40% reduction in Scope 1+2 emissions by 2030 VINCI's environmental transition goal is to shrink its direct carbon footprint (Scopes 1 and 2) by 40% by 2030. Short-term energy savings plan rolled out in Sept 2022 will reduce electricity and natural gas consumption of concession activities and offices in France by 15% in 2023.
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Partnership with France's National Forest Office to rehabilitate 200 sites by 2030 In 2022, VINCI Autoroutes signed a partnership agreement with France's National Forest Office to rehabilitate 200 sites in the VINCI Autoroutes network by 2030, leveraging 28,000 hectares of green areas along motorways for ecological regeneration.
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Dependent: Sustainable aviation fuel and landing-fee eco-modulation at airports VINCI Airports introduced an eco-modulation system in France and at London Gatwick to adjust landing fees based on aircraft emissions, supporting aviation decarbonisation. At several network airports, VINCI Airports provides airlines with sustainable aviation fuelling services using biofuels from used cooking oil (80% smaller footprint vs fossil kerosene).
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Integration of Cobra IS effective 1 January 2022 With the integration of Cobra IS on 1 January 2022, VINCI expanded into renewable energies — turnkey solar PV and wind projects, plus offshore windfarm energy converter platforms (4 platforms ~6 GW in North Sea alongside Siemens Energy). Affects period-over-period comparability; 13% Scope 1+2 reduction 2018-2022 is stated as 'adjusted for the impact of acquisitions'.
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On-site solar at airports and rooftop PV at VINCI Energies sites; Cobra IS scaling offshore wind VINCI Airports is building on-site solar power stations; three new solar farms (Faro, Belgrade, Lyon-Saint Exupéry P3 car park) began operating in 2022, bringing network installed capacity to 36 MWp. VINCI Energies' Eliove subsidiary is installing rooftop PV across the 160 owned buildings in France, then leased buildings. With the integration of Cobra IS (Jan 2022), VINCI moved into turnkey solar PV and wind, plus offshore-wind energy converter platforms — building four platforms in the North Sea with Siemens Energy for combined capacity close to 6 GW.
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Dependent: Decarbonising customer building maintenance (VINCI Facilities) VINCI Facilities offers customers two contract types: a 'low-carbon contract' (commits to an emissions reduction plan with agreed solutions) and a 'carbon-reducing contract' (identifies further energy efficiency actions). Its P2C tool calculates the Scope 1/2/3 carbon footprint of a maintenance contract across a building's life cycle to propose the most effective low-carbon solutions.
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90% low-carbon concrete in projects by 2030 VINCI Construction has undertaken to increase the use of low-carbon concrete in its projects to 90% by 2030. Ultra-low-carbon Exegy® concrete can deliver a 70% reduction in emissions vs. traditional concrete.
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Primary: Energy efficiency in concessions and offices (France) In September 2022, amid the energy crisis, VINCI rolled out an energy savings plan to reduce electricity and natural gas consumption of its concession activities and French offices by 15% in 2023, aligned with its broader goal to shrink direct carbon footprint (Scopes 1+2) by 40% by 2030.
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Dependent: Low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure investments VINCI co-founded the largest global fund for low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure, created the Hyfinity brand for hydrogen infrastructure construction, invested in Genvia (pilot manufacturing line for high-temperature electrolysers in Béziers), built the first airport hydrogen stations for ground vehicles, and invested €15m in Hype — France's integrated hydrogen mobility platform for taxis.
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Universal social protection minimum standards launched In September 2022, VINCI launched new universal social protection minimum standards giving all Group employees worldwide access to baseline social insurance (financial assistance for serious accidents) and parental leave at full salary.
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