Key figures

We would like to be judged by our formulated sustainability goals. HOCHTIEF therefore collects a great number of key figures, which not only signal our responsible behavior to the outside world but also are above all intended to serve as a standard for ourselves with regard to our progress regarding sustainability.

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Overview

Data and facts at a glance

Recycling rate in 2019

Time invested in continuing education per employee in 2019

Number of people who benefit from 26 B2P bridges constructed by HOCHTIEF until the end of 2019

Number of green buildings since 2000

Number of green infrastructure projects since 2013

Number of Compliance training courses in 2019

Number of employees provided with BIM or similar training in 2019

Number of BIM projects at HOCHTIEF

More relevant key figures

Compliance

Number of Compliance training courses

* exkl. UGL
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	5,401	7,619	10,689	12,283
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	9,624*	18,870	23,837	25,419
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	1,720	683	4,209	3,9
HOCHTIEF Group	16,745	27,172	38,735	41,602

Number of HOCHTIEF Group companies in relation to corruption risk in each country

Information refers to the annual Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International. Deviations result from the respective allocation to the countries in the CPI indicated.
	2016	2017	2018	2019
CPI 0–24	1	1	3	1
CPI 25–49	57	56	48	39
CPI 50–74	129	28	105	110
CPI 75–100	297	365	267	268

Human resources

Number of employees at HOCHTIEF by division (direct employees) (as of the reporting date)*

*Total workforce: All persons who are employed by a fully consolidated HOCHTIEF Group company as of the reporting date (except for the Executive Board). Employees are counted per capita.
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	9,490	10,460	11,720	12,378
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	35,396	37,781	38,425	35,375
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	6,604	5,649	5,632	5,529
HOCHTIEF Group	51,490	53,890	55,777	53,282

Total number of employees in the HOCHTIEF Group by employment type (reporting date Dec. 31)

HOCHTIEF Group	2016	2017	2018	2019
White-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	21,373	24,647	26,255	26,944
– of which men	15,762	18,410	19,545	19,913
– of which women	5,611	6,237	6,710	7,031
Blue-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	23,258	29,243	29,522	26,338
– of which men	22,574	28,253	28,293	24,994
– of which women	684	990	1,229	1,344

HOCHTIEF Americas	2016	2017	2018	2019
White-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	7,402	8,068	8,946	9,575
– of which men	5,319	5,844	6,492	6,949
– of which women	2,083	2,224	2,454	2,626
Blue-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	2,088	2,392	2,774	2,803
– of which men	2,030	2,337	2,698	2,737
– of which women	58	55	76	66

HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2016	2017	2018	2019
White-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	9,434	12,198	12,960	13,094
– of which men	7,330	9,585	10,105	10,047
– of which women	2,104	2,613	2,855	3,047
Blue-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	19,103	25,583	25,465	22,281
– of which men	18,551	24,676	24,348	21,027
– of which women	552	907	1,117	1,254

HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	2016	2017	2018	2019
White-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	4,537	4,381	4,349	4,275
– of which men	3,113	2,981	2,948	2,917
– of which women	1,424	1,400	1,401	1,358
Blue-collar workers (incl. apprentices)	2,067	1,268	1,283	1,254
– of which men	1,993	1,240	1,247	1,230
– of which women	74	28	36	24

Total number of employees in the HOCHTIEF Group by gender (reporting date Dec. 31)

HOCHTIEF Group	2017	2018	2019
Employees (total workforce)	53,890	55,777	53,282
– of which men	46,663	47,838	44,907
– of which women	7,227	7,939	8,375
– women in management positions (%)	12.1%	12.3%	13.1%

HOCHTIEF Americas	2017	2018	2019
Employees (total workforce)	10,460	11,720	12,378
– of which men	8,181	9,190	9,686
– of which women	2,279	2,530	2,692
– women in management positions (%)	10.4%	11.0%	11.1%

HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2017	2018	2019
Employees (total workforce)	37,781	38,425	35,375
– of which men	34,261	34,453	31,074
– of which women	3,520	3,972	4,301
– women in management positions (%)	11.9%	11.8%	13.8%

Data were first published in 2017.
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	2017	2018	2019
Employees (total workforce)	5,649	5,632	5,529
– of which men	4,221	4,195	4,147
– of which women	1,428	1,437	1,382
– women in management positions (%)	14.4%	14.3%	15.0%

Age structure in the HOCHTIEF Group

HOCHTIEF Group	2016	2017	2018	2019
under 30 years	28.6	26.7	23.5	22.1
30–50 years	54.8	55.6	57.7	57.5
over 50 years	16.6	17.7	18.8	20.4

HOCHTIEF Americas	2016	2017	2018	2019
under 30 years	24.5	25.2	25.6	28.6
30–50 years	52.9	51.9	51.5	48.0
over 50 years	22.6	22.9	22.9	23.4

HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2016	2017	2018	2019
under 30 years	33.3	28.9	24.2	20.9
30–50 years	56.1	57.8	61.2	62.5
over 50 years	10.6	13.3	14.6	16.6

HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	2016	2017	2018	2019
under 30 years	13.9	15.1	15.1	15.1
30–50 years	51.9	47.6	46.7	46.4
over 50 years	34.2	37.3	38.2	38.5

Tenure of employment in the HOCHTIEF Group by division (in years, as of Dec. 31)

*Excl. UGL
	2016*	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	7.2	7.3	7.1	6.8
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	3.1	3.4	3.4	3.9
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	11.0	12.4	12.2	12.2
HOCHTIEF Group	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.4

Employees in the HOCHTIEF Group: number of fixed-term contracts and permanent positions (reporting date Dec. 31)

HOCHTIEF Group	2018	2019
Fixed-term contracts	12,732	4,735
– of which men	12,216	4,005
– of which women	516	730
permanent positions	43,045	48,547
– of which men	35,622	40,902
– of which women	7,423	7,645

HOCHTIEF Americas	2018	2019
Fixed-term contracts	178	171
– of which men	117	102
– of which women	61	69
permanent positions	11,542	12,207
– of which men	9,073	9,583
– of which women	2,469	2,624

HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2018	2019
Fixed-term contracts	12,165	4,199
– of which men	11,836	3,649
– of which women	329	550
permanent positions	26,260	31,176
– of which men	22,617	27,425
– of which women	3,643	3,751

Data were first published in 2018.
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. Holding company)	2018	2019
Fixed-term contracts	389	365
– of which men	263	254
– of which women	126	111
permanent positions	5,243	5,164
– of which men	3,932	3,894
– of which women	1,311	1,270

Employees in the HOCHTIEF Group: number of new hires and departures

HOCHTIEF Group	2016*	2017	2018	2019
New hires	15,591	26,686	24,468	20,261
Departures	15,978	25,363	23,284	21,505

HOCHTIEF Americas	2016*	2017	2018	2019
New hires	1,298	1,347	3,434	3,356
Departures	1,092	1,706	2,506	2,548

HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2016*	2017	2018	2019
New hires	12,564	23,511	20,245	16,245
Departures	12,850	21,011	20,025	18,121

*Excl. UGL
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	2016*	2017	2018	2019
New hires	1,729	1,828	789	660
Departures	2,036	2,646	753	836

Percentage of full-time and part-time employees by gender in Germany (reporting date Dec. 31)

Data were first published in 2018.
	2018	2019
Total workforce	3,462	3,515
– of which men	2,558	2,608
– of which women	904	907
Full-time total workforce	3,033	3,075
– of which men	2,412	2,462
– of which women	621	613
Part-time total workforce	429	440
– of which men	146	146
– of which women	283	294
Part-time total workforce %	12.4%	12.5%
– of which men	5.7%	5.6%
– of which women	31.3%	32.4%

Employees on parental leave in Germany (reporting date Dec. 31)

