This is demonstrated by the major concession assets acquired in 2024 in Brazil, the United States (Denver, Colorado), the United Kingdom (Edinburgh, Scotland) and Hungary (Budapest). What’s more, when governments opt for this financing model for their mobility infrastructure, they are able to focus on areas such as healthcare and education.
Climate change is the defining issue of this century. Not only are we on track, but we even scaled up our ambitions in 2024. We’re now aiming to reduce our direct carbon emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by two thirds by 2030, relative to 2018 levels. To decarbonise road mobility, which alone accounts for over 90% of the transport sector’s carbon footprint, efforts need to focus on usage and help change how people travel. This can be achieved by expanding electric mobility. We’re therefore stepping up our efforts by installing charging stations along highways for motorists and at airports in our network. VINCI Autoroutes offers charge points at 100% of the service areas in its network and has begun equipping its rest areas, making it the leading highway network in Europe in terms of the density of its charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. In the aviation industry, we are fully committed to our own operational scope and to our various stakeholders. With over 50 accredited airports including four in France and Portugal at ACA Level 5, the highest level possible VINCI Airports is the number one international contributor to the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) carbon management programme run by Airports Council International (ACI). We are also demonstrating, with the large-scale deployment of photovoltaic power plants across our airport and highway networks, that the concession model can significantly contribute to the production of renewable energy, which can reduce the carbon footprint of the infrastructure it powers or be fed into the national grid to support regional transitions. Across all concessions held by VINCI, we aim to reach a photovoltaic production capacity of 2 gigawatts equivalent to the output of two nuclear reactors – by 2030.
Innovation is essential if we want to keep offering our passengers, travellers and users a more seamless experience. Our airports feature some of the most efficient security screening areas in the world. In the railway industry, we have long been at the forefront of deploying predictive maintenance solutions.
With regard to highways, we are leading the way in the development of free-flow solutions in certain countries and our traffic information expertise is unparalleled. Ulys consolidated its position as the leader in multi-service subscriptions for road mobility in France with 1.2 million new sign-ups recorded in 2024, bringing the total number of tags in circulation to 6.8 million, corresponding to a market share of over 70%. With six centres of excellence for innovation worldwide, we lead ecosystems (start-ups, players from the academic world, researchers and other contributors) that are shaping the future of smart mobility alongside us. Artificial intelligence is a powerful driver of innovation, whether it’s to improve employee safety, our processes, the operational efficiency of our infrastructure and client relations or to accelerate the energy transition.
“Climate change is the defining issue of this century. Committed to responding to the challenges it poses, VINCI Concessions is stepping up its decarbonisation efforts.”
