AECOM

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

No leading practices were identified for the company in the ecosystems and biodiversity area.

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability 

AECOM does not disclose its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability topics and impacts. While the company discloses some sustainability targets such as GHG emissions, no evidence that the company has group wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain based on the SBTN Sectoral Materiality Tool such as non-GHG air pollutants, water use and soil pollutants. The company does not report consistently against all its targets.  

No evidence was found that AECOM 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 

AECOM does not disclose how it engages with stakeholders, nor the issues it raises during such activities. 

Lobbying 

AECOM 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 

AECOM 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 

AECOM 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 AECOM’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. While the company discloses its Natural Capital Laboratory project in Scotland, it is unclear whether the restoration project covers areas affected by its own operations or upstream business relationships. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. 

Resource exploitation and circularity 

No evidence was found regarding AECOM’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health. 

Water 

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

Solid and air pollution 

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

GHG emissions 

AECOM sets a target to reduce 60% of its scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and 90% of them by 2040 compared to the baseline year in 2018 which is aligned with the 1.5-degree trajectory. However, no evidence that the company reduces its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared to the previous year and that the company reports progress against its target. 

AECOM sets a target to reduce 50% of its scope 3 emissions from purchased goods & services, capital goods, and business travel by 2030 and reduce 90% of them by 2040 compared to its baseline year in 2018 which is aligned with the 1.5-degree trajectory. However, no evidence that the company reduces its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions compared to the previous year and that the company reports progress against its target.  

Invasive species 

AECOM 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

AECOM does not disclose a commitment to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. No evidence that the company tracks its actual or potential negative impacts on the health of local communities was found. Although the company discloses zero tolerance for acts of violence against its employees, no evidence that this commitment include land and environmental rights defenders. 

Indigenous peoples’ and land rights 

AECOM has a commitment to respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights in reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

While AECOM discloses that it conducts external risk and program assessments 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. While the company discloses that it conducts a audit process on its supply chain to prohibit slavey risks, no evidence was found that it has a global system to act on all its salient human rights issues. No evidence that the company provides an example of the conclusions reached and actions taken or to be taken on at least one of its salient human rights issues as a result of assessment processes was found.   

While AECOM 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. 

AECOM has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting 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 pays wages that meet or exceed minimum wage requirement, 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.  

While AECOM discloses its domestic employees covered by collective bargaining agreements, it does not disclose the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. No evidence that the company describes how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining was found.  

AECOM discloses a global tax strategy. The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy on bribery and corruption and its processes for identifying and addressing bribery and corruption. In a public policy statement, the company discloses its approach to lobbying and political engagement. No evidence that the company has a publicly available policy statement that specifies that it does not make political contributions was found.