TORONTO, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) ("Aecon" or the "Company") today released its 2023 Sustainability Report highlighting its progress and role in Advancing the Energy Transition.
"Our 2023 Sustainability Report illustrates our role as an innovative partner in delivering projects that will accelerate the energy transition in support of a net-zero future, and our commitment to sustainability in delivering infrastructure that aligns with our purpose – building what matters to enable future generations to thrive," said Jean-Louis Servranckx, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aecon Group Inc. "We are proud to build and operate infrastructure that meets today's needs while addressing tomorrow's complex challenges."
Highlights of the report include accomplishments in the following key areas of focus:
What we Build: Aecon is working with its clients to advance the energy transition and lay the foundations for thriving and sustainable communities through vital power generation, high-voltage transmission, energy storage, water management and sustainable transportation projects.
In 2023, 64% of Aecon's revenue in the year and 75% of backlog at year-end was tied to sustainability projects. As Aecon continued its work in established markets delivering some of the largest projects in North America, it expanded its growth in the U.S. and select international markets with a strategic focus on the energy transition. Supporting this growth, Oaktree Capital Management LP made a convertible preferred equity investment in Aecon Utilities.
Aecon added to its roster of energy transition projects including refurbishing additional units at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, delivering North America's first grid-scale Small Modular Reactor at the Darlington nuclear site, and the Oneida Energy Storage project in Ontario. Aecon was also awarded a contract for the replacement of condensers and feedwater heaters at the North Anna Power Station in Virginia.
How we Build: Aecon is committed to creating positive environmental and social impacts and is working with researchers, innovators, suppliers, clients, and local and Indigenous communities to drive progress in sustainable construction.
Environment: Aecon has achieved a 20% cumulative reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions since 2020, supporting its focus on achieving a 30% direct CO2 emissions reduction on an intensity basis (scopes 1 and 2) by 2030 as compared to 2020 and net-zero (scopes 1, 2 and 3) by 2050. Aecon became an Envision-qualified company and enhanced its sustainability training to offer an Envision certification program to employees. Aecon has also approved near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The SBTi has verified Aecon's net-zero science-based target by 2050.
Social: Building on Aecon's inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan, Aecon achieved Silver Certification in Progressive Aboriginal Relations from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. Aecon was pleased to establish three key Indigenous-led joint ventures and procured $253 million of goods and services from the Indigenous economy. Aecon also expanded its Aecon Women in Trades program to include a nuclear cohort and continued implementing new initiatives around its Safety Always culture, recording a Total Recordable Injury Frequency of 0.89.
Governance: Aecon published its first formal report summarizing the steps it has taken to prevent and reduce the risk of forced labour and child labour, in alignment with its core values and pursuant to the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act. Aecon also implemented sustainability and climate change risks into its Enterprise Risk Management framework and aligned its reporting with industry best practices including the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) S1 and S2.
多倫多，2024年4月22日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）——Aecon Group Inc.（多倫多證券交易所股票代碼：ARE）（“Aecon” 或 “公司”）今天發佈了其2023年可持續發展報告，重點介紹了其在推進能源轉型方面的進展和作用。
Aecon Group Inc.總裁兼首席執行官Jean-Louis Servranckx表示：“我們的2023年可持續發展報告說明了我們在交付加速能源轉型以支持淨零未來的項目方面所扮演的創新合作伙伴的角色，以及我們在提供符合我們目標的基礎設施方面對可持續發展的承諾——建設重要的東西，使子孫後代能夠蓬勃發展。” 複雜的挑戰。”
該報告的要點包括在以下關鍵重點領域取得的成就：
我們建設什麼：Aecon正在與客戶合作，通過重要的發電、高壓輸電、儲能、水資源管理和可持續交通項目，推動能源轉型，爲繁榮和可持續的社區奠定基礎。
2023年，Aecon當年64％的收入和年底75％的待辦事項與可持續發展項目有關。隨着Aecon繼續在成熟市場開展工作，交付北美一些最大的項目，它擴大了在美國和部分國際市場的增長，戰略重點是能源轉型。爲支持這一增長，Oaktree Capital Management LP對Aecon Utilities進行了可轉換優先股投資。
Aecon增加了能源轉型項目清單，包括翻新布魯斯核電站的更多機組，在達靈頓核基地交付北美首個電網規模的小型模塊化反應堆以及安大略省的奧尼達儲能項目。Aecon還獲得了更換弗吉尼亞州北安娜發電站的冷凝器和給水加熱器的合同。
我們的建設方式：Aecon致力於創造積極的環境和社會影響，並正在與研究人員、創新者、供應商、客戶以及當地和土著社區合作，推動可持續建築的進展。
環境：自2020年以來，Aecon已將範圍1和2的溫室氣體排放量累計減少了20％，這支持其重點是到2030年在強度基礎上實現與2020年相比直接二氧化碳減排30％（範圍1和範圍2），到2050年實現淨零排放（範圍1、2和3）。Aecon成爲一家符合Envision資格的公司，並加強了其可持續發展培訓，爲員工提供了Envision認證計劃。Aecon還通過基於科學的目標計劃（SBTi）批准了基於科學的近期和長期減排目標。SBTi已經驗證了Aecon到2050年以科學爲基礎的淨零目標。
社交：在Aecon的首個《和解行動計劃》的基礎上，Aecon獲得了加拿大原住民商業理事會頒發的進步原住民關係銀牌認證。Aecon很高興建立了三家由土著人主導的重要合資企業，並從土著經濟中採購了2.53億美元的商品和服務。Aecon 還擴大了其 Aecon Women in Trades 計劃，將核心群體納入其中，並繼續圍繞 “永遠安全” 文化實施新舉措，記錄的總可記錄傷害頻率爲0.89。
治理：Aecon發佈了第一份正式報告，總結了其根據其核心價值觀和《打擊供應鏈中的強迫勞動和童工法》爲預防和降低強迫勞動和童工風險而採取的措施。Aecon還將可持續發展和氣候變化風險納入其企業風險管理框架，並使其報告與包括國際可持續發展標準委員會（ISSB）國際財務報告準則（IFRS）S1和S2在內的行業最佳實踐保持一致。
