STRABAG

No leading practices were identified for the company in the governance and strategy area.

Resource exploitation and circularity 

STRABAG discloses its inputs, including its material footprint. The company discloses the materials used, including stone/gravel, asphalt, concrete, cement, and structural steel, based on GRI 301-1 as well as its fuel consumption. 

No leading practices were identified for the company in the social inclusion and community impact area.

Sustainability strategy and accountability 

STRABAG discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts as well as the outcome of this process, in relation to its sustainability strategy. The company does not disclose group-wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain.  

Although STRABAG mentions the Management Board’s discussion and coordination on sustainability strategy, it is unclear whether the Board has oversight responsibility for its sustainability strategy. No evidence was found that the company links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. The company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics. 

Stakeholder engagement 

Although STRABAG discloses the material issues identified, it is unclear with the issues engaged with each stakeholder group. The company discloses how often and through which channels it engages with various stakeholder groups. 

Lobbying 

STRABAG discloses a list of trade associations of which it is a member wherever it operates. However, the company does not disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with nature-positive policies. The company does not report (potential) misalignment between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and nature-positive policies. 

Impact and dependencies assessment 

STRABAG has not holistically assessed its impacts or how it depends on nature, including biodiversity. It has an opportunity to start such an assessment across its value chains, focused on quantification of its impacts or dependencies. 

Key areas and species 

STRABAG does not disclose key species or areas important for biodiversity affected by its operations or suppliers. It has an opportunity to increase its transparency. 

Ecosystem conversion and restoration 

No evidence was found regarding STRABAG’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. 

Resource exploitation and circularity 

STRABAG does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health. 

Water 

STRABAG does not disclose relevant information related to water, in its operations or supply chains.  

Solid and air pollution 

STRABAG does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains.  

GHG emissions 

STRABAG is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. While the company sets a target to achieve climate neutrality, this does not translate to an absolute reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions. No evidence that the company reports progress against the target and that the target is aligned with 1.5°C trajectory.  

STRABAG does not disclose any information on scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, nor has it set a time-bound reduction target. The company must immediately set a reduction target aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree trajectory. 

Invasive species 

STRABAG has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations. 

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

STRABAG does not disclose a commitment to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment or to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders. 

Indigenous peoples’ and land rights 

STRABAG does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities. 

While STRABAG discloses that it conducts a materiality assessment to identify the main risks to the business and reports on human rights, it has an opportunity to specify that it conducts human rights due diligence that includes a process for identifying human rights risks and impacts through its business relationships. The company has an opportunity to describe a process for assessing the human rights risks it has identified and to disclose what it considers to be its salient human rights issues. A description of this process would include how relevant factors are considered, such as geographical, economic and social factors. No evidence was found that the company has a global system to act on its salient human rights issues.  

While STRABAG discloses the categories of stakeholders it engages with generally on sustainability issues, it is not clear if these stakeholders are those whose human rights have been or may be affected by its activities. No evidence that the company provides examples of its engagement with stakeholders whose human rights have been or may be affected by its activities was found. 

While STRABAG states that health and safety at work are another central concern of ours, it is not clear that the company commits it to respect the health and safety of workers. The company has a publicly available policy statement which shows it expects its suppliers to commit to respecting the health and safety of their workers. While the company states that it ensures minimum wage in certain trades, it has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound target for paying all workers a living wage or that it has achieved paying all workers a living wage. No evidence that the company describes how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates was found. No evidence that the company describes how it works to support the payment of a living wage by its suppliers was found.  

STRABAG discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. While the company states that it encourages its suppliers to respect employees’ right to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, it has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to those. 

STRABAG discloses a tax strategy, but it is not applicable to all its operations.  The company takes steps to identify and address bribery and corruption. The company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with direct business relationships. The company does not disclose its approach to lobbying and political engagement in a public policy document.