… the climate emergency is real Climate change is irrefutably real, and its effects are being felt in all regions throughout the world. SYSTRA’s activity can have a positive impact on the two sectors which are the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions: the construction industry and transport, which together account for nearly 40% of these emissions. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW SOLUTIONS Our mission as an engineering company is to provide solutions to complex challenges. The climate is one such challenge, doubtless the most important one of our era. In 2023, SYSTRA increased its commitment to sustainability by adopting its Climate Nearly Trajectory. This cross-category strategy is designed to enable the Group to meet costed targets and various milestones. It serves as a compass, guiding our actions towards a more responsible, sustainable and resilient form of mobility. This collective momentum of the world’s population, is provided by our management departments, as well as – most importantly – by employees across all our subsidiaries. It seeks to i.e. more than 3.3 billion reduce the environmental footprint of our activities and projects, people, lives in “contexts and help our clients with their own transition. It’s a companywide thatare highly vulnerable belief, an awareness of the role that we have to play in order to to climate change” establish mobility as a way of addressing current environmental and societal challenges. THE ACCELERATION AND ROLL-OUT OF A SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY The impetus and the framework provided by the Climate Trajectory together formalise a strategy that features initiatives Source: Giec, 2022. that have been underway at SYSTRA for a number of years. 2023 Activity Report 27