VINCI commits for the environment
15 Janvier 2020 - 5:45PM
VINCI commits for the environment
Rueil-Malmaison, 15 January 2020
VINCI commits for the
environment
- 40% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030
- Alignment with the 2050 carbon neutrality commitment made by
France as part of the Paris Climate Agreement
- Commitments to boost the circular economy and preserve natural
environments
The VINCI Group is mobilizing all its business
divisions to define an ambitious environmental strategy.
2019 was devoted to identifying actions likely
to improve the Group's environmental performance in three areas:
greenhouse gas emissions, resource preservation by developing the
circular economy and conservation of natural environments. This
strategy mobilised all of VINCI's operational entities. The factors
of progress and transformative investments identified make it
possible to:
- Define a trajectory aimed at reaching carbon neutrality in
2050, with a first milestone of a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions by
2030 compared to 2018, as concerns direct impacts. This ambitious
target is compatible with a trajectory for maintaining the rise in
global temperature to 2 degrees maximum by the end of the
century.
- Systematically roll out the recycling and reuse policy, working
on both materials supply and demand for each activity stream.
- Adopt a "zero net loss" of biodiversity target in the framework
of the "Avoid, Reduce, Offset" approach.
- Strive to improve the indirect carbon footprint generated by
the activities of suppliers, partners and customers.
For VINCI's own activities, implementing this
shared ambition will involve an investment programme amounting to
several hundreds of millions of euros, through actions such as:
Vehicles and site machinery |
- Accelerated replacement of light and utility vehicle fleets by
electric or less carbon-intensive vehicles
- Experimentation with hydrogen and biogas-type fuels for utility
vehicles
- Replacement of part of the site machinery fleet by hybrid
machinery, promotion of eco-driving practices and installation of
continuous consumption-tracking sensors
|
Buildings |
- Conduct of diagnostic studies on the Group's operational
buildings inventory with a view to introducing energy efficiency
actions: renovation, LED relamping, temperature regulation
- Anticipation of regulations through the eco-design of buildings
approaches
- Development of high energy and environmental performance
worksite facilities, notably timber-based
|
Energy transformation |
- Replacement of heavy fuel oil and coal by natural gas or
renewable-source gas in asphalt-mixing plants
- Replacement of the fossil energy used in binder storage
facilities by electricity
- Installation of photovoltaic power plants for electricity
self-consumption in airports
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Preservation of natural environments |
- Replacement of plant protection products by mechanical or
powered weed-cutters
- Tracking of water consumption through across-the-board
installation of individual meters
- Development of earthworks techniques that reduce the quantity
of water required to sprinkle vehicle tracks by 40%
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Furthermore, to enable alignment with the
trajectory of maintaining the rise in global temperature to
2 degrees maximum defined by the Paris Climate Agreement,
VINCI is engaged in research and development actions and scientific
and technological partnerships, notably with ParisTech. The Group's
innovation policy focuses primarily on the environment, acting
through the Group's business activities and Leonard, the Group's
foresight and innovation platform, notably through intrapreneurship
and start-up nurturing programmes.
Over and above the action plans developed for
each of its own activity streams, VINCI also undertakes to work on
improving the indirect carbon footprint generated by the activities
of its suppliers, partners and customers.
VINCI Autoroutes, for instance, is leading a
"Low-carbon motorway" project, which consists of massive
decarbonation of each km travelled through solutions linked to
reduction of vehicle emissions (electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered
vehicles, etc.), practices (densification of road mobility:
carpooling, buses, etc.) and coordination of transport modes
(development of intermodality and the infrastructure facilitating
it).
Again in the concessions business, VINCI
Airports is engaged in deploying the environmental policy AirPact
on all the airports in its network, which, above and beyond
reduction of its direct environmental impacts (halving of
greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption, zero use of
plant-protection products and zero waste to landfill), involves
proactive actions to optimise the impact of its clients'
activity.
In the construction sector, VINCI entities have
also initiated many different approaches:
- Experimental initiatives upstream of the future environmental
regulation concerning buildings (Energy Positive and Carbon
Reduction – E+C-)
- Recourse to very low-carbon concretes and decarbonated recycled
materials
- Development of innovative environmental solutions, such as:
- The "100% recycled road" patented by Eurovia;
- Power Road®, an innovation that captures solar energy, stores
it underground and reuses it to de-ice the road network or supply
heat to buildings located in the vicinity;
- Oxygen®, developed by VINCI Construction France, an
eco-engagement providing a performance and assistance guarantee for
building users;
- Hub Energy, an energy-tracking tool applying know-how (energy
diagnostics and audits, monitoring, optimisation, etc.) in energy
performance contracts.
As part of the deployment of its environmental
ambitions, VINCI commits to communicating every six months on the
progress made in its action plan.
"With the deployment of its new environmental
ambitions, VINCI today commits to developing concrete solutions
that help improve the living environment to serve inhabitants,
while also reducing the impact of its own activities. It is our
responsibility as a leading economic actor and it is also a
guarantee of the continued survival and acceptability of our
business activities", said Isabelle Spiegel, Environment director
for VINCI.
About VINCI
VINCI is a global player in concessions and
contracting, employing over 210,000 people in some 100 countries.
We design, finance, build and operate infrastructure and facilities
that help improve daily life and mobility for all. Because we
believe in all-round performance, above and beyond economic and
financial results, we are committed to operating in an
environmentally and socially responsible manner. And because our
projects are in the public interest, we consider that reaching out
to all our stakeholders and engaging in dialogue with them is
essential in the conduct of our business activities. VINCI’s goal
is to create long-term value for its customers, shareholders,
employees, and partners and for society at large. www.vinci.com
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