Data were first published in 2018.
	2018	2019
Employees on parental leave total	138	143
– of which men	46	65
– of which women	92	78
of whom returned to work after parental leave total	52	68
– of which men	31	47
– of which women	21	21
of whom did not return to work after parental leave total	19	16
– of which men	6	10
– of which women	13	6
Proportion of employees who return to work % total	73.2%	81.0%
– of which men	83.8%	82.5%
– of which women	61.8%	77.8%

Returnee rate in Germany (employees who still work for HOCHTIEF 12 months after their return from parental leave) (reporting date Dec. 31)

	2019
Returnees from parental leave total	52
– of which men	31
– of which women	21
Still employed by HOCHTIEF 12 months after return total	47
– of which men	29
– of which women	18
Returnee rate in % total	90.4%
– of which men	93.6%
– of which women	85.7%

Employees by ethnic group in North America (as of Dec. 31)

	2016	2017	2018	2019
Afro-American	599	632	683	677
Asian	610	711	789	926
Latin American	1,225	717	834	824
Native American	30	47	39	14
White	5,867	6,185	6,904	7,104
Other/Not applicable	406	1,365	1,656	2,026

Occupational safety

Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) in the HOCHTIEF Group (as of Dec. 31)

Accidents per million man-hours (Lost Time Injury Frequency Rates LTIFR); under ILO standards, accidents are counted from the first working day lost.

The large variation in the divisional figures reflects cultural differences in attitudes to injuries and differing country-specific insurance systems.
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	1.84	1.30	0.96	1.08
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	0.37	0.63	0.63	0.42
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	5.70	6.07	10.03	9.09
HOCHTIEF Group	1.32	1.23	1.37	1.19

Severity rate in the HOCHTIEF Group

Computation of the severity rate: Number of days lost due to accidents per million hours worked = severity rate

The large variation in the divisional figures reflects cultural differences in attitudes to injuries and differing country-specific insurance systems.
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	48.8	50.3	12.3	42.1
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	24.9	19.5	40.3	30.3
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	79.4	78.4	114.6	210.12
HOCHTIEF Group	36.3	29.9	40.6	45.9

Causes of accidents in the HOCHTIEF Group by number (as of Dec. 31)

HOCHTIEF Americas	2017	2018	2019
Misjudgment	12	13	11
Work equipment		2
Handling	6	3	2
Work preparation	2
Material/(Material) handling		2
Transportation
Work task			9
External cause	5		5
Other causes	2	3

HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2017	2018	2019
Misjudgment	11	12	15
Work equipment		7
Handling	9		4
Work preparation	6	9	7
Material/(Material) handling
Transportation		10
Work task			5
External cause	7
Other causes	27	23	8

Data were first published in 2017.
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	2017	2018	2019
Misjudgment	14	14
Work equipment			8
Handling	24	22	28
Work preparation
Material/(Material) handling			7
Transportation	8	13	12
Work task
External cause
Other causes	21	37	30

Significant types of injury in the HOCHTIEF Group by number (as of Dec. 31)

HOCHTIEF Americas	2016	2017	2018	2019
Lacerations		5	7
Wounds		1		6
Fractures	19	2	1	7
Contusions	8		1	5
Sprains	49	18	10	17
Cuts and stab wounds
Internal injuries		1
Other types of injury too specific to list individually here	24		4	4

HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2016	2017	2018	2019
Lacerations	34	8	8	4
Wounds
Fractures	35	25	15	10
Contusions		6	14	5
Sprains	19	13	16	19
Cuts and stab wounds
Internal injuries				2
Other types of injury too specific to list individually here	12	8	8

In an accident, several injuries can occur.
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	2016	2017	2018	2019
Lacerations			11
Wounds
Fractures	9	4		17
Contusions	29	22	22	17
Sprains	29	25	20	18
Cuts and stab wounds	7		12	15
Internal injuries
Other types of injury too specific to list individually here	26	23	37	28

