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GRI-G4 INDICATORS
Material issues identified | Indicator | Scope | Revision | |
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Economic performance | ||||
Profitable growth Transparency in the information provided to the market Activity in the securities market | G4-EC1 | Direct economic value generated and distributed | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-EC2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EC3 | Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations. Note 16 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements. Note 29.4 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EC4 | Financial assistance received from government. Note 19 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Presence in the market | ||||
Establishing a methodology for evaluating suppliers based on risk Diversity and equal opportunities Supply chain | G4-EC5 | Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation. The relationship between entry level wage and the local minimum wage in relevant countries is as follows: Spain: 1,06 United Kingdom: 1 United States: 1,38 Poland: 1,82 | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-EC6 | Proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Indirect economic consequences | ||||
Social footprint Community Corporate Volunteering | G4-EC7 | Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services supported | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-EC8 | Significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Purchasing practices | ||||
Supply chain | G4-EC9 | Proportion of spending on local suppliers at significant locations of operation | Ferrovial | ![]() |
Material issues identified | Indicator | Scope | Revision | |
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Materials | ||||
Developing a sustainable construction strategy. Eco-efficiency. Having procedures and protocols in place for handling, use and storage of hazardous substances | G4-EN1 | Materials used by weight or volume | See note | ![]() |
G4-EN2 | Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Energy | ||||
Eco-efficiency. Climate change. Leading the sector on sustainability issues | G4-EN3 | Energy consumption within the organization | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-EN4 | Energy consumption outside of the organization. Energy use from consumption of electricity and losses due to electricity transport stood at 1,935,826 GJ | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN5 | Energy intensity. Energy intensity stood at 827.28 GJ/net revenues | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
CRE1 | Building energy intensity. Not applicable, as this indicator is associated with real estate, which does not represent a significant activity for Ferrovial | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN6 | Reduction of energy consumption. Energy consumption was down 10.25% compared to 2013 | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN7 | Reductions in energy requirements of products and services. When providing services, Ferrovial addresses the energy requirements demanded by its clients in the most efficient manner possible | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Water | ||||
Water footprint | G4-EN8 | Total water withdrawal by source | Ferrovial except Budimex | ![]() |
G4-EN9 | Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN10 | Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused | See note | ![]() | |
CRE2 | Building water intensity. Not applicable, as this indicator is associated with real estate, which does not represent a significant activity for Ferrovial | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Biodiversity | ||||
Biodiversity | G4-EN11 | Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas | Construction divison | ![]() |
G4-EN12 | Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN13 | Habitats protected or restored | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN14 | Total number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Emissions | ||||
Climate change Environmental damages Leading the sector on sustainability issues | G4-EN15 | Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1) | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-EN16 | Energy indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 2) | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN17 | Other indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 3) | Specified on p.53 | ![]() | |
G4-EN18 | Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
CRE3 | Greenhouse gas emissions intensity from buildings. Not applicable, as this indicator is associated with real estate, which does not represent a significant activity for Ferrovial | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
CRE4 | Greenhouse gas emissions intensity from new construction and redevelopment activity. Not applicable, as this indicator is associated with real estate, which does not represent a significant activity for Ferrovial | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN19 | Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN20 | Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) | Amey and Corporate | ![]() | |
G4-EN21 | NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Effluent and waste | ||||
Having programs to respond to spill emergencies Environmental damage Daños al medioambiente | G4-EN22 | Total water discharge by quality and destination. Over 2014 the treated flow volume with incidents at Cadagua stood at 18,136,254 m3 | Cadagua | ![]() |
G4-EN23 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN24 | Total number and volume of significant spills. 13 significant spills were recorded in 2014, all in the Construction Division (3 in Spain, 6 in the United Kingdom and 4 in the United States) | Ferrovial Agroman SA, United Kingdom and United States | ![]() | |
G4-EN25 | Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally. Not reported | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-EN26 | Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats signifcantly affected by the organization's discharges of water and runoff | Construction división | ![]() | |
Degradation, contamination and soil remediation | ||||
Non-material. | CRE5 | Land and other assets remediated and in need of remediation for the existing or intended land use according to applicable legal designations. Not reported | - | |
Products and services | ||||
Developing a sustainable construction strategy | G4-EN27 | Extent of impact mitigation of environmental impacts of products and services | Ferrovial Agroman | ![]() |
