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# Sustainability

![Sustainability](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/header_dpef.jpg)

Sustainability is at the heart of the growth strategy and collective commitments
of SYSTRA. As a transport engineering firm, we strive to benefit both
populations and territories by shaping mobility solutions that respect the
environment and serve future generations.

This vision relies on the richness of our talents and the diversity of our
professions and cultures. Driven by engaged and connected teams, our commitment
to sustainability enhances the success of our projects, their social and
environmental acceptability, and maximises their positive impact on communities.

![couv_rdd_2026_ang](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/couv_rdd_2026_ang-1024x755.jpg)

## Our Sustainability Report 2025

SYSTRA is publishing a transitional, voluntary and targeted Sustainability
Report for the year 2025, anticipating the European Corporate Sustainability
Reporting Directive (CSRD) without yet being subject to it.

By publishing this report, SYSTRA reaffirms its determination to align economic
performance with environmental and social impact, in a spirit of anticipation
and continuous improvement. This choice is a commitment: to report, with rigor
and clarity, on the value we create and the transformations we are driving to
accelerate the transition of mobility systems and territories.

[DISCOVER OUR SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2025](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sustainabilityreport_2025.pdf)

> It is essential to demonstrate alignment between our commitments, our
> practices, and our achievements. Demonstrating this through evidence means
> being able to illustrate, project by project, what contributes to a positive
> impact: the missions performed, the technical solutions implemented, and the
> indicators embedded in project management. This approach makes sense both for
> our employees, who want to showcase pragmatic results of their expertise, and
> for our clients, who are reassured by tangible outcomes. This is how we anchor
> sustainability in the day-to-day practice of our business operations.
> Christelle CHICHIGNOUD, Vice-President Group Sustainability

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## Our dedicated service offering

We have structured a dedicated offering that brings together expertise in
sustainable design, climate, resilience, energy transition, and environment, and
mobilises civil engineering, urban planning, and systems disciplines. This is
where our uniqueness lies: making sustainability a business-oriented value-add,
carried by all our disciplines and creating a positive impact on projects.

### Climate and Resilience

SYSTRA’s key challenge lies in integrating—from design through to
operations—physical and transition climate risks that may affect the
performance, costs, timelines, and availability of infrastructure. SYSTRA
conducts multi-hazard climate risk and vulnerability assessments to enable its
clients to anticipate investments and make informed adaptation and mitigation
strategy choices.

#### A few examples that demonstrate our expertise

![mwanza-depot](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/mwanza-depot.jpg)

### Tanzania

**Develop bioclimatic design**

Envisaged as a sustainable model integrated into its open environment, the
Mwanza station project in Tanzania fully embraces the principles of bioclimatic
design and effective water management. Throughout the design phase, our experts
sought to minimise the station’s environmental impact and reduce the use of
drinking water by using – for example – permeable surfaces to promote the
replenishing of the water tables and natural management of rainwater. This
approach effectively manages run-off and helps mitigate the urban heat island
effect. Our experts have also given preference to using indigenous plants for
the project’s landscaping. This encourages biodiversity and reduces irrigation
and fertilisation requirements.

![img_climateviz_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_climateviz_dd.jpg)

### Climateviz

**A data visualisation tool to inform climate risks**

SYSTRA won second prize in a collaborative hackathon focused on visualising the
effects of climate change. The ClimateViz web application, designed in a record
time of three weeks by a team of five experts from SYSTRA SA and SYSTRA France,
enables users to identify an infrastructure’s vulnerabilities to climate
hazards, anticipate how these vulnerabilities may evolve under future climate
conditions based on historical data, and pinpoint vulnerable assets that may
require adaptation measures. Today, ClimateViz strengthens our service and
solution offering for climate change adaptation and infrastructure resilience.

### Sustainable design and construction

Sustainable design and construction mobilise all disciplines and assessment
tools for carbon, energy, water, and circularity, and integrates measurable
criteria to reduce emissions, optimise resources, and strengthen asset
resilience, while ensuring safety and quality of service.

#### A few examples that demonstrate our expertise

![img_chennai_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_chennai_dd.jpg)

### India

**Teams committed to reducing carbon and environmental impacts**

The carbon footprint of a project is mostly determined from the design phase. In
India, our teams have set an ambitious goal to reduce the carbon footprint of
their projects by an average of 10% through the implementation of sustainable
design and construction with our digital solution Carbontracker. This objective
was achieved with the proactive deployment of this approach involving around 400
people.

