Preparation Base
Reporting criteria for the indicators reported in the Integrated Report for the year 2023
PWC Assurance
1. Introduction
This document is the basis for the preparation of the 2023 Integrated Report of the EcoRodovias Group with the aim of facilitating the understanding of the limitations and assumptions adopted during the preparation of the report, as well as ensuring that it adheres to the criteria required for the information assurance stage.
EcoRodovias is an infrastructure company that operates highway concessions in a sustainable and socially responsible manner. We are the largest highway operator in Brazil in terms of extension, with more than 4.7 thousand kilometers1 of managed highways, concentrated in the Midwest, Southeast and South regions of Brazil.
The limited assurance is carried out by PwC and will be scoped to a sampling of indicators for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to be listed in the Summaries of this document.
To ensure the commitment to transparency and accountability to all stakeholders for the 2023 financial year, the Integrated Report has been prepared with reference to the guidelines pertaining to the Global Reporting Initiative Standard (GRI), the Integrated Reporting, created by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the CPC Guidance 09 - Integrated Reporting of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM).
2. Organizational boundaries and exceptions in the reporting scope
The Group's Integrated Report 2023 follows the boundaries focused on the Group's operations and covers information on all subsidiaries owned by the EcoRodovias Group, between January 1 and December 31, 2023.
It addresses strategic management, initiatives and results obtained. In the approach
to operational and socio-environmental performance, information from the Group is consolidated, not to mention a summary of how Ecorodovias has incorporated ESG practices into its day-to-day business.
The report includes information from the companies named Ecovia, Caminho do Mar and Ecocataratas only for human resources and security.
3.Accounting information, currencies and conversion
The accounting information published in the 2023 Integrated Report was compared by the organization with the information available in the Standardized Financial Statements for the same period, which was audited by an independent third party,lso by PwC. The Group's functional and presentation currency is the Real (R$).
4. Reporting systems
The collection of information for the production of the report included interviews with the Group's leaders and access
to documents and materials produced throughout 2023.
The indicators contain consolidated information from the Group. Quantitative data is managed by the operational areas through information technology systems and by records based on manual controls.
To determine and consolidate them within the same standard, Ecorodovias standard sheets were used. Criteria and exceptions are described in this Preparation Basis and in the Index, where applicable.
5. Breakdown of reporting criteria
The table below aims to increase the detail on the criteria and assumptions adopted for measuring and consolidating the information regarding the GRI indicators on which this report is based and should be used as a complement to the reading of the 2023 Integrated Report
of the EcoRodovias Group, not only in its wording, but also in the GRI indicators annex.
1. Considers an additional 158 km, which will be managed by EcoNoroeste in 2025.
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GRI disclosure | Description | Detailed criteria |
2-1 | Organizational details | NA |
2-2 | Entities included in the organization's | NA |
sustainability reporting | ||
2-3 | Reporting period, frequency | NA |
and contact point | ||
Disclusure assured
No
Yes
No
2-4 | Restatements of information | NA | Yes |
2-5 | External assurance | NA | Yes |
2-6
2-7
2-8
2-9
We consider relevant businesses to be the purchase of goods or services that are directly or | ||
Activities, value chain and other | indirectly linked to the Company's business. | |
Examples: purchasing raw materials to manufacture asphalt, hiring service providers to carry out | No | |
business relationships | ||
works on the highway, etc. | ||
We consider "significant changes" to be the acquisition and sale of new concessions/assets. | ||
To respond to the indicator, the total number of employees in the Company on 12/31 is | ||
considered through the SAP People and Management system, meaning employee is: | ||
Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | ||
technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | ||
Employees | Permanent employees: employees with contracts for an indefinite period. | Yes |
Temporary employees: interns, apprentices and employees with fixed-term contracts. | ||
Unguaranteed hours employees: Not applicable. | ||
Full time: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, technical | ||
and operational. | ||
Part-time: apprentice, intern. | ||
Workers who are not employees | For significant fluctuations we consider an increase or reduction in the number of employees | Yes |
greater than 10% | ||
Our Board of Directors follows the guidelines of the Bylaws, and may be composed of five to | No | |
Governance structure and composition ten effective Directors, all elected and dismissible by the General Assembly, which also elects | ||
alternates, with unified terms of office of two years, with the possibility of re-election. |
2-10 | Nomination and selection of the highest | NA | No |
governance body | |||
2-11 | Chair of the highest governance body | NA | No |
There were no exceptions and changes to the limits and reporting periods for any of the indicators.
