Develop environmentally valuable solutions
Group companies are developing solutions to help their customers reduce their own footprint. These include the Group’s involvement in developing new renewable energy assets (VINCI Energies, Cobra IS, VINCI Concessions), low-carbon hydrogen production and operation infrastructure; the low-carbon motorway project deployed by VINCI Autoroutes and its regional partners to accelerate the decarbonisation of road transport; the Granulat+ programme from the Road France Division of VINCI Construction, to increase the percentage of material used from the recycling space; VINCI Construction’s commitment to use low carbon concrete meeting Exegy® technical standards at its sites; the energy performance and emissions reduction solutions developed by VINCI Energies together with its customers; and VINCI Airports’ system to adjust airport landing fees based on the carbon footprint of aircraft. As part of its new environmental ambition, VINCI is stepping up the development of solutions and initiatives combining economic and environmental value by integrating this concept as the focus of the work led by its innovation centres- especially research by the Leonard platform (see page 23).
VINCI also contributes to developing and disseminating scientific knowledge around the ecological transition and how it affects its businesses through the VINCI-Paris Tech lab recherche environnement, which supports this approach by fostering interaction between research and its application at the operational level.
Natural environments
Ambition for 2030
Aim to achieve zero net loss of biodiversity.
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commitments
Zero
net land take for VINCI Immobilier in France.
Natural environments
Performance in 2023
73%
reduction in the consumption of phytosanitary products at concessions between 2018 and 2023.
49
airports operated by VINCI Airports use no phytosanitary products.
Only 6%
of soil-sealed land on VINCI Immobilier operations in France in 2023.
€7.3 billion
in projects awarded environmental certifications and labels in 2023.
VINCI’s 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.
Enhance employee engagement and customer awareness
January 2024 saw the launch of a new round of the internal Environment Awards. The first edition of this major competition was aimed at singling out the environmental actions of employees on the ground, and promoting and disseminating them more widely within the Group. It garnered strong participation in 2021, with nearly 200 initiatives selected in the first round held regionally around the world, and 14 won awards in the final round held on 5 November 2021.
Employees’ engagement to accelerate the environmental transformation of businesses, products and services was also stimulated by the fourth Environment Day centred around the theme of “amplifying environmental actions” and by the training programmes introduced throughout the Group and its entities.
VINCI companies also work to raise the awareness of their customers. Initiatives include campaigns led annually by concession companies to encourage users to sort their waste at motorway rest areas and in airports, and more broadly to adopt more eco-responsible behaviour.