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Connecting Pieces of Your World 2013 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Ansaldo STS | 2013 Sustainability Report Ansaldo STS in brief Ansaldo STS is a technological company listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. It is active in the railway and urban rail transportation system market, designing and supplying traffic management and signalling systems and related services. It designs, builds and manages transportation and signalling systems for freight and passenger railway and urban rail lines. It is a general contractor, system integrator and supplier of large scale turnkey projects around the world. ANSALDO STS IN BRIEF 1 Performance indicators 1 The Pillars of Sustainability for Ansaldo STS 2 Letter from the Chairman and CEO 4 CONTENTS 6 COMPANY PROFILE 9 Performance indicators ANSALDO STS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 19 (K€) 31.12.2013 31.12.2012 THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY 53 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS OUR PEOPLE 75 ACQUIRED ORDERS 1,483,587 1,492,346 ORDER BACKLOG 5,601,021 5,683,253 SUPPLY CHAIN 101 REVENUE 1,256,419 1,247,849 OPERATING PROFIT (EBIT) 118,093 117,073 COMMUNITY 109 PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 74,815 75,696 NET WORKING CAPITAL 21,027 (48,147) SUSTAINABILITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS 119 NET FINANCIAL POSITION (net cash position) (260,078) (301,982) ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 139 SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TOTAL VALUE DISTRIBUTED TO STAKEHOLDERS 1,229,102 1,219,453 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS 152 VALUE DISTRIBUTED TO EMPLOYEES 309,454 311,988 VALUE DISTRIBUTED TO SUPPLIERS 806,302 802,121 METHODOLOGICAL NOTES 158 VALUE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY (taxes, donations and sponsorships) 43,902 43,216 VALUE DISTRIBUTED TO LENDERS (shareholders and banks) 69,444 62,128 GRI CONTENT INDEX 160 INVESTMENTS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 32,036 32,260 INVESTMENTS IN TRAINING 2,392 2,069 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 171 AVERAGE HOURS OF TRAINING 19.9 18.7 THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY GREENHOUSE GASES (tCO2e) 22,705 28,818 ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER HOUR WORKED (kWh/no. of hours) 3.48 3.27 % ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE AND NUCLEAR SOURCES 38% 36% WASTE PRODUCED PER HOUR WORKED (Kg/no. of hours) 0.06 0.08 % WASTE RECOVERED 68% 48% INJURY FREQUENCY RATE - production sites 1.21 1.17 INJURY FREQUENCY RATE – offices 0.09 0.34 INJURY SERIOUSNESS RATE - production sites 52.23 72.76 INJURY SERIOUSNESS RATE - offices 1.34 3.61 1 Ansaldo STS in brief | The Pillars of Sustainability for Ansaldo STS Ansaldo STS | 2013 Sustainability Report The Pillars of Sustainability for Ansaldo STS • INTERNAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE Composed of the managers of the main company functions, this committee • FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE defines strategic guidelines, commitments and projects for sustainable Ansaldo STS reports on direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 development and social responsibility. It reports directly to the Chairman and CEO I, II and III) in accordance with the GHG protocol , undertaking to decrease and, through them, to the Board of Directors. these emissions, in part through people mobility policies, plans to cut energy consumption and improve efficiency, use energy from renewable sources and manage waste effectively. • MATERIALITY Ansaldo STS defines the content of the Sustainability Report by asking its stakeholders for their opinion on the different aspects to be considered in the • WORKERS’ HEALTH AND SAFETY report. This enables the company to more genuinely report on sustainability Promoting the health and safety of its workers is a strategic commitment for issues that affect its stakeholders’ judgements and decisions. Ansaldo STS. The company also tracks “near misses” – which are accidents without consequences resulting from undesired or unexpected situations, which could potentially harm people or things – to identify the appropriate solutions • STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT before a real accident happens. Ansaldo STS is committed to understanding the needs and expectations of its people and involving them in projects to develop skills and expertise. It is focused on constantly monitoring its customers’ satisfaction and it promotes the • SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY company’s technological progress by participating in training and research projects Ansaldo STS is committed to defining, sharing and implementing a sustainability in collaboration with universities and institutions, particularly with respect to the roadmap for its supply chain to promote a sustainable business culture with its