VINCI - 2005 annual report
VINCI - 2005 annual report
VINCI - 2005 annual report
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A RESPONSIBLE GROUP / CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS<br />
QUALITY<br />
Securing ISO 9001:2001 certifi cation is an<br />
important quality management step in the<br />
Group’s improvement programme.<br />
At Eurovia, 89% of revenue generated by<br />
roadworks subsidiaries was ISO 9001<br />
certifi ed at the end of <strong>2005</strong>. In the case<br />
of <strong>VINCI</strong> Construction, 89% of GTM<br />
Construction’s revenue, 84% of Sogea<br />
Construction’s revenue, and 100% of<br />
<strong>VINCI</strong> Construction’s revenue is certifi ed.<br />
<strong>VINCI</strong> Energies’ subsidiaries, especially<br />
those that operate in the industrial sector,<br />
signifi cantly increased their certifi cations<br />
and special authorisations such as UIC<br />
and MASE in <strong>2005</strong>. At <strong>VINCI</strong> Concessions,<br />
Cofi route has ISO 9001 certifi cation for<br />
the operation of its network.<br />
Involving suppliers<br />
<strong>VINCI</strong>’s purchasing policy is managed by<br />
the central purchasing coordination unit<br />
and by regional purchasing clubs, two<br />
of which were set up in Belgium and the<br />
Czech Republic in <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
The main aims of this policy are:<br />
– to integrate the principles and criteria<br />
of sustainable development into purchasing<br />
employee practices: 758 Group employees<br />
benefi ted from 4,788 hours of special<br />
training in <strong>2005</strong>, 50% more than in 2004;<br />
– to include contractual clauses about<br />
sustainable development in the Group’s<br />
framework contracts;<br />
– to establish partnership relations that<br />
go beyond price negotiations, inviting<br />
suppliers to take part in think tanks<br />
focusing on the main themes of sustainable<br />
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development (safety, fuel consumption and<br />
reducing energy consumption).<br />
Ringway, Eurovia’s UK subsidiary, organised<br />
two working seminars with suppliers<br />
and subcontractors as part of its project,<br />
“The Way Forward”, and drew up<br />
assessment grids of the results. The project,<br />
based on the EFQM business excellence<br />
model, has led to the establishment<br />
of two-way dialogue between Ringway<br />
and its subcontractors.<br />
<strong>VINCI</strong> Energies extended its purchasing<br />
initiative outside France, holding a meeting<br />
for delegates from seven countries in<br />
December <strong>2005</strong>. Three specialist working<br />
groups were set up (defi ned by type of<br />
supplier) to draw up a joint strategic action<br />
plan for purchases and to set up a panel<br />
of European suppliers.<br />
INCREASING SUPPLIER<br />
AWARENESS OF<br />
THE GLOBAL COMPACT<br />
PRINCIPLES<br />
Since <strong>2005</strong>, <strong>VINCI</strong>’s approved supplier<br />
contracts have systematically included<br />
a clause inviting suppliers to observe<br />
the Global Compact and setting out the 10<br />
principles in the areas of human rights,<br />
employment standards, environmental<br />
protection and the fi ght against corruption<br />
(see p. 109). <strong>VINCI</strong> has added a further<br />
commitment that encourages the exchange<br />
of best practices: it asks suppliers to<br />
inform the Group of all initiatives taken<br />
to promote the principles of the Global<br />
Compact and, conversely, any request or<br />
action that would be contrary to them.<br />
All 102 framework contracts currently in<br />
force internationally include this clause.<br />
Suppliers refusing to accept it have been<br />
excluded from any commercial relationship.<br />
INVOLVING SUPPLIERS<br />
IN <strong>VINCI</strong>’S SOCIAL AND<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS<br />
<strong>VINCI</strong> involves its principal suppliers<br />
operationally in the implementation of its<br />
social and environmental responsibility<br />
policy.<br />
In the case of temporary employment<br />
agencies, the purchasing coordination<br />
unit has included an accident prevention<br />
clause in <strong>VINCI</strong> temporary employment<br />
contracts for the <strong>2005</strong>-2007 period.<br />
The 57 approved temporary worker<br />
recruitment agencies have rallied to<br />
the zero accident goal and signed the<br />
“Workplace Safety Charter for Temporary<br />
Workers”, which contains 14 mutual<br />
commitments.<br />
With vehicle leasing and manufacturing<br />
companies - Arval and Renault, to be more<br />
precise - <strong>VINCI</strong> has launched a programme<br />
to improve road safety and reduce fuel<br />
consumption, setting the target at 2.5%<br />
a year.<br />
With the distributors of personal protection<br />
equipment and as part of the renewal<br />
procedure for framework contracts, <strong>VINCI</strong><br />
has launched a series of audit meetings<br />
where each supplier <strong>report</strong>s on its<br />
initiatives and results in the areas of social<br />
and environmental responsibility.