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GRI disclosure Description | Detailed criteria | Disclusure |
assured | ||
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2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17
2-18
2-19
2-20
Role of the highest governance body in | NA | No |
overseeing the management of impacts | ||
Delegation of responsibility for | NA | No |
managing impacts | ||
Role of the highest governance body | NA | No |
in sustainability reporting | ||
According to our Policy - Conflict of Interest: when the Employee's personal interest is in | ||
Conflicts of interest | conflict with the interests of EcoRodovias. Personal interests are understood not only as the | No |
interests of the Employee himself, but also the interests of his closest relationships (individuals | ||
or companies). | ||
Communication of critical concerns | NA | Yes |
Collective knowledge of the highest | NA | No |
governance body | ||
Evaluation of the performance of the | NA | No |
highest governance body | ||
Remuneration policies | NA | No |
Compensation components: | ||
The Board of Directors, the Fiscal Council and the Advisory Committees are provided with a fixed | ||
Process to determine remuneration | monthly compensation based on the performance of their functions, regardless of the number | No |
of meetings. For Board members, in addition to fixed compensation, there is short-term (linked to | ||
goals) and long-term variable compensation, benefits and occasional extraordinary payments. | ||
Stakeholder views are obtained through meetings with rating agencies and shareholders. |
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GRI disclosure Description | Detailed criteria | Disclusure |
assured | ||
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2-22
2-23
2-24
2-25
2-26
2-27
Total annual compensation: salary, medical assistance; statutory board fees; monthly compensation; home office assistance; profit sharing; private pension; group life insurance. Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, technician, apprentice, intern and operational.
Highest paid individual: board/presidency.
Rational:
Annual total compensation ratio | 1) Identify the highest paid individual and their annual compensation (salary + benefits). | Yes |
2) Calculate the average annual compensation (salary + benefits) of all employees (except the | ||
highest paid individual). | ||
3) Calculate the proportion between the annual compensation of the highest paid individual | ||
compared to the annual average of all employees. | ||
4) The total annual compensation of all employees throughout the year was considered for the | ||
calculation, not just those active on 12/31/2023. | ||
Statement on sustainable development | NA | No |
strategy | ||
Policy commitments | Precautionary principle: when it is not certain whether an action/project may cause irreversible | No |
damage to human health or the environment, the action should not be carried out. | ||
Embedding policy commitments | NA | No |
Processes to remediate negative | NA | Yes |
impacts | ||
Mechanisms for seeking advice and | NA | Yes |
raising concerns | ||
It only covers cases of environmental non-compliance. There are significant cases in which | ||
Compliance with laws and regulations | there was the application of a monetary sanction equal to or greater than R$50 thousand or a | Yes |
non-monetary sanction whose obligations to carry out represent costs equal to or greater than | ||
R$50 thousand. |
2-28 | Membership associations | NA | No |
2-29 | Approach to stakeholder engagement | NA | Yes |
2-30 | Collective bargaining agreements | Collective agreements do not cover the Group's Directors, apprentices or interns. | No |
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GRI disclosure | Description | Detailed criteria | Disclusure |
assured | |||
3-1 | Process to determine material topics | NA | Yes |
3-2 | List of material topics | NA | Yes |
3-3 | Management of material topics | NA | No |
201-1 | Direct economic value generated and | The DVA is prepared in accordance with CPC 09 and all companies consolidated by the | Yes |
distributed | Company are included. | ||
Substantial changes in financial terms are those that represent more than 10% of EBITDA. | |||
Financial implications and other risks | We currently measure short-term (annual) expenses. | ||
We have an annual expenditure amount, provisioned year by year, to avoid and mitigate the effects of | |||
201-2 | and opportunities due to climate | No | |
climate change. | |||
change | |||
The Company does not disclose the implications of climate change as the methodology for calculating | |||
these values is under development. | |||
201-3 | Defined benefit plan obligations and | NA | No |
other retirement plans | |||
201-4 | Financial assistance received from | NA | No |
government | |||
We consider all our investments to be significant, as they are directly linked to improving | |||
Infrastructure investments and services | infrastructure and our services provided to society. Additionally, all our investments are provided | ||
203-1 | for in the concession contracts, and it is therefore our obligation to comply with them. | Yes | |
supported | |||
We consider investments that generate some benefit to society to have a positive impact. And | |||
negative impact investments that can negatively affect society. | |||
203-2 | Significant indirect economic impacts | NA | No |
We consider all companies in the Ecorodovais Group (Holding and subsidiaries). | |||
Significant risks are those that, after assessment, using risk rules (reputational, financial, | |||
205-1 | Operations assessed for risks related to legal and socio-environmentalnon-compliance), are classified in the critical quadrant of the | Yes | |
corruption | risk matrix. Risks classified in the critical quadrant of the matrix must have action plans for | ||
treatment, aiming to reduce severity. If decisions that do not involve risk mitigation are chosen, | |||
this must be submitted to the Board of Directors for monitoring. |
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GRI disclosure Description | Detailed criteria | Disclusure | |
