2025 Universal Registration Document

In addition, the guidelines for local community dialogue, incorporated into the VINCI Guide on Human Rights, set out the obligations of VINCI companies in this area, which include:

• identifying all the local stakeholders affected by a project;
• establishing dialogue with stakeholders, including representatives from affected communities, from the project’s upstream phase;
• setting up an effective and easily accessible community-based grievance mechanism, with companies able to follow the effectiveness criteria from Principle 31 of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
• drawing up appropriate remediation plans to manage complaints submitted by affected communities.

VINCI is particularly committed to respecting the rights of indigenous peoples, including their right to free, prior and informed consent, which requires appropriate consultation mechanisms to be put in place. Similarly, depending on the operations, companies pay close attention to any vulnerable groups that may be impacted.

At Group level, dialogue with stakeholders is generally developed through collaborative initiatives in which the Group is actively involved.

3.3.4 Remediation of negative impacts and channels for affected communities to raise concerns

The grievance mechanisms available to affected communities are generally located at project level and locally, in order to ensure their accessibility. VINCI’s decentralised and multi-local organisation and the nature of its activities lead the Group to encourage the implementation of local procedures for reporting concerns. The Group’s view is that whistleblowing systems are more effective when they are local, since the company, project or worksite is then better positioned to proactively handle reports, including those from affected communities, implement appropriate corrective and remediation measures, identify any weak areas in the organisation and reinforce its preventive measures. These data are not currently consolidated at Group level.

VINCI Integrity, the Group’s dedicated whistleblowing reporting and processing procedure, offers a secure and confidential channel for every individual involved in a project to raise concerns regarding the VINCI Group’s activities. No complaints or alerts relating to ESRS S3 were raised in 2025 through this channel, which serves as the final-level mechanism within the Group and is open to all stakeholders of VINCI’s projects.

Detailed information concerning the channels available to employees and temporary staff to raise concerns and the whistleblowing reporting and processing procedure can be found in the presentation of the Group’s whistleblowing system in paragraph 4.2.3, “Identification and detection of risks”, page 284, as well as in chapter F, “Duty of vigilance plan”, under “Whistleblowing systems for raising concerns” in paragraph 3.2, “Mapping of the Group’s major human rights risks”, page 306.