Editorial
- GRI 2-22
Dear reader, dear stakeholder
Our acquisition of Wincasa in 2023 expanded our value chain by adding an attractive portfolio of services focused on the operational phase of properties – a phase that is crucial to the creation of net-zero buildings. Wincasa maintains a clear focus on sustainable real estate management, which gives even greater leverage as we work together towards our ambitious sustainability goals.
As part of our decarbonisation strategy, the Real Estate Division has firmed up its carbon reduction path in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and published a white paper on how to achieve net-zero buildings. We will now implement these findings within our development projects.
Alongside the reduction of greenhouse gases, the topic of biodiversity is becoming increasingly important to Implenia’s environmental efforts. Biodiversity has to be preserved if we still want to have enough of the raw materials that many companies need to make their businesses work. The construction and real estate industry has a palpable influence on land use and habitats, and so has an important role to play in maintaining biodiversity. In accordance with Implenia’s far-reaching sustainability goals and environmental responsibilities, biodiversity is a priority in all our construction projects.
In the year under review, Implenia also introduced a new code of conduct for external business partners. This forms an integral part of the agreements we conclude with them. It focuses on working conditions, human rights, fair and respectful treatment of employees, ethical practices, supply chains, environmental protection and responsible procurement.
Our sustainability priorities and goals are based on a materiality analysis that was carried out in 2015 and is continuously updated. We reviewed the relevant topics again in 2023 with numerous internal and external stakeholders, and canvassed opinion about further possible topics in accordance with GRI and ESRS. Based on the results, we have defined priorities for the coming years and will integrate the measures we derive from this into our sustainability strategy in 2024.
We hope you will continue to accompany us along this path and monitor our progress. We are very keen to keep building on our role as the ESG leader in our industry.
André Wyss | Hans Ulrich Meister |
Sustainability at Implenia
As Switzerland’s leading construction and real estate service provider, Implenia develops, builds and manages homes, workplaces and infrastructure for future generations in Switzerland and Germany. It also offers tunnelling and related infrastructure services in other markets. Formed in 2006, the company can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. Implenia brings together the know-how of its highly skilled development, planning and execution units under the umbrella of an integrated multinational construction and real estate service provider. With its broad offering and the expertise of its specialists, the Group realises large, complex projects and provides client-centric support across the entire life cycle of a building or structure. It focuses on client needs and on striking a sustainable balance between commercial success and social and environmental responsibility.
