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Top. Waste management (above, a sorting unit on the Annecy hospital worksite) is an environmental policy priority for VINCI Construction subsidiaries. Their aim is to reduce the production of waste at source and optimise waste sorting, traceability, treatment and recycling. Bottom. Some motorway infrastructure is reserved for wild animals. Pictured here, an overpass built on the A28 to the north of Ecommoy to help large mammals – stags, wild boar, roe deer, foxes, etc. – cross the motorway. In 2005, there were 127 crossings for small and large animals on the Cofi route network. 138 VINCI 2005 ANNUAL REPORT

Optimising waste management VINCI continued to introduce waste sorting across all its businesses in 2005. In view of the volume of waste involved, VINCI companies are developing ways to reduce the production of waste at source and optimise waste sorting, traceability, treatment and recycling. Waste produced by construction sites falls into three categories defi ned by regulations: inert waste, non-hazardous waste and hazardous waste. In 2005, the Paris region purchasing club initiated a pilot project in which several VINCI companies – Sogea Construction, GTM Construction, Freyssinet, Eurovia and VINCI Energies – are participating. It involves setting up a joint system for the global management of waste from their construction sites. The volume of such waste reaches 80,000 tonnes a year, of which 60% is inert waste that can be recycled by Eurovia. The deployment of a joint programme with common tools (on-site pre-sorting equipment, manuals to harmonise treatment processes, framework contracts with suppliers, etc.) is to reduce the costs of managing waste, as well as improve traceability and the recycling rate. This initiative, which received the Special Synergies category award in the VINCI 2005 Innovation Awards Competition, will be audited, formalised and rolled out to other regions. Preventing and limiting pollution VINCI combats noise on two fronts: innovation (quieter road surfacings and noise barriers, for example) and the reduction of noise emissions at their source. On construction sites, in addition to complying strictly with noise emission regulations (especially those applying to compressors, jack hammers and tower cranes), the Group’s companies consult with nearby residents to defi ne working hours that will reduce their exposure to noise. Appropriate solutions are implemented on A RESPONSIBLE GROUP / ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY Group worksites to protect air quality. These include the use of sprinklers to limit dust dispersion when vehicles pass, and the installation of dust removers directly above stone crushers in tunnels. Flue gas treatment techniques are developed by VINCI Environnement for household waste incineration plants, and by Eurovia for the emissions from its own industrial facilities. In 2005, Eurovia developed a process to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted during the production of asphalt mixes. The organisation of 15-minute “environment” sessions on Group construction sites raised employee awareness of solutions that prevent accidental discharges into water and soil. Settling tanks, fi lters and emergency spillage kits made up of absorbent materials are coming into widespread use to prevent soil pollution and water contamination. Protecting the environment For their design and build projects, VINCI companies carry out environmental impact studies that include a section on fl ora and fauna, especially for activities related to ICPE (installations classifi ed for environmental protection). PRESERVING THE BALANCE OF ECO-SYSTEMS Controlling environmental impacts is a major concern at every stage of a motorway project (design, construction and management), starting with the impact study that has to be carried out before the project can be declared of public interest. Once put into service, motorway infrastructure is subject to environmental assessment: an intermediate assessment after one year, and a fi nal assessment at the end of three to fi ve years. In May 2005, Cofi route presented the intermediate assessment for the A85 motorway. This checked aspects such as the quality of the motorway’s fi t with its surrounding landscape (embankments blending with the natural contours of the terrain), attention paid to water treatment (both surface and ground water), and the protection of wild animals: the construction of crossings for both large and small animals, installation of ponds for frogs, and measures to limit bird deaths at selected areas of the motorway. In addition, in January 2006, Cofi route and the French foundation for the protection of the habitat of wildlife signed a partnership agreement for the preservation of biodiversity. REHABILITATING END-OF- OPERATION QUARRIES Group companies transform end-ofoperation alluvial quarries into leisure centres for water activities; rock quarries are restored and reforested. Local liaison and consultation committees set up by the operating companies, which local nature protection associations are invited to join, are essential for the success of rehabilitation projects. In 2005, Carrières Bretagne Sud (Eurovia) won the best environmental practices award at the sustainable development competition organised by the French national union of aggregate producers (UNPG) for its restoration of the Quinipily quarry in the Morbihan region. The quarry, which had been in operation for almost a century, was converted back into a natural site. Completely replanted, it now has a lake where the excavations took place. Risk prevention ECONOMIC RISKS Only two of VINCI’s installations are affected by France’s national plan for the allocation of greenhouse gas quotas: Opteor-Sonnex at Lisieux in Normandy and the CICF factory at Chateauneuf les Martigues in the south. Their quotas are 14,429 tonnes and 159,172 tonnes of CO 2 respectively. VINCI does, however, participate in discussion groups on the changes that are likely to occur, particularly on the themes of “buildings and CO 2 ” and “transport and CO 2 ”. INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRON- MENTAL RISKS VINCI has low exposure to industrial and environmental risks. Some of Eurovia’s business activities – binder plants, coating plants and quarries – are closely regulated and have characteristics that are similar to those of industry. They can therefore be exposed to limited but well identifi ed risks. The risks presented by binder and coating plants stem from the fact that they use or make products that are potentially dangerous 139

Top. Waste management (above, a sorting unit on the Annecy hospital worksite) is an environmental policy priority for <strong>VINCI</strong> Construction subsidiaries.<br />

Their aim is to reduce the production of waste at source and optimise waste sorting, traceability, treatment and recycling.<br />

Bottom. Some motorway infrastructure is reserved for wild animals. Pictured here, an overpass built on the A28 to the north of Ecommoy to help large mammals<br />

– stags, wild boar, roe deer, foxes, etc. – cross the motorway. In <strong>2005</strong>, there were 127 crossings for small and large animals on the Cofi route network.<br />

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<strong>VINCI</strong> <strong>2005</strong> ANNUAL REPORT

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