Recognition of the Group’s sustainable growth path 

Milan, 19 October 2021 – Webuild reaffirmed its position as a leader in the sustainability field with its inclusion in the “MIB® ESG Index”, the new ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) index for Italian blue chips, launched by Euronext and Vigeo Eiris (Moody’s ESG Solutions). The index includes the top 40 Italian listed issuers ranked according to their commitment to environmental, social and governance issues, melding measurement of their financial performances with their ESG impacts, in line with the UN Global Compact principles. 

“We are very pleased to be included in this index which recognises our Group’s increasingly ambitious and firm commitment to sustainability, our pursuit of challenging goals, virtuous conduct and tangible results achieved with the projects we are involved in around the world in the fields of sustainable mobility infrastructure, clean energy plants and green buildings as well as water management systems”, said Pietro Salini, Webuild’s CEO. “We are already working towards our objectives set out in the 2021-2023 ESG plan” (click HERE to access the ESG plan). 

This acknowledgement confirms the wisdom of Webuild’s strategic decisions to invest in production processes designed to pursue sustainability objectives such as fewer emissions, improved safety indexes and their incorporation along the entire production chain.

Inclusion in the new index follows other accolades obtained by the Group in recent years, such as the A rating from MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) ESG Research, one of the major ESG rating agencies that assesses the environmental, social and governance policies of thousands of companies all over the world, the B rating assigned by CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) for Webuild’s Climate Change programme, the “Advanced” rating from Vigeo Eiris, the Prime rating from ISS-Oekom and the Gold status from EcoVadis.

Webuild is currently engaged in high impact sustainability projects such as the Grand Paris Express, the largest sustainable mobility project in Europe, the Terzo Valico dei Giovi (Giovi third railway crossing) - Genoa junction, the new sections of the high speed railway network in Italy, and the Riachuelo environmental restoration system, a hydraulic tunnel which is part of the mega project in Argentina to clean up one of the most polluted waterways in the world.