SUPPLY CHAIN

Ferrovial continues to make progress with its Supply Chain in applying sustainability criteria through incorporating tools and developing its procedures, fosters innovation to make its purchases more sustainable, and stands out in its collaboration to tackle COVID-19.

INTEGRATION OF ESG PRINCIPLES IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Ferrovial has recently developed a Supplier Code of Ethics, the aim of which is to extend its guidelines for acting in accordance with ethics, integrity, respect for the law, transparency, health and safety, environmental commitment and respect for human rights to its supply chain. It sets out the behavior expected of all Ferrovial suppliers. It is aligned with and complements other corporate policies, in particular the Corporate Code of Ethics, corporate responsibility, human rights, quality and environment, and anti-corruption policies, as well as the Supplier Ethical Integrity Due Diligence Procedure. The necessary mechanisms are being developed to raise awareness of the Code among all suppliers, and new suppliers that begin working with Ferrovial will be obliged to comply with the principles included in the Code.

All suppliers are classified according to their degree of criticality. A critical supplier is understood to be one whose purchasing volume is significant from an economic point of view for the business it serves, or one whose supplies or services could have a negative impact on the continuity of the business in the event of an incident. In this regard, Ferrovial had identified a total of 2,061 critical suppliers.

From a sustainability point of view, suppliers are classified as high-risk suppliers if they supply products considered risky or from sectors characterized as high-risk, and if they manufacture the supplied products in countries considered risky. In the case of Ferrovial, this list is limited to some suppliers of personal protective equipment. By the end of 2020, this list consisted of 684 suppliers, all of which were subject to special monitoring.

ESG compliance obligations are reflected in the model orders and contracts with suppliers, which include environmental, social and labor, health and safety, compliance with the Global Compact Principles, as well as ethics and anticorruption clauses, in line with the Code of Ethics and Compliance Policies.

ESG criteria are included in the supplier performance evaluation and monitoring processes. For example, the Construction business has an IT application for the evaluations and follow-up of each supplier based on the evaluations made from each construction site or work center. In the Services business in Spain, the company has a supplier scoring. This is fed by the assessment of the approval process, the incidents that include social, environmental and governance aspects, the audits that analyze suppliers, and the surveys or files provided by the recipients of supplies and services.

The result of the assessments may result in a warning to the supplier, the establishment of an action plan for improvement, or even disqualification from working with Ferrovial, depending on the seriousness of the case, especially if breaches of the Anticorruption Policy are verified.

During 2020, 20,535 suppliers joined Ferrovial’s supply chain and more than 10,000 were evaluated, less than 1% of which were rejected. In terms of supplier turnover, a total of 27.75% came from critical suppliers, while 91.52% came from local suppliers.