•Using scientific criteria, the SBT has confirmed that the group's Scope 1, 2 and 3 decarbonisation targets are on track with the Paris Agreement.

•To reach the targets, the group is migrating its fleets, purchasing green energy, installing photovoltaic panels, extending recharging points in each country and using more recycled or more sustainable maintenance materials.

 27th November 2023.- Abertis, the world's leading infrastructure and mobility management group, has had its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative, which has used scientific criteria to confirm that they are on track with the Paris Agreement. Specifically, Abertis has committed to cut* the tonnes of scope 1 and 2 CO2 25% by 2024 and 50% by 2030, and its scope 3 target is to cut it 10% by 2024 and 22% by 2030.

SBT has confirmed that the group's targets are on track with what climate science considers necessary to keep global warming to no more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. This initiative, developed in partnership with the UN Global Compact, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), gives companies a clearly defined pathway to cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement targets.

More than 120 initiatives underway

Decarbonising the Abertis' toll road network is one of the main planks of the company's 2022-2030 sustainability plan, which is being implemented through three-year plans with short and medium-term objectives. To achieve its goals, in 2021 the company set up a Sustainability Committee which has kept busy these first two years, and has already launched more than 120 schemes to tackle the new mobility challenges.

Some of Abertis' courses of action include installing solar panels to promote self-consumption, migrating towards fleets of less polluting vehicles, installing electric car charging points, purchasing green energy, using more recycled maintenance materials, encouraging recycling and waste recovery, and bringing more environment-friendly construction materials into its life cycle.

"Science Based Targets' endorsement of our sustainability policies reaffirms the company's strong commitment to addressing the effects of climate change," said Georgina Flamme, Sustainability Director at Abertis."It underscores that our targets are ambitious, have a scientifically verifiable impact and is further evidence that the mobility sector is essential in pursuing projects that aim to mitigate global warming's effects".

*Compared to 2019

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