Sustainable development

Our approach to sustainable development at VINCI Construction Grands Projets is built on the concepts of Quality, Safety, and Environmental protection and is based on fundamental principles:

• Define the organization and interfaces, identify risks, take care over every detail of the operations planning, and put in place the means to achieve objectives right from the start.


• Define operational rules and guidelines for internal teams and external participants, define objectives, and foster dialogue.


• Train and support our employees and subcontractors to promote adherence to rules and guidelines.


• Observe, monitor, analyze, and listen. Use feedback to enhance practices.


• Evaluate results in light of the objectives. Encourage positive initiatives. Call into question the effectiveness of our practices.

Our approach is designed to harmonize the actions of the three topics, thereby enabling all employees to apply them and responding to current and future requirements by the different stakeholders (clients, personnel, the Group, suppliers, partners, and the general public).

See the VINCI Construction Grands Projets QSE Policy

A management system for each and every project

A specific management system is designed for each project during the preliminary phase of worksite planning that takes into account:
• Contractual obligations
• Legal and regulatory dispositions in the host country
• The nature of the work and risks associated with the project
• Constraints associated with the environment (human and natural)
• Special materials and equipment.

Certification

In 2000, bringing together the extended expertise of its constituent companies, VINCI Construction Grands Projets obtained ISO 9001, 2000 certification. In 2009, the certificate has been issued under the revised standard ISO 9001 : 2008.

In 2006, VINCI Construction Grands Projets obtained AFAQ certification for its health and safety management system in accordance with ILO-OSH-2001 (International Labour Office: Occupational Safety and Health), thus becoming the first large-scale French company to obtain this certification. Since 1999, the Northern Europe division within the “France – Europe – Americas” operational division has also been certified under "VCA LSC **" version 2004/04 by the AIB Vinçotte Group in Belgium.

The environmental management system in effect at VINCI Construction Grands Projets is in compliance with the stipulations of the ISO 14001: 2004 standard and is certified by AFAQ since 2004. It is audited every year as part of VINCI’s environment report.

Certificate AFAQ QSE
Appendix VINCI Construction Hellas
Appendix Hydroplus

Sustainable development: the first AFAQ 1000NR evaluation

As part of its sustainable development approach, VINCI Construction Grands Projets called on AFNOR Certification Group in 2008 to carry out an evaluation in accordance with the principles of 1000NR (which outlines new responsibilities). On the four-level rating scale (Commitment, Progress, Maturity, Benchmark), VINCI Construction Grands Projets was on the second step of the podium, at the Maturity stage.

See the VINCI Construction Grands Projets 2009 sustainable development report
See the VINCI Construction Grands Projets 2008 sustainable development report

QSE challenge

More than ever, quality is at the heart of what we do. Quality refers not only to the superior finished products we must deliver to clients, but also to the exemplary safety and environmental protection practices we must deploy at all stages of the project life cycle, from design to implementation to delivery. Our “QSE challenge,” launched at all current worksites and in our agencies, showcases the measures we have implemented to enhance performance in terms of quality, safety, and environmental protection.
As part of the QSE challenge, 3 projects/agencies have received awards.