The 8 CSR Commitments of Colas (The Act Project)

Offer our customers and users solutions that meet the challenges of sustainable development in local communities

Roll out a low carbon and biodiversity strategy to preserve the planet

Promote circular economy solutions to preserve natural resources

Reduce the impact of our activities to bolster acceptability

Attract, develop and retain talent through managerial excellence

A health and safety culture shared by all

Build a responsible supply chain rooted in sustainable performance

Shape an exemplary culture of ethics and compliance

Commitment 1:

To offer our customers and users solutions that meet the challenges of sustainable development of territories
Environmental, climatic and societal challenges, as well as changes in usage, bring both constraints and opportunities for Colas. Thus, the Group develops offers and services related to the challenges of sustainable development. Its ambition is to imagine and propose the responsible infrastructures of tomorrow (safe, sustainable, accessible, shared, connected), at the service of users, and for the opening up and economic and social development of territories.

Commitment 2:

Implement a low-carbon and biodiversity strategy to contribute to the respect of the planet
Faced with the climate emergency, in 2020 Colas embarked on a strategic review that led it to announce an ambitious target to reduce its emissions by 30%, compatible with the Paris Agreement. In December 2020, Colas built a low-carbon roadmap based on five axes.

Through its activities, Colas has strong interactions with biodiversity. The Group is also committed to a biodiversity strategy aimed at developing and promoting ecological niches, as well as preserving emblematic species

Commitment 3:

Promoting our circular economy solutions to preserve natural resources As one of the world’s leading recyclers, Colas recovers and recycles waste and materials from deconstruction on its recycling and recovery platforms and in its infrastructure sites. Colas offers its customers circular economy solutions, with its network of recovery platforms and its solutions for recycling materials, reusing them or extending the life of infrastructure. In this way, it contributes to the preservation of natural resources.

Commitment 4:

Reducing the impact of our activities to strengthen their acceptability Colas strives to reduce the impact on local residents and users of its construction materials production and construction activities. The objective is to develop and share solutions aimed at improving processes and promoting the acceptability of sites and construction sites.

Commitment 5:

Attracting, developing and retaining talent through
managerial excellence
One of the challenges of Colas’ corporate social responsibility is to attract and recruit the talent of tomorrow.

To do this, the Group offers working conditions that ensure health, safety and well-being, while promoting diversity, inclusion and the development of everyone’s employability and career.

Commitment 6:

A health and safety culture shared by all Health and safety are major issues for Colas. Reducing health risks and accidents in the workplace or on the road benefits not only employees but also users, local residents, partners, etc. Colas’ objective is to consolidate a global health and safety culture.

Commitment 7:

Building a responsible supply chain anchored in sustainable performance Colas’ purchases account for more than 60% of the company’s turnover. Our actions to meet CSR challenges must therefore be extended to our partners, suppliers and subcontractors. In this way, Colas is working with them to build a responsible supply chain based on sustainable performance.

Commitment 8:

Consolidating an exemplary culture of ethics and compliance Acts or complicity in corruption represent major economic and financial risks as well as reputational risks for the company. Ensuring that Colas employees and third parties work within the framework of business ethics is essential to the Group’s values. Colas strengthens its compliance culture by identifying risks of corruption and human rights violations, communicating on ethics and compliance rules, and implementing controls to ensure compliance with ethics and compliance processes.