2013-vinci-annual-report

ENGAGE IN CIVIC
PROJECTS TOGETHER
We commit to supporting the civic engagement
of our employees, especially through the Group’s
foundations around the world.
28 GROUP / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
VINCI defines itself as a
private-sector company
working closely with local and
regional authorities to serve
the public interest. This
positioning reflects the Group’s
commitment to its role as a
long-term partner of the
communities for which it
builds and manages facilities.
The Group’s approach also
enables its employees and
companies to use their skills
outside work to benefit civil
society.
Main actions
•
VINCI’s sponsorship and
civic engagement work
focuses on three main issues:
social integration, environment
(see p. 27) and culture.
We systematically involve our
employees and companies in
our skills sponsorship projects.
In 2013, funding of more than
€11 million was provided for
work in the three areas.
• VINCI’s civic engagement
largely focuses on giving access
to employment and strengthening
social ties in disadvantaged
neighbourhoods. The funding
provided to non-profit
organisations working in this
Funding engaged
€4.3 million
area is systematically combined
with project sponsorship by
Group employees. In 2013,
203 projects were supported
through 289 sponsorships and
total funding of almost
€3 million (see p. 180). In
France, the Fondation VINCI
pour la Cité, created in 2002,
supported 135 projects
involving 208 sponsorships for
total funding of more than
€2 million. Similar foundations
have been active for several
years in Germany, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Belgium
and Greece, and a foundation
was set up at the end of 2013 in
the UK. On the Tours–Bordeaux
SEA HSL project, the Sillon
Solidaire fund supported
25 projects in 2013. Aimed at
combating social exclusion, the
projects received assistance
from 34 employee sponsors
and total funding of €311,000.
• In Africa, the Issa (Sogea-
Satom Initiatives for Africa)
programme, set up in 2007,
supports solidarity activities
initiated and managed by
Sogea-Satom’s agencies and
worksite teams. The focus of
most projects is support for
economic initiatives such as
microenterprises and
cooperatives, and access to
basic services (water, healthcare
and education). In 2013,
total programme funding of
€440,000 was awarded to
28 projects in nine countries.
€11 million
in 2008 in 2013
• In Cambodia, Cambodia
Airports (VINCI Airports) has
been involved for a long time
with the Artisans d’Angkor
non-profit organisation that
combines an employment
integration approach for
disadvantaged people in the
Siem Reap region with
commercial activity that
generated revenue of almost
€7.5 million in 2013. Ten years
after its creation, Artisans
d’Angkor now employs
1,320 people, including
900 artisans working in
48 rural workshops, and
generates profits that are
ploughed back into growing
the business.
• The VINCI Autoroutes
Foundation for Responsible
Driving, with annual funding
of €2 million, continued its
action in support of research
and public awareness of road
safety issues. In 2013, the
foundation, in partnership
with the Ferdinand non-profit,
launched the roulonsautrement.com
multimedia
website, which has attracted
wide support (see p. 49).
• In terms of cultural
sponsorship, VINCI joined
forces with Marseille-
Provence 2013 to illuminate
the Palais du Pharo under a
skills sponsorship agreement.
Also in Marseille, via VINCI
Construction France, the
Group is builder and sponsor
of the MuCEM. Elsewhere, in
Lorraine, VINCI supported the
Nancy Renaissance 2013
cultural event.
PROGRESS
TARGETS
The Group aims to step up the
skills sponsorship momentum
and to expand it internationally
by implementing mechanisms
to foster greater involvement of
all employees.