity is responsible – within a common framework set down by the Group – for establishing its own all-round performance targets in light of its businesses and local issues.
Social, environmental and ethical issues are addressed at the highest level of responsibility by the Strategy and CSR Committee of VINCI’s Board of Directors, which ensures that they are integrated into the Group’s strategy (see page 17). The Human Resources Department, through its Social Responsibility Department, is in charge of social and workforce-related policy; the Environment Department is responsible for environmental policy, and the Ethics and Vigilance Department for ethics policy under the authority of the Chairman and CEO. The Human Rights, Environment and Ethics and Vigilance committees meet regularly with the representatives of the business lines to identify major issues and implement vigilance practices to prevent human and environmental risks, and to facilitate the dissemination of measures and best practices.