Occupational illness frequency rate (OIFR) (million hours worked)

	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific and HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	0.49	0.86

Number of fatal accidents involving employees of the HOCHTIEF Group (as of Dec. 31)

	2016	2018
HOCHTIEF Americas	0	1
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	1	0
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	0	1
HOCHTIEF Group	1	2

Number of fatal accidents involving subcontractors (as of Dec. 31)

Data were first published in 2019.
	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	3
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	0
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	0
HOCHTIEF Group	3

Proportion of units in the HOCHTIEF Group certified in accordance with occupational safety management systems (e.g. BS OHSAS 18001), relative
to number of employees (%)

	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Group	84.8	87.1	85.1	84.8

Green building

Number of green buildings within the HOCHTIEF Group

Cumulative number of certified (since 2000) “green” buildings that were either completed or under construction by HOCHTIEF by the year-end.

* LEED, other || ** Green Star, LEED, other || *** DGNB, LEED, BREEAM, other; including precertifications
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas*	546	605	632	647
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific**	63	65	76	76
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company) ***	55	79	81	92
HOCHTIEF Group	664	749	789	815

Number of green infrastructure projects within the HOCHTIEF Group

Cumulative number of certified and registered (since 2013) “green” infrastructure projects by the year-end.

* Greenroads || ** ISCA, Greenroads || *** CEEQUAL
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas*	1	1	1	1
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific**	16	19	25	36
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company) ***	7	7	7	7
HOCHTIEF Group	24	27	33	44

Sales through green building (EUR billion)

	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Group	7.1	7.6	8.2	8.1

Innovation

Number of employees provided with BIM or similar training

	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	57	65	301	450
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	215	650	659	2 165
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	118	104	219	760
HOCHTIEF Group	390	819	1 ,179	3 ,375

Investment volume of R&D projects (EUR million)

The figures in the chart relate to innovation projects conducted by Group Innovation Management at holding company level. The figures for 2019 include the expenses for operating projects of Nexplore.
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Group	4.5	4.1	2.9	16.2

Reputation

Repeat clients (%)

Repeat client rate: HOCHTIEF uses the repeat client rate to measure customer satisfaction. We define repeat clients as clients who commission HOCHTIEF at least for a second time.

* Weighted relative to Group work done in each year
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Group*	74.2	76.3	77.0	81.5

HOCHTIEF’s reputation values (%)

The figures shown here indicate the sum total of HOCHTIEF’s reputation ratings (excellent, very good, and good). An additional 9% rated our reputation as average, 3% as poor, while 1% responded “don’t know”.

*87% of people surveyed by market research institute YouGov in Germany in the reporting year rated HOCHTIEF’s reputation as excellent/very good/good.
	2016	2017	2018	2019*
HOCHTIEF Group	84	87	83	87

Environment

Definition "Coverage"

The coverage figures mean the coverage of each indicator in relation to Group work done.

Waste volume by type within the HOCHTIEF Group (t)

	2016	2017	2018	2019
Waste volume total	2,143,758	8,860,189	14,538,068	9,995,340
Thereof: hazardous	48,729	123,481	34,507	93,859
Thereof: non-hazardous	2,095,029	8,736,708	14,503,561	9,901,481
Group Coverage	98%	95%	95%	95%

Waste volume by disposal method within the HOCHTIEF Group (t)

	2016	2017	2018	2019
Waste volume total	2,143,758	8,860,189	14,538,068	9,995,340
Thereof: recycled/reused	1,592,591	8,024,991	13,627,330	7,869,948
Thereof: landfilled/disposed	551,167	835,198	910,738	2,125,392
Recycling rate	74.3 %	90.6 %	87.1 %	81.5 %
Group Coverage	98 %	95 %	95 %	95 %

