Webuild

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

Solid and air pollution 

Webuild discloses the proportion of hazardous waste treated to reduce pollution compared to total waste, the hazardous waste diverted from disposal and the waste directed to disposal. 

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability

Webuild 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. While the company discloses some sustainability targets and reports consistently against them, 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 could be found in the public domain.

Webuild does not disclose having individuals, teams or committees within the company responsible for the implementation of its sustainability strategy. The company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics.

Stakeholder engagement

Webuild discloses an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities.

Lobbying

Webuild discloses a list of trade associations of which it is a member wherever it operates. However, the company does not report (potential) misalignment between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and nature-positive policies.

Impact and dependencies assessment

Webuild 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

Webuild 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 Webuild’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

Webuild discloses its inputs, including its material footprint. However, the company does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.

Water

While Webuild discloses its amount of water withdrawal, no evidence that the company reduces water withdrawal across the company’s own operations. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. While the company discloses the amount of withdrawals from water-stressed areas, it has an opportunity to disclose the proportion out of the total water withdrawal. The company does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal.

Webuild does not report a decrease in water pollution. The company does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company does not regularly report on water pollution. The company does not disclose targets to reduce water pollution. While the company is actively engaged in water-related projects, no evidence that the company has a commitment to respect the right to water could be found in the public domain. The company does not disclose its processes for implementing preventive and corrective action plans for identified specific risks to the right to water and sanitation in its own operations.

Solid and air pollution

While Webuild discloses its amount of hazardous waste, no evidence that the company reduces the production of hazardous waste. No evidence that the company reduces plastic use and waste in its own operations was found. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. The company does not report on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants. The company does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.

GHG emissions

Webuild is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared to the previous year, but it does not reduce the amount on a year-over-year basis. While the company mentions that its new scope 1 and 2 targets will be validated by SBTi by 2022, it is unclear with the details of this absolute reduction target and whether it aligns with the 1.5-degree trajectory.

Webuild is reducing its scope 3 emissions. While the company mentions that its new scope 3 target will be validated by SBTi by 2022, it is unclear with the details of this absolute reduction target and whether it aligns with the 1.5-degree trajectory.

Invasive species

Webuild 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

Webuild 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. The company is not committed to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders.

Indigenous peoples’ and land rights

While Webuild mentions Indigenous Peoples’ rights, it reports no commitment to respect their rights which references the relevant part(s) of ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples or the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The company does not disclose its processes for identifying and recognising the rights of Indigenous Peoples when activities in its own operations may impact their rights, nor does it describe how it obtains Indigenous Peoples’ free, prior and informed consent.

While Webuild discloses that issues related to the acquisition of land are immaterial, the company still holds responsibility for land use. However, no evidence that the company has a commitment to respect ownership and use of land and natural resources and related legitimate tenure rights could be found in the public domain. While the company requests its subcontractors to comply with legal and contractual requirements on the acquisition of land, it has an opportunity to disclose a clear process to identify legitimate tenure rights holders.

Webuild describes the process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations. The company describes the process for identifying human rights risks and impacts in its business relationships. The company describes its process(es) for assessing its human rights risks and discloses what it considers to be its salient human rights issues. The company describes its global system to take action to prevent, mitigate or remediate salient human rights issues, and this includes a description of how its global system applies to its supply chain. 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 Webuild 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.

Webuild has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers and that it expects its suppliers to make such commitments. While the company discloses that it provides compensation in accordance with prevailing wage legislation and meet minimum standards, 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. While the company states that it expects its suppliers to pay wages that are sufficient for workers and their families to fulfil their basic needs, it has an opportunity to disclose how it works to support the payment of a living wage by its suppliers.

Webuild 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.

No evidence that Webuild has a publicly available global tax strategy was found. 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. No evidence that the company has a publicly available policy statement or policy setting out its lobbying and political engagement approach was found. The company specifies that it does not make political contributions.