![img_emirats_arabes_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_emirats_arabes_dd.jpg)

### United Arab Emirates

**Promoting energy efficiency in desert surroundings**

The Etihad Rail project seeks to improve transport and connectivity in the
United Arab Emirates between now and 2024. The goal? Design modern trains and
suitable maintenance facilities, while reducing energy consumption by 17%. The
technical solutions used include CO2 sensors for ensuring optimum air quality
and making minimum use of water, as well as passive strategies, such as using
shadowing and high-reflective materials for thermal comfort. The project also
gives preference to recycled materials, thus reducing waste. A vulnerability
assessment was conducted to anticipate specific local conditions and increased
climate risks.

![img_anne_bretagne_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_anne_bretagne_dd.jpg)

### France

**Transforming the Anne-de-Bretagne bridge **

The Anne-de-Bretagne Bridge project in Nantes includes a significant sustainable
design and construction component, with the emphasis on planted areas and
biodiversity, making economic use of resources and reducing the impacts of the
construction phase. By transforming a road bridge into a multifunctional area,
an ecological link is created across green spaces and climate challenges are
addressed. The approach used involves reusing materials and procuring them via
the river, and logistics that minimise disruption. Reusing the existing bridge
avoided having to destroy 4,250 tonnes of concrete and 1,300 tonnes of steel,
thus preventing 6,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent from being released.

### Energy Transition

SYSTRA supports the energy transition of the transport sector by promoting
sobriety and efficiency, system electrification, and the integration of
renewable energy. Leveraging a broad portfolio of projects and multidisciplinary
expertise, we help our clients define a pathway to low carbon or net zero
operations, ensure the continuity of operations throughout the transition, and
optimise transport system infrastructure and energy efficiency.

#### A few examples that demonstrate our expertise

![img_ebrt30_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_ebrt30_dd.jpg)

### EBRT2030

**SYSTRA is boosting bus electromibility in Europe**

SYSTRA is contributing to the European project eBRT2030 (Bus Rapid Transit), the
aim of which is to reduce emissions and congestion and move towards sustainable
zero-emission forms of transport. Within the international association of public
transport UITP-led cluster, we will help demonstrate the utility of a new
generation of high service level electric bus systems and provide cost-effective
automation and connectivity solutions. This project, funded by the European
Commission and involving more than 45 partners, will shape the future of
electromobility across the European public transport sector.

![img_brisbane_aust_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_brisbane_aust_dd.jpg)

### Australia

**Contributing to the rollout of Brisbane’s electric bus network**

Brisbane has inaugurated the M2 line of its Bus Rapid Transit network, operated
with electric buses. Following the M1 line commissioned in early 2025, this new
line strengthens the Metro Route network. SYSTRA Australia’s teams contributed
to rolling stock technical specifications, bid evaluation, driver training, and
the deployment of the operations support system. Ultimately, the network will
comprise four lines and carry up to 45 million passengers per year.

![img_italie_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_italie_dd.jpg)

### Italy

**Producing local energy from waste**

SYSTRA Italy is involved in designing two waste-to-energy plants in Sicily,
addressing a structural waste management challenge on the island while
strengthening local electricity production. SYSTRA’s teams are conducting
technical and economic feasibility studies, as well as geological studies, ahead
of construction phases planned between 2027 and 2028. Ultimately, the two
facilities will process 300,000 tonnes of waste per year, generate up to 50 MW
of power, and produce around 200,000 MWh of electricity annually.

### Environmental Services

For infrastructure projects with a potentially significant impact on natural
environments, the climate, and quality of life, the systematic integration of
environmental considerations enhances performance, resilience, and social
acceptability, supporting a mobility that is sustainable and technically,
economically, and socially viable.

#### A few examples that demonstrate our expertise

![img_suede_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_suede_dd.jpg)

### Sweden

**Applying the “No net loss” principle on a rail project**

The ‘No Net Loss’ principle has become a prerequisite for obtaining building
permits: each rail infrastructure project must demonstrate no net loss for
biodiversity. To this end, a baseline assessment is carried out before the
project starts, with precise observation and quantification of each area within
the study perimeter using a codified scoring system, in order to compare the
end-state to the baseline. At their client’s request, SYSTRA Sweden applied this
methodology to the project to double rail capacity on the Krylbo–Dalslund link,
northwest of Stockholm. The lessons learned were presented on International Day
for Biological Diversity during a Group webinar to raise team awareness of
biodiversity protection issues.

