Message from the CEO

Message from ALEATICA’s CEO

ALEATICA’s third Annual Sustainability Report reflects the hard work and permanent commitment of our team to improve our engagement with the communities in which we operate and reinforce the activities and programs that make us an ever more responsible company. We are a new breed of transportation company, committed to implementing ESG best practices.

In 2021, as the restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic were progressively eased, ALEATICA had to resume operations at its previous levels while adapting to changing conditions and a new business reality. Vehicle traffic increases by 42% in our concessions over the previous year, in terms of vehicle kilometers travelled. Our stakeholders, however, moved forward into new routines and adopted new expectations from the companies that serve them. We have worked to evolve our platform to be a leading player in the world’s new normal.

I am proud of what we have achieved. Now more than ever, we fully trust a business model that prioritizes long-term performance and proactive investments in the five pillars that guide us: Safety First, Passion for Our Team, Excellence in Service, Social and Environmental Sustainability, and Transparency and Corporate Governance. To ensure that we keep moving in the right direction, a comprehensive institutional commitment is needed. This is why we have created an ESG Committee within our Board in Mexico and in the group’s parent company.

ALEATICA has been implementing an ambitious and practical Safety First Plan with a focus on a “zero vision” (eventually reaching zero fatalities and serious injuries). Over the past year we launched, or relaunched, as conditions allowed, various community action programs around our assets. Some were focused on improving a culture of road safety, and others on building partnerships on social issues that go far beyond the road itself. We have continued to work, among other organizations, with the Red Cross and Save the Children.

We are also constantly exploring the future of transportation and ways to increase efficiency and decrease our environmental impact, while improving the customer experience. In 2021, we developed our Climate Change Strategy, working both on mitigation, to lower our carbon emissions and become more energy efficient, as well as on adaptation, to become more resilient and reduce related vulnerabilities. We are mindful of the urgency to act, and of the need for a long-term approach within our sector. Our use of self-generated solar energy increased by 15% last year, and our total water consumption was 32% lower than the pre-pandemic level of 2019.

Another exciting development, in collaboration with other innovative companies and leading universities, is the analysis carried out in the BreBeMi Business Unit in Italy on the integration of innovative technology to implement inductive charging systems that allow electric vehicles to recharge their batteries while they are running. Its testing phase is underway.

Strengthening our team and improving working conditions are priority concerns. We are committed inclusive hiring processes and see the value of diversity. In 2021, 48% of all hires made were of women. We also developed a formal training program for all administrative employees that highlighted the skills needed to work from home and maintain a work-life balance.

We are fully aware that much remains to be done, and we see that challenge with excitement. We have a strong vision for the future of the company, and for what we can contribute to society.

Sincerely, Kenneth Frederick Daley

Chairman of the Board of Directors ALEATICA SAU