4.1. Environmental impact management, 4.1.7. Environmentally responsible service delivery, Environmental responsibility
Budimex SA
[GRI 3-3]
Budimex SA strives to minimize its impact on the environment, including biodiversity. To this end, it conducts numerous activities related to plant and animal protection and noise reduction. The work is carried out in accordance with each company’s standards.
The company sets standards for due diligence, including with regard to the environment, with a particular focus on biodiversity. It implements them at every stage of the investment, in cooperation with entities along the value chain.
The supplier is obliged to conclude a contract/acceptance of order, of which the appendix Environmental requirements is an integral part. It thus expresses its full readiness to cooperate with Budimex SA in the field of environmental protection in the process of preparing and implementing construction.
Each supplier is contractually obliged to cooperate with Budimex SA in the following areas: waste management, protection of soil, water and acoustic environment, protection of flora and fauna. Prior to the start of supplies or construction work, training on environmental requirements is provided. Compliance with these requirements is verified during audits conducted on contracts by the ESG, Quality and Environmental Protection Department [1], Budimex SA Internal Audit Office and external verifiers. Suppliers are evaluated according to environmental, health and safety and social criteria (table below).
Table: Business partners evaluated using environmental and social criteria by Budimex SA
[GRI 308-1]
In 2023. we recorded a 6% increase in the total number of evaluated contractors according to the rating sheets. In addition, in 2023. We have changed our approach to reporting on the issue of social evaluation of contractors, adopting principles analogous to those for reporting on environmental evaluation of contractors, with a related adjustment to the published data for 2022.
[1] Until February 2024 under the name of the Procurement, Quality and Environmental Protection Department.