G4-EN28 | Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category. The company's activities do not include the production of goods sold with packaging | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Regulatory compliance | ||||
Non-compliance with legislation | G4-EN29 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations. The total amount of fines paid in the year due to breach of environmental legislation stood at €29,277. This amount does not include associated civil liability (compensation). Note 22 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrovial | ![]() |
Transport | ||||
Climate change | G4-EN30 | Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials for the organization’s operations, and transporting members of the workforce. The most significant impact caused by the transport of products, materials and persons are greenhouse gas emissions caused by the same. Said emissions are included in Scope 3 under the “Business travel” and “Upstream transportation and distribution” categories | Ferrovial | ![]() |
General | ||||
G4-EN31 | Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type. Total environmental investment and spending in 2014 stood at 35,092,722, breaking down into the following main items:
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Environmental evaluation of suppliers | ||||
Having a purchasing policy. Establishing a methodology for evaluating suppliers based on risk. Including suppliers in the company’s corporate responsibility policy | G4-EN32 | Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-EN33 | Significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken. In Construction, the negative environmental impacts had by the supply chain are evaluated, identifying potential risks and substandard work. The measures adopted range from expulsion from the project and/or rejection of the supplier, to warnings that improvements are required in less serious cases | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Environmental claim procedures | ||||
Not reported | G4-EN34 | Number of grievances about environmental impacts filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms. Not reported | Ferrovial | ![]() |
Material issues identified | Indicator | Scope | Revision | |
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Labor practices and dignity of labor | ||||
Employment | ||||
Attracting and retaining talent. Diversity and equal opportunities | G4-LA1 | Total number and rates of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender and region | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-LA2 | Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by significant locations of operation. Social benefits are offered equally to full-time employees and parttime employees. In some cases, employees need to have held their posts for at least one year to be eligible for certain social benefits | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-LA3 | Return to work and retention rates after parental leave, by gender. Ferrovial does not consider this a risk, as the countries where it operates have protectionist legislation in place for such matters. Such information is therefore not subject to specific managerial procedures | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Relations between staff and management | ||||
Human rights | G4-LA4 | Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes, including whether these are specified in collective agreements. Ferrovial complies with the advance notice periods established in labor legislations or those enshrined, if applicable, in the collective agreements pertinent to each business, with no corporate advance notice periods having been established | Ferrovial | ![]() |
Health and safety in the workplace | ||||
Occupational health and safety. Having a corporate policy on employee health and safety | G4-LA5 | Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and saftey programs | Ferrovial | ![]() |
CRE6 | Percentage of the organization operating in verified compliance with an internationally recognized health and safety management system | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-LA6 | Type of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities, by region and by gender | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-LA7 | Workers with high incidence or high risk of diseases related to their occupation | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-LA8 | Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Training and education | ||||
Training and development | G4-LA9 | Average hours of training per year per employee by gender, and by employee category | Ferrovial | ![]() |
G4-LA10 | Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. All training and development programs are aimed at improving the employability of the candidate. In the case of early retirement or restructuring plans (e.g. redundancy packages), specific training plans may be negotiated as part of other outplacement plans | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
G4-LA11 | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews, by gender and by employee category | Ferrovial | ![]() | |
Diversity and equal opportunities | ||||
Diversity and equal opportunities | G4-LA12 | Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Equal remuneration between women and men | ||||
Diversity and equal opportunities | G4-LA13 | Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men by employee category, by significant locations of operation. Company management, in particular the Remuneration and Benefits Department, monitors compliance with confidentiality requirements and ensures that its remuneration policy is compliant with internal and external equality standards | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Continuous evaluation of supplier labor practices | ||||
Having a purchasing policy. Establishing a methodology for evaluating suppliers based on risk. Including suppliers in the company’s corporate responsibility policy | G4-LA14 | Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using labor practices criteria | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-LA15 | Significant actual and potential negative impacts for labor practices in the supply chain and actions taken. As for occupational health and safety practices, incidents range from non-compliance with employee training requirements, improper maintenance of machinery, failure to provide the required safety documentation and breach of instructions given by the project manager. The measures taken range from expulsion from the project and/or rejection of the supplier, to warnings that improvements are required in less serious cases. | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Labor practices claim procedures | ||||
