Webuild S p A : among 2021 Italian sustainability leaders according to Statista-Il sole 24 Ore Report

Milan, April 30, 2021 - Webuild among the 2021 sustainability leaders, according to the report of the 150 most sustainable Italian companies. The data emerged from the collaboration between the analytics company, Statista, and the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.

The Group has been pursuing a path of continuous improvement in recent years. 2020 was a year of exceptional results: 89% of the 2020 construction backlog relates to projects linked to the advancement of the SDGs. And 63% of these are related to low-carbon projects, with a significant impact in terms of population benefiting from the ongoing projects, equal to approximately 87 million people worldwide.

The Group's sustainability performance, made possible by investments in innovation, both at project and corporate level are highlighted by the results achieved: 69% of the waste produced is sent for recovery; 49% fewer CO2 emissions in 2020, compared to 2015; 91% of local procurement, 82% of personnel hired locally. The Group aims constantly to improve these numbers, with its recently issued 2021-2023 ESG Plan which will strengthen its commitment to environmental sustainability, safety and inclusion topics, and to technological innovation ones, in the context of Progetto Italia, the Italian industrial infrastructural consolidation operation that has already led to the integration of Astaldi in Webuild, during 2020.

Statista's research with Il Sole 24 Ore was based on the three sustainability macro-areas: environmental, social and corporate governance. Statista researchers analysed 2019 sustainability reports, non-financial statements and integrated financial statements, (if not available 2018), of 450 firms. These were taken from an initial database of 1,200 companies, all headquartered in Italy. 35 KPIs were identified for each area. Based on these, only 150 of the companies analysed, including Webuild, were selected to be in the final list published in Il Sole 24 Ore. These results hinge on financial sustainability. In fact, the ranking shows that, in light of the results, in terms of emission reduction, diversity and safety at work, sustainable companies are financially stable and growing.