Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Information Security

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Achieved a B score in CDP Climate Change questionnaire 2021
• Offset the emissions from commuting and work from home for the first time in 2021
• Reduced 28.6 tons of CO2 through KLM biofuel program in 2021
• Reduced market-based scope 2 emissions by 10,475 t CO2e through renewable electricity purchase

Social Achievements

• Launched several sustainability-focused educational campaigns in 2021, resulting in over 140,000 video views and 1593 report downloads for Electric Vehicle report and over 130,000 video views and 2,823 report downloads for Energy Transition report
• Collaboration with Johnson & Johnson on WiSTEM2D outreach in Europe

Governance Achievements

• Established a Sustainability Committee ('SusCo') in May 2020
• Implemented an enterprise-wide Environmental Management System (EMS) in 2019
• Made sustainability a component of executive remuneration since 2019

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Failure to prioritize sustainability
• Substitution of existing products/services with lower emissions options
• Changing customer behavior
• Supply chain risks

Mitigation Strategies

• Commitment to not engage in projects that have a net, long-term negative impact on quality of life
• Set emissions reduction targets aligned with SBTi 1.5°C initiative and Net Zero commitments
• Implementing a Global Environmental Management System Standard
• Developing innovative sustainable solutions for clients aligned with UN SDGs
• Enterprise-wide EMS addressing risks and opportunities for supply chain

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 1%

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Sustainability Collaboration Pilot

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events
• Flooding
• Wildfires

Transition Risks

• Changing customer behavior
• Increased demand for low-carbon products and services
• Increased innovation from competitors
• Increased climate regulation

Opportunities

• Access to new markets
• Development of new products or services through R&D and innovation
• Reputational benefits resulting in increased demand

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, ISO 14064-1, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 7
• Goal 13

Arcadis's services and solutions support the achievement of these goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Design and engineering consultancy services focused on sustainability

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainable solutions
• Digital leadership
• Focus & Scale
• Climate change
• Urbanization
• Inequality
• Sustainability
• Net Zero

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced emissions aligned with a 1.5°C science-based target before 2035
• Investing in high-quality, certified abatement and compensation programs from 2020
• Supporting the city of New York in developing a blueprint to strengthen the shoreline around Manhattan and protect 62,000 residents against rising sea levels
• Casino Venlo project in the Netherlands exemplifies sustainable design using biomimicry and smart digital tools

Social Achievements

• Improved employee experience and productivity through creating connected and human-centric spaces
• Greater opportunities for professional and personal growth for employees
• More equal and inclusive experience of Arcadis for employees
• Supporting Bristol City Council in developing a plan to grow a healthier, inclusive, and more sustainable city

Governance Achievements

• Updated pursuits processes from regional to global, ensuring a global outlook
• Optimizing client experience and standardizing the level of service excellence globally
• Standardizing and automating basic processes in business services to create more engaging careers
• Investing in strategic workforce planning

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity, and widening social inequality gap
• Unforeseen natural events such as floods and wildfires becoming more frequent
• Pressure on natural resources due to increasing urban population
• Meeting population growth and citizen demands for more connected, inclusive, sustainable, and digitally-enabled spaces
• Digitalization and the proliferation of data providing new opportunities and challenges for asset investors, owners, and users

Mitigation Strategies

• Offering sustainable solutions in all projects and articulating how services support the Sustainable Development Goals
• Evolving business models to utilize new digital technologies
• Consolidating into three Global Business Areas: Resilience, Places, and Mobility
• Investing in areas where they can make the most difference
• Standardizing priority services and solutions – automating and scaling them to deliver global solutions
• Embedding sustainability throughout solutions
• Harmonizing and standardizing ways of working to ensure consistent client experience
• Optimizing operational efficiency and digitalizing services
• Automating repetitive design and engineering tasks
• Investing in strategic workforce planning to provide employees with future capabilities and skills

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Floods
• Wildfires

Opportunities

• Energy transition
• Climate resilience
• Sustainable solutions

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Digitally enabled water services
• LifeCycle Think and PlaceTech solutions
• Sustainable design solutions for buildings (e.g., Casino Venlo)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate change
• Biodiversity loss
• Inequality
• Digitalization
• Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• Pioneering nature-based solutions to protect and ‘green’ cities (Rotterdam and Paris)
• Supporting the transition to renewable energy sources (Netherlands and Germany)
• Developing comprehensive strategies for clients through Sustainability Advisory (operational in eight countries)
• Providing integrated end-to-end sustainable solutions at scale (decarbonizing buildings, designing flood management systems, accelerating electric bus fleets)

Social Achievements

• Embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into operations
• Renewed commitment to hybrid working
• Launch of global affinity groups to champion inclusion and diversity
• Active role in the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (WBCSD)
• Publication of the 2022 Sustainable Cities Index

Governance Achievements

• Fully implemented Global Business Area structure
• Strategic acquisitions (IBI Group, DPS Group, HydroNET, Giftge Consult)
• Divestment from smaller countries in Europe and Southeast Asia
• Transitioned most IT infrastructure to the cloud

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Geo-political and economic uncertainty
• Extreme weather conditions impacting the world economy
• The war in Ukraine

Mitigation Strategies

• Close review of opportunities and investments to accelerate impact and future-proof the business
• Strategic acquisitions to strengthen position in North America and Europe and drive growth
• Divestment from less strategic markets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Transport Strategy Optimizer
• FieldNow

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: IFRS