The Group’s Environment Department also manages internal networks that focus on the key topics of the environmental ambition: biodiversity, circular economy, carbon issues and life cycle assessment (LCA). These networks unite dozens of experts from all the Group’s geographies and business lines to create a multi-disciplinary approach, share solutions and best practices, and make progress on common issues.
Responsible use of digital technology
At the end of 2022, the Group launched a programme on the responsible use of digital technology. The objective is to find ways to reduce the social and environmental impacts of digital technology and its use. The programme is led by the Group’s IT Department with the support of the Environment Department and the Human Resources Department. It aims to gain momentum for a movement already at work within the Group to advance on four goals: promote a circular economy model by extending the life cycles of digital equipment; reduce the energy consumption of the Group’s data centres and those of its partners; encourage digital sustainability by raising awareness, while informing and sharing best practices to reduce environmental impacts from the use of digital technology; and develop inclusive and socially responsible digital practices to provide all employees with access to digital content.
New training and awareness modules continued to be rolled out in 2024, with sessions created on specific environmental issues or targeted businesses.
Raising employees’ awareness of environmental challenges
At the end of 2024, nearly 59,000 employees, or about 21% of the Group’s workforce, had completed the e-learning module developed in June 2020 to raise awareness about environmental issues, explain VINCI’s environmental ambition and create a common language. Other modules are available for all employees on topics such as the climate resilience of structures, responsible purchasing practices and the responsible use of digital technology. In December 2023, VINCI’s Environment Department launched the online training programme #LearnForEnvironment. This campaign aims to raise awareness of environmental sustainability Group-wide and train VINCI employees on the related issues. Two courses were developed: the first in four parts to explain the basics about climate change, resources, the circular economy and biodiversity, and the second in seven parts to dig deeper into these subjects, gaining an understanding of the key role of companies and the social and societal issues surrounding climate change. At the end of 2024, almost 4,000 people from 63 countries had taken an average of two courses. These courses will be expanded in 2025 to include content on adapting to climate change, water crises and planetary boundaries.
Training employees on the Group’s environmental issues
Training on environmental issues is also incorporated into existing courses (works, studies, operations, etc.). Dedicated environment modules are systematically included in training programmes for managers and executives, led by VINCI Academy or by business line academies. The “Environnement by VINCI” training course for senior environmental managers and operational staff, developed jointly with the Environment Department, VINCI Academy and Sciences Po Paris and rolled out for the first time in 2023, continued in 2024. VINCI’s business lines developed specific training materials for their operational staff in 2024:
Environmental training and awareness, with change
| Number of hours of training | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024/2023 | |
| VINCI Autoroutes | 2,764 | 9,574 | −71% |
| VINCI Airports | 10,756 | 5,652 | +90% |
| Other concessions | 1,472 | 1,474 | 0% |
| VINCI Energies | 24,416 | 22,798 | +7% |
| Cobra IS | 28,702 | 22,500 | +28% |
| VINCI Construction | 43,150 | 47,148 | −8% |
| VINCI Immobilier and holding cos. | 265 | 1,036 | −74% |
| Group | 111,525 | 110,182 | +1% |
VINCI aims to bring its suppliers, subcontractors, partners and customers on board to reduce their environmental impact by integrating eco-design to a greater extent in projects and through new service offerings. The number of certified projects is growing year by year, enabling the Group to widely demonstrate its expertise in the area of environmental performance. In 2024, the volume of business represented by certified projects amounted to €8 billion for more than 1,100 projects delivered or in the process of being delivered by VINCI Construction, VINCI Immobilier and VINCI Energies.