assured | |||
The numbers and percentages reported in the indicator refer to the reporting period - year 2023. | |||
Reported employees are those who have accepted the Group's compliance policy package. | |||
The anti-corruption training base is made up of training related to our Ethics Program - Integrity | |||
System and all the policies that comprise it. The program is applicable to all employees of the | |||
Company and the training is mandatory and available on an online platform, and the training | |||
must be carried out within a period of three months after hiring the employee and/or three | |||
months after the review of any of these policies. After this period, the training will appear as | |||
"delayed". To calculate this indicator, employees hired from 10/01 are disregarded, in order to | |||
respect these three months for training. | |||
Trained employees are considered to be those who have completed the Code of Conduct | |||
training, which addresses, among other topics, the issue of corruption. Code of Conduct | |||
training is available on an online platform and must be completed within one month after a | |||
Communication and training about anti- | new employee joins and/or after reviewing the document. After this period, the training will be | ||
205-2 | shown as delayed. To calculate this indicator, employees hired from 12/01 are disregarded, in | Yes | |
corruption policies and procedures | |||
order to respect these three months for training. | |||
In the case of communicated directors, our Code of Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy are approved | |||
by the Board of Directors itself and therefore this approval is considered as communication to the | |||
directors. Furthermore, the Council is trained on the topic of anti-corruption. | |||
All business partners are notified of the Code of Conduct guidelines upon contracting and | |||
receive the Supplier Code of Conduct before services are provided. | |||
The following are considered as Company employees: directors, management, coordinators, | |||
supervisor, specialist, administrative, technical, leader, apprentice, intern and operational. | |||
To report this indicator, the following groupings of categories were made: counselors, directors | |||
(Director, Statutory Director, Statutory Executive Director, Superintendent Director, President | |||
and Statutory VP), coordinator (coordinator, specialist and supervisor), administrative (leader, | |||
administrative, technician, intern and apprentice) and operational (operational). | |||
Employees on leave, with pending training within the deadline or not applicable are excluded. | |||
Confirmed incidents of corruption and | Confirmed cases are cases judged as valid after the analysis and investigation process. | ||
205-3 | According to our Anti-Corruption Policy, the concept of corruption is: giving, promising, | Yes | |
actions taken | approving or offering, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value to Public Agents with the | ||
intention of guaranteeing an Undue Advantage for you or EcoRodovias. | |||
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GRI disclosure | Description | Detailed criteria | Disclusure |
assured | |||
The Company has no history of this type of action, with all active demands being checked | |||
Legal actions for anti-competitive | annually in the company's Legal System and none of them show the related matter or that the | ||
active part belongs to that body. A general data report is generated in the legal system and the | |||
206-1 | behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly | No | |
subject column x case summary x active party is checked. | |||
practices | |||
Main results - whether the Company was convicted or not and whether it is subject to a fine or | |||
some other type of non-monetary sanction. | |||
Energy consumption within the | For electricity consumption, all of the Company's operations are taken into consideration (offices, | ||
302-1 | toll stations, service bases). | Yes | |
organization | For fuel consumption, all fuels are paid for by the company (use in generators, own fleet and road | ||
preparations, even when operated by third parties). | |||
302-3 | Energy intensity | NA | No |
302-4 | Reduction of energy consumption | We compare total electricity consumption between one year and another and arrived at the | No |
reductions resulting from initiatives implemented during the year. | |||
303-3 | Water consumption | All water consumption in EcoRodovias operations is considered. | No |
(version 2016) | |||
The Company uses the methodology and assumptions adopted by the GHG Protocol and | |||
305-1 | Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions | publishes its GHG inventory in the Public Emissions Registry. To determine the scope, the | Yes |
operational control approach is used. | |||
The Company also uses Way Carbon's Climas system, which follows the premises of the | |||
GHG Protocol. | |||
The Company uses the methodology and assumptions adopted by the GHG Protocol and | |||
Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG | publishes its GHG inventory in the Public Emissions Registry. To determine the scope, the | ||
305-2 | operational control approach is used. | Yes | |
emissions | |||
The Company also uses Way Carbon's Climas system, which follows the premises of the | |||
GHG Protocol. | |||
The Company uses the methodology and assumptions adopted by the GHG Protocol and | |||
publishes its GHG inventory in the Public Emissions Registry. To determine the scope, the | |||
305-3 | Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions | operational control approach is used. | Yes |
We also use Way Carbon's Climas system, which follows the assumptions of the GHG | |||
Protocol. For scope 3, we also use financial data and the Quantis system (CDP). | |||
Significant changes - entry or exit of new Units, change in methodology, any error greater than | |||
5% found. | |||
305-4 | GHG emissions intensity | NA | No |
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GRI disclosure | Description | Detailed criteria | Disclusure |