Having communication channels for reporting unethical practices | G4-LA16 | Number of grievances about labor practices filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Human rights | ||||
Investment | ||||
Human rights | G4-HR1 | Total number and percentage of significant investment agreements and contracts that include human rights clauses or that underwent human rights screening. There were no significant investment agreements in 2014 that included human rights clauses | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-HR2 | Total hours of employee training on human rights policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Non- discrimination | ||||
Codes of conduct Human rights Diversity and equal opportunities Having specific policies on ethics and integrity issues | G4-HR3 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Freedom of association and collective bargaining | ||||
Human rights Workplace conflicts | G4-HR4 | Operations and suppliers identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be violated or at significant risk, and measures taken to support these rights | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Child labor | ||||
Human rights | G4-HR5 | Operations and suppliers identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the effective abolition of child labor | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Forced labor | ||||
Human rights | G4-HR6 | Operations and suppliers identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Security measures | ||||
Human rights | G4-HR7 | Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization’s human rights policies or procedures that are relevant to operations. Security guards at Ferrovial offices are hired via a company that certifies that said personnel have received the due training | Sede Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Rights of the indigenous population | ||||
Human rights Community | G4-HR8 | Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous peoples and actions taken. No incidents involving the violation of the rights of indigenous populations were recorded in 2014 | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Evaluation | ||||
Human rights | G4-HR9 | Total number and percentage of operations that have been subject to human rights reviews or impact assessments. During 2014 Ferrovial did not conduct any specific studies to evaluate any impact on human rights issues, as no significant operations were identified in which human rights compliance was considered a risk | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Evaluation suppliers in terms of human rights | ||||
Having a purchasing policy. Establishing a methodology for evaluating suppliers based on risk. Including suppliers in the company’s corporate responsibility policy | G4-HR10 | Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using human rights criteria | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-HR11 | Significant actual and potential negative human rights impacts in the supply chain and actions taken. On the social front, incidents of non-compliance in the provision of documentation and failure to pay their own suppliers are also evaluated. The measures taken range from expulsion from the project and/or rejection of the supplier, to warnings that improvements are required in less serious cases | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Human rights claim procedures | ||||
Having communication channels for reporting unethical practices | G4-HR12 | Number of grievances about human rights impacts filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Society | ||||
Local communities | ||||
Social footprint. Community | G4-SO1 | Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-SO2 | Operations with significant actual and potential negative impacts on local communities. 0 situations were identified in 2014 in which Ferrovial’s activities have had any significant negative impacts on local communities | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
CRE7 | Number of persons voluntarily and involuntarily displaced and/or resettled by development, broken down by project. No such operations with these kinds of impacts on local communities were detected in 2014 | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Combatting corruption | ||||
Having specific policies on ethics and integrity issues. Fraud/Corruption | G4-SO3 | Total number and percentage of operations asessed for risks related to corruption and the significant risks identified | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-SO4 | Communication and training on anti-corruption policies and procedures | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
G4-SO5 | Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Public Policy | ||||
Publishing policies on ethics and integrity issues Having a specific corporate governance policy | G4-SO6 | Total value of political contributions by country and recipient/beneficiary. Ferrovial's Code of Ethics indicates the approval levels that all payments to third parties must be subject to, and states that "Ferrovial forbids bribing of authorities and civil servants, and prohibits its employees from making any kind of undue payments to third parties, or giving to or receiving from third parties any undue payments, presents, gifts or favors that are not regular market practices, or which, by reason of their value, characteristics or circumstances, may reasonably be considered to alter the commercial, administrative or professional relations of its companies" | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Unfair competition practices | ||||
Non-compliance with legislation | G4-SO7 | Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes. Ferrovial has two penalties (one of them under appeal) and one surveillance file of the Spanish National Competition Commission. Note 17 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements Note 22.1 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Regulatory compliance | ||||
Non-compliance with legislation | G4-SO8 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations. Note 17 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements Note 22.1 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Evaluation of social repercussions of suppliers | ||||
