Webuild's sustainability strategy

#WePromote a Sustainable World

Webuild’s Sustainability Strategy is embedded in the Group’s business model and strategy and is underpinned by two key pillars: its contribution to global challenges and its unceasing commitment to acting responsibly. 

Webuild's business is strongly oriented towards developing and building infrastructure that directly contributes to advancing the main Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs-oriented) and transition to a low-carbon economy.

Infrastructure projects can provide tangible solutions to improve people's quality of life in response to the major global megatrends posed by climate change, population growth, urbanization, and resource scarcity (such as water)..

Sustainable development principles permeate the entire Group, both at the core business level and in business practices, as they are an integral component of Webuild's business.

What we build is important to us, but even more important is how we build. Our infrastructure projects are designed to enhance the development and well-being of communities facing global challenges in a concrete way. We also act responsibly, contributing to the economic and social development of the territories where we work, protecting and enhancing people and the environment.

In fact, we daily invest in three sustainability “construction sites” with clear and declared ESG programmes and targets, as defined in our ESG Plan.

Webuild ESG Plan

The ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Plan of Webuild, consolidates a business strategy that is evermore oriented to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations, consolidating the Group's commitment to meeting the growing needs of stakeholders and global challenges, in an evermore tangible way.

In 2021, Webuild defined its first ESG Plan for the three-year period 2021-2023, focusing on the priority pillars of the 5Ps (Planet, Prosperity, People, Partnership, Progress) and on three sustainability "construction sites" - Green builders, Safe & inclusive builders, Innovative & smart builders - in which the Group continues to invest resources.

2023 marked the end of the ESG plan launched in 2021, through which Webuild achieved and exceeded all its targets, further consolidating its position in the field of sustainability.

Confirming the Group's ongoing commitment to tackling global challenges in a concrete manner, at the beginning of 2024new ambitious targets for 2025 were set . Innovation, health and safety, circular economy, digitalization, and inclusiveness are the cornerstones of the new ESG Plan, outlining the path to achieving the targets set.

With the new Plan, which is based on the same pillars that successfully guided the Group in the previous Plan ESG that ended at the end of 2023 (Green, Safety & Inclusion, Innovation), the Group intends to:

• Contribute to accelerating the climate transition towards a economy low-emissionby investing in clean technologies, improving the environmental sustainability of projects during the construction phase and of works during the phaseuse;
• Be the industry benchmark in terms of health and safety, skills development, diversity, and inclusion;
• Contribute to improving the efficiency of the sector through investments in innovation and digitalization.

Mitigating Climate Change 

Webuild supports global efforts aimed at fighting climate change and transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

The Group has defined a clear and structured Climate Strategy based on greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, through which it aims to be a leading player in the infrastructure sector with the ability to support its customers in their efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

The climate strategy identifies three priority areas for action: Business mix, Decarbonization of construction sites, and Decarbonization of works.