![img_fce_territoires](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_fce_territoires.jpg)

### France

**Environmental performance serving regional transformation**

SYSTRA is involved in 4 of the 7 project management contracts launched by the
European Metropolis of Lille. Developed with a comprehensive sustainable design
and construction approach that will lead to High Environmental Quality (HQE)
Sustainable Infrastructure certification, the Extramobile programme is
structured around 4 new public transport lines (2 trams and 2 Bus Rapid Transit
lines), along with 2 maintenance and storage sites (MSS) for the tram lines, and
a project management mission for all operating systems common to the tram and
bus lines.

![imggrovehurst_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/imggrovehurst_dd.jpg)

### United Kingdom

**Grovehurst Road, net gain in biodiversity, a reality**

The improvements to the Grovehurst Road interchange are designed to reduce
traffic jams and support Kent’s growth. By adopting a holistic approach to
managing the landscape and ecology, the project is breaking new ground in
achieving not only zero negative ecological impacts but an impressive 15% net
gain in biodiversity. The solutions put forward include the creation of
indigenous wooded zones – which serve as habitat for local wildlife, including
bats. Rainwater is also innovatively managed.

## Our digital solutions for climate action

Our expertise and service offerings are supported by digital solutions developed
internally, several of which are directly related to sustainability challenges.

![carbontracker-carre](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carbontracker-carre-1024x1024.png)

Optimise your infrastructure project carbon footprint at every stage.

[Learn more](https://www.systra.com/digital/solutions/sustainable-mobility-energy-transition/carbontracker/)

![climateplus-carre](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/climateplus-carre-1024x1024.png)

Anticipate climate change trends faced by your infrastructure.

[Learn more](https://www.systra.com/digital/solutions/sustainable-mobility-energy-transition/climateplus/)

![climateviz-carre](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/climateviz-carre-1024x1024.png)

Visualise the vulnerabilities of your infrastructure to climate change.

[Learn more](https://www.systra.com/digital/solutions/sustainable-mobility-energy-transition/climateviz/)

## Our commitments

As key players in the design and delivery of infrastructure projects, we can
integrate and promote the principles of sustainability at every stage of our
operations.

![img_eng_climat_evnt](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_eng_climat_evnt.jpg)

### Take action for climate and the environment

We place decarbonisation, resilience, and sustainable design at the heart of our
mobility projects, leveraging our engineering expertise from the earliest stages
and throughout the asset lifecycle, to propose tangible, measurable solutions.

### Commit to communities and territories

Being useful to communities and territories is the driving force behind the
Group’s commitment and that of its employees, who put their engineering
expertise at the service of all. This momentum is amplified by solidarity and
volunteering initiatives carried out locally around the world.

![img_eng_pop_terr_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_eng_pop_terr_dd.jpg)

![img_cc_collabs_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_cc_collabs_dd.jpg)

### Build with our employees

At the heart of our corporate responsibility, we place the health, safety, and
security of our employees first. We also pay close attention to the recruitment
and integration of new teams, while making diversity, equity, and inclusion
drivers of excellence for our projects and sources of trust for our clients and
partners.

### Progress with our clients, partners and shareholders

Innovation, ethics, and cybersecurity are at the heart of our performance: they
strengthen our competitiveness, create value for clients and local communities,
and underpin the trust of our partners and stakeholders.

![img_clts_part_act_dd](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_clts_part_act_dd.jpg)

## Sustainability Policy

The Sustainability Policy turns sustainability principles into an operational
reference framework for the entire Group. It guides the way SYSTRA designs,
plans, and delivers transport projects to actively contribute to ecological
transition, aligning technical and strategic choices with climate objectives,
resource preservation, and community well-being.

[Sustainability policy](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/systra_sustainability-policy.pdf)[Download](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/systra_sustainability-policy.pdf)

## Our contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)

Our activities have a major impact on 8 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
defined by the United Nations. We therefore focus our efforts on these goals:

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