2013-vinci-annual-report

Our Group is multi-local
and multi-cultural
We are proficient at
working in partnerships
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environmental value. Similarly,
we measure our performance
by the extent to which our
projects blend into the fabric of
local communities and
contribute to social and
economic development.
We believe in
humanistic values
VINCI believes that lasting
economic success must be
based on an ambitious human
project. Trust, respect,
solidarity, the primacy of
people over systems and the
simultaneous recognition of
individual initiative and
teamwork – the fundamental
principle of the worksite – are
central to our identity as a
group of entrepreneurs.
These principles guide our
actions and conduct, and serve
as inspiration for our managers
and organisations.
Our management model
ensures our cohesion
Apart from the diversity of its
businesses, employees and the
regions where it operates, VINCI
differs though a unique
management style that drives its
growth and underpins its
cohesion. This model is based on
decentralised organisations,
business unit autonomy and
manager empowerment. The
trust placed in our managers is
inseparable from their compliance
with the inviolable
principles of loyalty and
transparency. Placing precedence
on human intelligence
rather than systems, this model
encourages each employee to
give of their best and each
company to adapt to its evolving
markets. Networking teams and
skills encourages an exchange
between businesses and a
project-based approach.
VINCI consists of more than
2,100 companies operating in
some 100 countries. We have
stepped up our international
expansion in recent years and
will drive it further in the years
ahead. We build momentum by
making the most of the strong
and lasting roots we have put
down in the countries where
we operate, by recruiting and
training local managers, and
by respecting each country’s
culture. As partners in local
development, our companies
and activities directly and
indirectly help create wealth
and jobs.
Our business model
focuses on the long term
VINCI is steeped in the history
of companies founded over a
century ago and in a culture of
builders forming an integral
part of its identity. Our businesses
are by definition long
term in their focus. The infrastructure
and facilities we
design, finance, build and
manage are intended to last.
In our concession contracts we
undertake to serve regions and
communities for periods of
several decades. Each year, we
invest very substantial sums in
building or upgrading facilities
and infrastructure that
contribute to the sustainable
development of cities and
regions. This is our understanding
of our position as a
private-sector company
serving the public interest.
Our projects involve a wide
variety of stakeholders within
our industry, our customers’
sectors and society at large, so a
sense of partnership is part of
our culture. This approach and
way of working are in keeping
with the changes to our
markets and clients, which
increasingly demand comprehensive
solutions. This trend
encourages us to focus more
squarely on our ability to
integrate solutions by boosting
operational synergies between
our companies and with our
partners in order to maintain
our leadership by increasing
our projects’ added value and
social and economic benefits.
(*) These pages make up the first section of
the VINCI Sustainable Development Report.
The second part (see p. 156-184) provides
a comprehensive overview of the Group’s
workforce-related, social and environmental
data in accordance with applicable legislation.
All this data, as well as a selection of best
practices, can also be consulted on the
vinci.com website.