Having a purchasing policy. Establishing a methodology for evaluating suppliers based on risk. Including suppliers in the company’s corporate responsibility policy. | G4-SO9 | Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using criteria for impacts on society | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-SO10 | Significant actual and potential negative impacts on society in the supply chain and actions taken. On the social front, incidents of non-compliance in the provision of documentation and failure to pay their own suppliers are also evaluated. The measures taken range from expulsion from the project and/or rejection of the supplier, to warnings that improvements are required in less serious cases. | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Social impact claim procedures | ||||
Having communication channels for reporting unethical practices | G4-SO11 | Number of grievances about impacts on society filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Responsability with regards to products | ||||
Health and safety of clients | ||||
Having policies and management systems to ensure that products/services do not pose a risk to customer health, security, integrity or privacy | G4-PR1 | Percentage of significant product and service categories for which health and safety impacts are assessed for improvement | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-PR2 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes. No incidents of this kind were recorded in 2014. As of December 31st 2014. Note 17 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements Note 22.1 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Labelling of products and services | ||||
Service quality Having policies and management systems to ensure that products/services do not pose a risk to customer health, security, integrity or privacy. Making channels of communication available to customers and complaint resolution procedures Non-compliance with legislation | G4-PR3 | Type of product and service information required by the organization's procedures for product and service information and labeling, and percentage of significant product and service categories subject to such information requirements | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-PR4 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes. No noncompliance issues were identified | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
G4-PR5 | Results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction | Cintra, Amey y Ferrovial Agroman | ![]() | |
CRE8 | Type and number of sustainability certification, rating and labeling schemes for new construction, management, occupation and redevelopment | Ferrrovial Agroman | ![]() | |
Marketing Communication | ||||
Non-compliance with legislation | G4-PR6 | Sale of banned or disputed products. Due to Ferrovial’s nature and operations, the company does not market products or services that are prohibited, questioned or the subject of social debate | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
G4-PR7 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship, by type of outcomes. Note 17 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements Note 22.1 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrrovial | ![]() | |
Client privacy | ||||
Service quality Having policies and management systems to ensure that products/ services do not pose a risk to customer health, security, integrity or privacy | G4-PR8 | Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data. No claims were received in 2014 regarding breaches of privacy or the mishandling of customers’ personal information | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
Regulatory compliance | ||||
Non-compliance with legislation | G4-PR9 | Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. Note 17 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements Note 22.1 of 2014 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements | Ferrrovial | ![]() |
(1) Only qualitative information is provided.
(2) Only qualitative information about the existing Policy is given.
(3) No information about contractors and sub-contractors is included.
“(4) Locally-hired non-centralized suppliers are classified as local suppliers. Percentage of local suppliers is reported, but not the proportion of expending.”
(5) Information about paper purchased by the group is reported; timber purchased in Ferrovial Agroman UK, Amey, Budimex and FB Serwis; and the most relevant material consumed by Construction Division (concrete), Amey and Budimex (asphalt).
(6) Recycled materials used in construction, maintenance and services is not reported.
(7) 2014 data includes estimations according to the best available information at the time of preparing this report. Subsequently its level of accuracy is limited, being this uncertainty higher in the case of Scope 3 emissions.
(8) Only information regarding water withdrawal from municipal water supplies and water purchased from a third parties is reported. Main consumptions have been estimated on the basis of the water consumption average price.
(9) The review of this information has consisted of checking the gathering process of the data reported by the different companies of the group and the analysis of trends in comparison with the previous year.
(10) The information refers to Cadagua SA, Ferrovial Servicios España, Ferrovial Agromán SA, Webber and Ferrovial Construcoes Gestao e Manutencao.
(11) Scope 1 and 2 2013 data have been re-calculated taking into account the best available information in 2014. This update has caused an decrease of 0.21%.
(12) Scope 3 2013 data has been re-calculated taking into account the best available information in 2014. This update has caused an decrease of 24%
(13) NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions data are those that correspond to direct energy consumption and electricity consumption.
(14) The quality and destination of water discharges is not reported.
(15) Not broken down by disposal method.
(16) Information about total volume of spills is not reported.
(17) The employee turnover refers only to the number of employees who voluntarily leave the organization.
(18) Not broken down by region.
(19) The information related to contractors is partial and estimated, thus not representative. The review of this information has consisted of checking the gathering process of the data reported by the different companies of the group.
(20) The information about contractors is not broken down by region.
(21) The information about employees is not broken down by region.
(22) Not broken down by gender and professional category.
(23) Not broken down by age group, minority group membership and other indicators of diversity.
(24) Information about complaints received through the Corporative Whistleblowing Channel in Spain is given.