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2. CO2 Emissions
Similar to the construction waste, the company is reporting the CO2 emissions for each project
in quarterly basis as part of Corporate Social Responsibility monitoring. Reducing CO2 emissions
is one of the targeted Corporate Social Responsibility performances in BAM. Figure 11 summarises the CO2 emissions resulted by each source and sector per year. It also demonstrates that the
company has succeeded in monitoring CO2 for the offices, whereas further improvement is still
required in order to avoid the yearly increase in the CO2 emissions for the construction sites. One
of the strategies the company has followed to reduce CO2 emissions is by using renewable sources of electricity for the construction sites, site offices and asphalt plants. In the Netherlands, this
strategy has helped the company to avoid 17.7 kilotons of CO2 emissions.
Most of the CO2 emissions are generated from the construction sites due to the excessive use of
transportation to transport materials, staff, and labours in addition to the use of the construction
equipment. BAM aims to reduce the emissions associated with transportation by using more sustainable lease agreement for vehicles, using more electric vehicles whenever is possible, replacing the old vehicles with more fuel efficient ones. In addition, BAM has developed a professional
CO2 emission calculator which could transfer the kilometres travelled to tones of CO2 emission in
order to assess their projects worldwide in relation to CO2 emissions.

Figure 11: BAM CO2 Emissions, CSR report 12-13
3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Supply Chain
Most of the construction materials are supplied through supply chain process. BAM’s objective
is to ensure that BAM’s values and sustainability plans are adopted by the supply chain companies. These values are related to ethics, human rights, achieving zero harm, reducing water and
energy consumption. Therefore, during selection and procurement of materials, BAM assess the
suppliers and the supply chain management (Figure 12) in order to evaluate whether the process
complies with BAM’s overall Corporate Social Responsibility policies and requirements.

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