assured | |||
The Company uses the methodology and assumptions adopted by the GHG Protocol and | |||
publishes its GHG inventory in the Public Emissions Registry. To determine the scope, the | |||
operational control approach is used. | |||
The Company also uses Way Carbon's Climas system, which follows the premises of the | |||
305-5 | Reduction of GHG emissions | GHG Protocol. | Yes |
The Company does not consider the secondary effects of its reduction actions when reporting | |||
the indicator. | |||
Primary effects - direct reductions resulting from a certain initiative taken by the Company. | |||
Secondary effects - indirect reductions resulting from a specific initiative taken by the Company. | |||
This reduction does not necessarily occur within the Company, but may occur in its supply | |||
chain and/or its users/customers. | |||
306-2 | Waste generated and disposed of | All waste produced in EcoRodovias operations and waste collected on our highways, | Yes |
(version 2016) | discarded by users and/or neighboring communities, are considered. | ||
New suppliers - suppliers that are not yet registered in the Company's database and that were | |||
registered and contracted in the reporting period. | |||
Environmental criteria - we have a specific category of suppliers that have been classified | |||
New suppliers that were screened | as potential generators of environmental risks. For these suppliers, some environmental | ||
308-1 | documentation is requested at the time of registration (e.g.: environmental licenses and/or | No | |
using environmental criteria | |||
environmental certification). | |||
Formula: Total of forcers contracted in the reporting year and who did not yet have a contract | |||
with the Group/total suppliers contracted in the reporting year that are classified as potentially | |||
causing environmental impact. | |||
All EcoRodovias active service providers are evaluated on environmental criteria. | |||
Negative environmental impacts are determined according to the type of service provided and are | |||
Negative environmental impacts in the | carried out within the scope of Environmental Management Systems, through the methodology | ||
308-2 | for assessing aspects and impacts, which considers the significance and incidence of the impact. | No | |
supply chain and actions taken | |||
Actual and potential negative environmental impacts are considered to be those that can cause | |||
damage to the environment, while significant impacts are those that can cause damage that is | |||
difficult to reverse or irreversible. | |||
Hiring rate = number of hires in each functional category divided by the headcount of each | |||
New employee hires and employee | category at the end of the period | ||
401-1 | Turnover rate = average number of hires and dismissals in each functional category (contr. + | Yes | |
turnover | dismissal / 2) divided by the headcount of each category at the end of the period | ||
Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | |||
technician, apprentice, intern and operational. |
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GRI disclosure | Description | Detailed criteria | Disclusure |
assured | |||
401-2 | Benefits provided to full-time employees | Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | No |
that are not provided to temporary or | technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | ||
part-time employees | |||
401-3 | Parental leave | Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | No |
technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | |||
Occupational health and safety | Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | ||
403-1 | technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | Yes | |
management system | |||
Non-employees:third-party workers who do not have a CLT contract with the Company. | |||
Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | |||
Hazard identification, risk assessment, | technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | ||
403-2 | Non-employees:third-party workers who do not have a CLT contract with the Company. The | Yes | |
and incident investigation | |||
process and documentation for employees and third parties is the same. The only difference is | |||
that in some cases the third party presents the documentation and Ecorodovias validates it. | |||
403-3 | Occupational health services | Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | No |
technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | |||
Non-employees:third-party workers who do not have a CLT contract with the Company. | |||
403-4 | Worker participation, consultation, and | Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | No |
communication on occupational health | technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | ||
and safety | Non-employees:third-party workers who do not have a CLT contract with the Company. | ||
Worker training on occupational health | Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | ||
403-5 | technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | No | |
and safety | |||
Non-employees:third-party workers who do not have a CLT contract with the Company. | |||
403-6 | Promotion of worker health | Employees: board, management, coordinators, supervisor, specialist, administrative, | No |
technician, apprentice, intern and operational. | |||
Non-employees:third-party workers who do not have a CLT contract with the Company. | |||
Prevention and mitigation of | The significance of risks to health and safety at work is defined through a procedure, in which | ||
403-7 | the result is evaluated between probability of the event occurring and the severity (extent of the | No | |
occupational health and safety impacts | damage caused to the worker and their work activity). In general, they involve situations where | ||
directly linked by business relationships | the probability of the event occurring is high and/or have high severity (injuries that result in time | ||
away from work, whether permanent or not; disabling injuries and deaths). |
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