Fair Pay & Worker Respect

HOCHTIEF AG reported a recordable occupational injury rate (TRIR) of 5.1 per 200,000 hours in 2024. The company also reported 37 breaches related to discrimination or harassment and one breach related to corruption/bribery in 2024.

Additionally, a relevant incident of discrimination was identified on a project in 2024, which was addressed through immediate action, training, and communication.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction Limited states that a code of conduct, which covers ethics, anti-corruption, environmental protection, and legal compliance, is integral to all supplier and sub-contract agreements.

The company reserves the right to invoke sanctions, including termination of business relationships, against suppliers who fail to meet these standards. HOCHTIEF AG also confirms the use of contractual clauses with suppliers as a measure to prevent human rights violations.

Honest & Fair Business

HOCHTIEF Solutions AG was fined 12.5 million euros (approximately 13.5 million USD) in June 2022 for illegal agreements and bid rigging in the industrial construction sector, with the company appealing the decision.

However, HOCHTIEF reported no convictions or fines for corruption and bribery violations in 2024, though one corruption/bribery breach was identified and sanctioned. The company has a comprehensive anti-bribery policy with a zero-tolerance approach, referencing internal documents and reporting procedures. Several divisions, including the Austrian branch and Americas division, are certified to ISO 37001 (Anti-bribery management systems), with the Europe division undergoing certification. HOCHTIEF also has a whistleblower procedure, allowing reporting to internal departments or an external ombudsman, and its Europe division's information system is certified to ISO 37002 (Whistleblower management systems). The Code of Conduct is available in 9 languages, and all employees successfully completed related training in 2023.

No War, No Weapons

HOCHTIEF's subsidiary, CIMIC's UGL, was awarded a ~$500 million contract over six years (with potential extensions to 2035) to support the Australian Defence Force's fuel network.

Based on 2021 total sales of 21,377.9 EUR million, this contract represents approximately 0.39% of annual revenue. The company has established processes for checking business partners to prevent violations of antiterror and sanctions regulations, specifically mentioning restrictions on trade with Russia and Belarus. HOCHTIEF purchases materials and services mostly from subcontractors and suppliers adhering to high human rights standards in accordance with UN conventions, setting its own standards where conventions are not met. Human rights risks are considered and reviewed annually. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights serve as a basis for HOCHTIEF's standards, with human rights integrated into compliance audits since 2022 and e-learning rolled out in 2023. The Audit Committee of the supervisory board is regularly informed about the Human Rights Corporate Management System.

Planet-Friendly Business

HOCHTIEF's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions for 2024 were 6,986,444 tCO2e.

The company has a net-zero target for 2045, with a separate Scope 1 & 2 net-zero target for 2050. It aims for at least a 20% reduction in Scope 1 emissions and at least a 35% reduction in Scope 2 emissions by 2030, with a combined 50% reduction for Scope 1 & 2. However, the company is not participating in any tracked reduction initiatives. For FY2024, 1% of its capital expenditures were aligned with the EU Sustainable Taxonomy.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The provided articles lack specific quantitative data for the defined KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'. While HOCHTIEF states a commitment to human rights, including cultural rights, and has a digital whistleblower system and an external ombudsman hotline accessible to all stakeholders for reporting human rights violations, the coverage of these mechanisms across operational sites is not specified.

The company introduced a mandatory e-learning module on human rights in 2023, but the percentage of employees completing cultural sensitivity training is not provided. The company also conducts human rights risk assessments that include cultural rights. However, no specific figures are available for formal partnerships, revenue reinvested locally, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investments, local procurement shares, indigenous supplier counts, cultural site protection, social license operations, charitable giving, community fund allocations, language inclusivity, or cultural incident response effectiveness. Historical information from 2025 details significant harm, forced displacement, and denial of access to land and resources for indigenous Maya communities related to the Chixoy Dam project, but this does not provide current, company-wide data for the specified KPIs.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

HOCHTIEF has implemented several waste reduction initiatives with measurable results. These include reusing over 90% of old asphalt for the A6 highway expansion,

utilizing recycled glass as filling material for water pipes, incorporating 100% recycled material for safety beacons and 70% recycled plastic for their bases, using 10% asphalt from recycled wine bottles in South Australian road construction, and reusing 70% of existing building fabric for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Terminal C Expansion. The company's 2022 combined annual financial and sustainability report mentioned no significant regulatory violations or fines, and no waste disposal violations were noted in any of the provided articles.