Veidekke is an active driving force for the green shift - by reducing the negative impact on the environment from our own business, and by helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals.
We prioritise customers and projects where our expertise and collaborative work methods can help reduce the climate footprint. Innovation, cooperation and selective investments also open new business opportunities.
Our sustainability goals
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement and Science Based Target
- Halving greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain year on year to 2030
- Becoming climate neutral (net zero) by 2045
- Avoiding serious work injuries and reducing the total number of injuries by 20% annually
- Improving diversity in Veidekke
We underpin our sustainability efforts by linking loan agreements and executive incentives to the achievement of the sustainability goals.
Organisation of the sustainability work
Organisation of the sustainability work
Participation in sustainability initiatives
Veidekke participates in initiatives promoting sustainability goals, such as:
- The UN Global Compact — Veidekke is a member and shall comply with UN Global Compact's Ten Principles of Responsible Business.
- Skift, Norway — Business Climate Leaders — Veidekke is a member and has signed-up to the principles of The Guide Against Greenwashing and other initiatives promoting sustainability goals.
- The Zero Emission Resource Organisation, Norway — Veidekke is a strategic partner.
- The Transportation Plan 2045, Sweden — Veidekke has signed-up and committed itself to the roadmap.
Reporting
Veidekke prepares an annual sustainability report.
The report follows the principles of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and shows how our business impacts the environment, climate and society, how climate change and the transition to the low-emission community impacts Veidekke, and how we meet financial risks and business opportunities resulting from this.
Investor Surveys
- CDP Climate and CDP Forest
- Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating Report
- S&P CSA