Main energy consumption within the HOCHTIEF Group

Gasoline (MWh)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	33,352	14,058	116,36	99,768
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	12,766	5,26	8,276	6,245
HOCHTIEF Europe	5,881	13,186	10,532	4,338
HOCHTIEF Group	51,999	32,504	135,168	110,351
Group Coverage	100%	100%	100%	100%

Diesel (MWh)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	14,424	637	551,229	524,468
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	7,722,000	8,569,000	9,872,119	10,410,000
HOCHTIEF Europe	111,091	160,663	85,889	41,52
HOCHTIEF Group	7,847,515	8,730,300	10,509,237	10,975,988
Group Coverage	100%	100%	100%	100%

*Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LPG* (MWh)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	–	–	184	298
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	–	–	49,846	57
HOCHTIEF Europe	–	–		–
HOCHTIEF Group	–	–	50,030	355
Group Coverage	–	–	48%	94%

Electricity (MWh)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas*	11,919	9,906	9,423	11,991**
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	94,000	145,000	153,100***	140,990
HOCHTIEF Europe****	259,245	342,384	166,854	207,991
HOCHTIEF Group	365,164	497,290	337,502	360,972
Group Coverage	95%	95%	95%	95%

* From 2017, data include district heating and district cold (2019: 857 MWh). || ** For the first time, data 2019 include electricity consumption from sites participating in Turner’s metering project. || *** From 2018, data include green energy (2019: 18,200 MWh). || **** Including district heating (2019: 9,393 MWh). || Calculations based on mean prices.

Main materials used within the HOCHTIEF Group

Asphalt (t)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	–	–	749,019	684,841
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	39,000	345,000	362,700	1,036,000
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	–	–	–	–
HOCHTIEF Group	39,000	345,000	1,111,719	1,720,841
Group Coverage	41%	45%	48%	45%

Concrete (m³)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	2,291,284	1,035,900	1,535,384	1,594,670
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	1,737,083	1,430,000	1,569,542	2,321,042
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	779,304	699,108	538,063	605,301
HOCHTIEF Group	4,807,671	3,165,008	3,642,989	4,521,013
Group Coverage	100%	100%	100%	100%

Wood (m³)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	385,192	1,168,859	3,725,928	2,130,450
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	9,231	22,667	34,533	11867
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	13,518	12,424	12,657	11,944
HOCHTIEF Group	407,941	1,203,950	3,773,118	2,154,261
Group Coverage	95%	95%	100%	100%

Calculations based on mean prices.
Steel (t)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	342,904	138,061	354,666	270,369
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	630,000	196,000	139,400	137,400
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	68,659	129,219	98,960	35,570
HOCHTIEF Group	1,041,563	463,280	593,026	443,339
Group Coverage	100%	100%	100%	100%

Business travel within the HOCHTIEF Group

Train (km)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	–	2,000,000	2,050,114	1,708,196
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific*	–	–	–	–
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	3,314,382	3,452,502	5,516,151	5,059,768
HOCHTIEF Group	3,314,382	5,452,502	7,566,265	6,767,964
Group Coverage	5%	47%	49%	53%

Plane (km)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	66,518,061	65,666,774	73,295,293	72,059,721
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	31,744,418	68,143,837	99,745,359	96,187,164
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	11,717,687	9,629,003	8,615,639	8,478,692
HOCHTIEF Group	109,980,166	143,439,614	181,656,291	176,725,577
Group Coverage	96%	96%	97%	97%

*Data is not collected for this mode of transport as it is seldom used for business travel.
Rental car (km)	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	–	2,300,000	3,756,042	3,797,097
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	1,148,003	5,218,873	6,202,514	6,167,551
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	671,921	523,986	746,982	511,575
HOCHTIEF Group	1,819,924	8,042,859	10,705,538	10,476,223
Group Coverage	46%	92%	92%	97%

Air travel: Short, medium, and long-haul flights in 2018 by HOCHTIEF division (million km)

Flights < 500 km	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	2.1	1.5	2.2	2.5
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	6.7	1.7	2.9	3.1
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2
HOCHTIEF Group	9.0	3.4	5.2	5.7

