For HOCHTIEF, climate change has long been a fundamental and central focus in its Group-wide environmental sustainability strategy. We plan to expand this strategic focus with the aim of making all our business activities climate-neutral in the long term (for further information, please refer to HOCHTIEF’s GHG reduction targets), and with the goal of supporting our clients through our projects in successfully adapting to climate change. To this end, HOCHTIEF has gathered data on greenhouse gases for over ten years and worked continuously on methodically improving Group-wide coverage, accuracy, and tracking in order to facilitate avoiding and effectively managing GHG emissions in all activities.

The undertaking has established GHG emission reduction targets. For Scope 1 emissions, the target is at least a 20% reduction by 2025 relative to the 2019 base year and climate neutrality by 2038. The baseline is 371,597 t CO2e (100%). Up to the end of the reporting year, absolute Scope 1 emissions were reduced by 159,493 metric tons compared to 2019, corresponding to a 43% reduction. Scope 1 intensity was reduced by no less than 52% compared to 2019.