The New Scale Up! Program Supports 19 Finalist Projects of the VINCI 2024 Environment Awards

VINCI’s Environment Directorate, in partnership with Leonard, has launched the Scale Up! program to provide comprehensive support to 19 finalist projects from the VINCI 2024 Environment Awards. 14 projects are initiated by teams based in France, 5 projects are international.

Through Scale Up!, VINCI demonstrates its commitment to driving transformative change by scaling local solutions to achieve global impact. The selected solutions embody the three pillars of VINCI’s environmental ambition: acting for the climate, optimizing resources through the circular economy and preserving natural environments.

Discover the 19 solutions :

1. Acting for climate

  • Advanced Analysis for Forest Fire Risk Prevention – VINCI Energies (Portugal)

Preventing forest fires caused by vegetation coming into contact with medium-voltage power lines.

  • ATLoS, Cobra IS (Portugal)

Autonomous electric trucks designed for internal logistics on industrial sites.

  • Biocalcis®, VINCI Construction (France, Centre-Est)

Soil treatment using Biocalcis®, a biotechnology that strengthens drought-sensitive soils.

  • CaledonIA, VINCI Construction & VINCI Autoroutes (France, Mediterranean)

Fast and cost-effective software for predicting runoff and flood-prone areas.

  • Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), VINCI Construction (France, Mediterranean)

Decarbonizing France’s second-largest CO₂-emitting industrial cluster.

  • Sustainable Aviation Fuel, VINCI Concessions & VINCI Energies (France, Centre-Est)

Local production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biogas generated through methanization.

  • Direct current, VINCI Energies (France, Hauts-de-France)

Reducing transformer energy losses by integrating a direct current (DC) loop in buildings or parking areas.

  • Revilo®, VINCI Construction (France, Mediterranean)

Urban planning solutions designed to mitigate urban heat islands.

  • Volucia, VINCI Construction France (France, Île-de-France)

Low-carbon multi-family housing at no additional cost, utilizing off-site production of 2D components.

  • WiseBMS, VINCI Energies (France, Ouest)

Optimizing building energy efficiency with artificial intelligence.

2. Optimising resources through the circular economy

  • Plant-based asphalt, VINCI Construction (Canada)

Replacing traditional asphalt bitumen with lignin, a plant residue from the paper industry.

  • Re-employment offer, VINCI Energies & VINCI Construction (France, Île-de-France)

Reusing building equipment within VINCI Group companies to promote sustainability.

  • Ogêo, VINCI Construction (France, Mediterranean)

A unique range of aggregates aimed at fostering a circular economy.

  • POPI: real estate optimization plan, VINCI Immobilier & VINCI Autoroutes (France, Île-de-France)

Optimizing key account real estate assets through circular urban planning.

  • Inclusive recycling, VINCI Concessions (Cambodia)

Reducing final waste production at airports while promoting resource efficiency and sustainable economic opportunities.

3. Preserving natural environments

  • Uxel’eau solutions, VINCI Energies (France, Grand-Est)

A dynamic filtration system for fire-fighting water reserves to prevent wastage due to regulatory draining.

  • REUT by VINCI, VINCI Autoroutes & VINCI Construction (France, Sud-Ouest)

Developing Treated Wastewater Reuse (TWR) projects by qualifying unconventional water resources across the Group.

  • Restoring seagrass beds, VINCI Concessions (Portugal)

Restoring and preserving seagrass beds, a key carbon offset initiative for ANA (Aeroportos de Portugal).

  • Ecological enhancement operator, VINCI Autoroutes (France)

Enhancing VINCI’s natural plots through ecological compensation measures, either on request or as part of compensation offers.

Discover the 50 startups and projects supported in 2025

Share this article on