Flights 500 km to 1,600 km	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	18.9	15.0	24.0	24.8
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	6.8	49.8	46.5	40.1
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	4.0	3.4	3.2	3.1
HOCHTIEF Group	29.7	68.2	73.7	68.1

Flights > 1,600 km	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	45.5	49.1	47.0	44.7
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	18.2	16.6	50.4	53.0
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	7.5	6.1	5.3	5.2
HOCHTIEF Group	71.2	71.8	102.7	102.9

Greenhouse gas emissions* within the HOCHTIEF Group (t/CO₂)

Scope 1	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	12,186	3,692	176,611	165,327
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	1,964,000	2,202,000	2,689,100	2,634,000
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	31,356	46,278	25,611	12,192
HOCHTIEF Group	2,007,542	2,251,970	2,891,322	2,811,519
Group Coverage	100%	100%	100%	100%

Scope 2*	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	6,057	5,034	4,002	4,922
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	89,000	128,000	125,400	122,000
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	112,451	191,964	82,884	96,299
HOCHTIEF Group	207,508	324,998	212,286	223,221
Group Coverage	95%	95%	95%	95%

Scope 3	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	1,440,197	835,092	1,714,011	1,167,556
HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific	2,666,000	1,653,000	846,863	1,143,020
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	391,571	453,300	350,138	278,263
HOCHTIEF Group	4,495,768	2,941,392	2,911,012	2,588,839
Group Coverage	67%	84%	85%	86%

* Includes all companies under operational control (excluding joint ventures). Sources for carbon conversion factors: GHG Protocol, DEFRA and Germany’s Federal Environmental Agency as well as the Australian framework National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER). The HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific figures are calculatedbased on own, specific emissions factors. || **In principle, calculated on basis of local emission factors.

Scope 3 composition (figures in percent)

	2016	2017	2018	2019
Waste	1	1	2	1
Asphalt	1	1	3	3
Concrete	42	53	37	52
Business travel	1	1	1	1
Wood	2	11	25	17
Steel	53	33	32	26

Water withdrawal and reuse within the HOCHTIEF Group (m³)

* These figures are based on invoice volumes. For this reason, only municipal sources are taken into account for HOCHTIEF Europe. || ** The figures reported by CIMIC contain the categories brackish water and produced water for 2018.
	2016	2017	2018	2019
Municipal water supplies*	3,819,318	1,035,281	2,925,976	3,204,774
Fresh surface water	723,900	3,019,500	4,381,820	11,868,957
Fresh ground water	3,112,770	1,572,700	1,358,500	2,717,496
Wastewater	–	2,044,700	–	–
Rainwater	–	233,800	–	–
Total water withdrawal	7,655,988	7,906,081	8,886,852**	17,791,227
Group Coverage	50%	52%	95%	95%

Water reused	5,425,000	4,052,300	9,202,200	4,313,400
Group Coverage	41%	45%	43%	39%

Number of environmental damage incidents within the HOCHTIEF Group*

*Minor instances of environmental damage and low-severity Category 3 incidents are dealt with under the auspices of the relevant company and are not reported Group-wide. The figures in the table also include incidents for which only a warning was issued.
	2016	2017	2018	2019
Category 1	0	0	0	1
Category 2	6	12	14	30

Proportion of units in the HOCHTIEF Group certified in accordance with environmental management systems, relative to number of employees (%)

	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Group	73.3	77.3	75.3	72.8

Bridges to Prosperity

Number of people who benefit from B2P bridges constructed by HOCHTIEF*

* Figures based on data provided by B2P and reused by HOCHTIEF. || ** incl. HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific
	2016	2017	2018	2019
HOCHTIEF Americas	5,650	2,736	1,650
HOCHTIEF Europe (incl. holding company)	5,780**	5,000**	2,000	1,000**
HOCHTIEF Group	11,430	7,736	3,650	1,000

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