Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment and climate
• Employees
• The society around us
• External business partners

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced energy consumption and CO2 emission through purchasing energy-efficient cars, vans, and construction machines; implemented measures of communication and training in better use of equipment; and used speed-limiting devices in vehicles.
• Reduced heating time and idle-running time for equipment, resulting in fewer repairs and less noise.
• New refuelling system saved a large amount of plastic packaging, improved ergonomic conditions for employees, and reduced smell and evaporation.
• Improved waste separation at source and a new IT system for construction waste resulted in better waste fractioning, optimized container sizes, and fewer kilometers driven by carriers.

Social Achievements

• Launched a campaign focusing on access roads at construction sites to improve safety.
• Introduced Aarsleff Academy to support employee personal and professional development.
• Initiated a dietician program to promote healthy eating and exercise.
• Established Aarsleff Labour Service to improve the recruitment process of foreign employees.
• Completed a training program on fair competitive behavior for managers.

Governance Achievements

• Updated anti-corruption policy.
• Established a separate policy on respect for human rights.
• Implemented a whistleblower scheme.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Accident rate higher than target.
• Insufficient number of best-qualified female candidates for board positions.
• Risk of pollution and other impacts on surroundings (oil spill, chemical release, air emission, noise, dust, smell, excessive energy consumption, waste disposal).

Mitigation Strategies

• Implemented measures to reduce accidents (campaigns, training, communication).
• Set targets for board diversity and actively seeking qualified female candidates.
• QE&OHS management system with procedures for preventing and handling pollution and impacts; employee training on these procedures.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Plan for managing suppliers’ responsibility profiles in relation to environment, occupational health and safety, employee rights, anti-corruption, and human rights.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards

Certifications: OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 10006

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainability
• Green transition
• Occupational health and safety
• Equality and diversity

Environmental Achievements

• Established Aarsleff ECO Center
• Updated OHS strategy
• Laid the foundations for undertaking environmental reporting of the entire Aarsleff Group in future
• Commenced the construction of an administration building on our own energy piles
• Started a test period of using biodiesel instead of normal diesel
• Reduced material consumption and errors on major projects through systematic project coordination

Social Achievements

• Launched Aarsleff Digital Challenge 2020
• Based recruitments, promotions and reorganisations on our policy and guidelines for equality and diversity
• Commenced the execution of Denmark’s biggest housing renovation project certified under the DGNB standard
• Had several trainees and students of both genders attached to the staff
• Completed our first occupational health and safety week
• Released the virtual computer game Play Safe about occupational health and safety conditions
• Worked on knowledge sharing between the plant drivers about risk minimisation
• Dealt with the coronavirus pandemic through a Group task force
• Completed a CSR information campaign in the Aarsleff Group
• Employee share programme (1,188 employees participated)

Governance Achievements

• Board of Directors evaluated its work and composition
• Established Aarsleff ECO Center with focus on green transition

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Slowdown in the Icelandic market
• Reduced activity in the Aarsleff Rail Group
• Coronavirus pandemic
• Intense price competition in some markets
• Declining number of EU-funded projects in Poland
• Risk of inaccurate revenue recognition due to large building projects
• Risk of changes in raw material prices and exchange rates
• Risk of cyberattacks due to increased digitalisation
• High accident rate (13.7, target is max. 5)

Mitigation Strategies

• Increased focus on the green transition (ECO Center)
• Maintained relatively normal production on most projects during the pandemic
• Retained all skilled employees
• Integration of design and planning
• Monthly measuring of progress on projects
• Currency hedging
• Price regulation mechanisms in contracts
• Initiatives to reduce cyberattack exposure
• Specific initiatives to reduce accidents

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: IFRS

Third-party Assurance: PricewaterhouseCoopers StatsautoriseretRevisionspartnerselskab

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainability
• Environment and Climate
• Employees
• Society
• External Business Partners
• Equality and Diversity

Environmental Achievements

• Established Aarsleff ECO Center
• Laid the foundations for undertaking environmental reporting of the entire Aarsleff Group in future
• Commenced the construction of an administration building on our own energy piles
• Started a test period of using biodiesel instead of normal diesel
• Reduced material consumption and errors on major projects through systematic project coordination

Social Achievements

• Updated OHS strategy
• Completed our first occupational health and safety week
• Dealt with the coronavirus pandemic through a Group task force
• Released the virtual computer game Play Safe about occupational health and safety conditions
• Completed a CSR information campaign in the Aarsleff Group
• Worked on knowledge sharing between the plant drivers about risk minimisation
• Had several trainees and students of both genders attached to the staff
• Aimed at ensuring that both genders are represented in the field of qualified candidates when recruiting

Governance Achievements

• Launched Aarsleff Digital Challenge 2020
• Participated actively in the chairmanship of one of the Danish government’s 13 climate partnerships
• Based recruitments, promotions and reorganisations on our policy and guidelines for equality and diversity

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Not disclosed

Mitigation Strategies

• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment and climate
• Employees
• Society around us
• Equality and diversity

Environmental Achievements

• Established Aarsleff ECO Center
• Used 0.6 million litres of HVO diesel (target 1 million litres)
• Acquired 100% passenger cars and 96% vans with high energy classes
• Acquired 95% construction machines with high energy classes
• Installed additional charging points at Danish offices
• Acquired more than 40 electric cars and hybrid cars
• Started using lightweight buckets, LED lights, and site huts with heat pumps
• Participated in the innovation project “Future green construction sites”

Social Achievements

• Avoided dismissals related to the pandemic
• Introduced a policy on offensive behaviour and violence
• Launched a CSR development process involving the total management group
• Introduced extensive e-learning targeted at anti-cartel formation
• Offered a trainee programme to support unemployed young people (Byg til Vækst project)
• Created short videos with basic instructions and good advice for employees
• Arranged a roadshow (“On the road with the Safety and Health Preventive Service Bus”) to improve working environment
• Used a logistics app to minimize material movement and waste collection on construction sites

Governance Achievements

• Established a CSR committee
• Developed a specific guidance on competition law compliance and e-learning training course to counteract cartel formation
• Adjusted whistleblower scheme to include concerns from the updated policy on offensive behaviour and violence

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Start-up problems with HVO diesel resulting in lower than planned usage
• High capacity requirements for vans limiting the use of electric vans
• Increase in accident rate from 13.7 to 15.0
• Sickness absence higher than target (3.5% vs 2.5%)
• Insufficient number of best-qualified female candidates for board positions
• Recruitment processes not sufficient in identifying and attracting female candidates

Mitigation Strategies

• New agreement on delivery and consumption of one million litres of biodiesel for the future financial year
• Focus on reducing the number of accidents and improving safety culture
• Continued focus on reducing sickness absence
• Work on achieving equal gender distribution on boards of directors
• Improved recruitment processes to attract more female candidates

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• CSR policy for suppliers on the Fehmarnbelt Link project, including requirements aligned with UN Global Compact principles

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards (inspiration only)

Certifications: ISO 14001 (several companies)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 4
• SDG 8
• SDG 9
• SDG 12
• SDG 13
• SDG 16
• SDG 17

Targets and actions within the CSR area are defined and implemented to help progress towards these goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Precast threaded piles for installation by drilling (Centrum Pæle)