safety and energy efficiency of rail transportation systems. suppliers. This will progressively improve the economic, environmental and social impact (labour and safety practices, respect for human rights and the development of local communities) along the supply chain. • INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND QUALITY SYSTEM Ansaldo STS has an integrated management system (“IMS”) for the environment, safety and quality, which integrates all group processes in one single structure, • SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNICATIONS AND DISCUSSION enabling the organisation to operate with shared objectives. It has also certified This is the fifth year that Ansaldo STS has prepared the Sustainability Report in its individual sites in accordance with UNI EN ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines and with certification standards. by an independent auditor. Ansaldo STS has signed the Global Compact and is a founding sponsor of the Global Compact Network Italian Foundation. It also participates in the Carbon Disclosure Project and is on UNIFE’s Sustainable • INNOVATION, SAFETY AND RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN PRODUCTS AND Transport Committee. SOLUTIONS A section of its website is dedicated to sustainability, where it publishes a Ansaldo STS has invested approximately Euro 32 million in each of the past navigable integrated review of its report, supplementing information on operating, two years in research and development to supply its customers and end users social and environmental management. with cutting edge products and solutions, very best railway and urban rail transportation system design and construction methods and procedures to increase safety and reduce their direct and indirect environmental impact. 1. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. 2 3 Ansaldo STS in brief | Letter from the Chairman and CEO Ansaldo STS | 2013 Sustainability Report Letter from the Chairman and CEO We would like to take this opportunity to address everyone transport. An even more significant contract in Riyadh for the new metro who interacts and works with Ansaldo STS every day: the increase can be seen in emerging (line 3) and the first contract for new markets, while there are significant Tramwave® technology in the China, millions of passengers who transit safely using our railway opportunities in the US and for the city of Zhuhai. and metro transportation technologies, our customers, our Australia as well. Ansaldo STS shareholders, our men and women workers, institutions, our boasts strong roots on markets This demonstrates how Ansaldo STS partners and the communities and associations with which in industrialised countries, is well is a company of value, and what positioned on emerging markets is more, as demonstrated every we operate and collaborate and which continuously motivate and meets global demand by day by our people, it is a company us and provide us with invaluable recommendations. drawing on its demonstrated skills founded on values. These values and expertise in delivering on time represent who we are and explain Ansaldo STS management and all its employees are and on budget. why customers choose us and our products. They guide us in the committed to achieving strategic objectives for profitable In this highly competitive scenario, development of our abilities and they growth and ensure that they are in synergy with our the standardisation of certain help us grow. sustainability values, respect for the environment and quality products and innovation are crucial of life. elements which management knows Our values run alongside the “high how to manage. speed” track that we are on, with enthusiasm and dedication, as we Stefano Siragusa Sergio De Luca This mission is described in our is Ansaldo STS’ 2013 sustainability Ansaldo STS’ business model translate them, every day, into real CEO, Ansaldo STS S.p.A. Chairman, Ansaldo STS S.p.A. charter of values, which represents report dedicated to our stakeholders, is sound and validated by its action. who we are and reminds us why but it is written with and for them. leadership, making it possible customers choose us, why our to successfully offer global and These actions are aimed at growth, workers are so committed to Ansaldo STS’ presence on the integrated railway and metro keeping a close focus on customers, our company and that we are world’s leading markets ensures that transportation solutions for innovating and excelling, and we are “upstanding” people who do things we have the necessary solutions passengers and freight. aware that none of our objectives can the “right” way, working together to for customers and the various local be achieved by one person alone, but innovate and meet the needs of our companies seeking the benefits of 2013 presented changes and only by a group of people, including valued customers. technologies that improve the safety developments that led the company you, our stakeholders. and efficiency of railway and metro to focus