Governance
Responsibility as the foundation of our success

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Responsible corporate governance builds trust and ensures stability. At PORR, it is an integral part of all business areas. Ethical conduct, consistent compliance and the protection of human rights form the foundation of sustainable governance and are closely interlinked.

With clear standards of conduct, defined responsibilities, an effective compliance system and targeted training, PORR ensures that legal and ethical requirements are consistently met, both internally and throughout the entire value chain. 

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For staff members

Clear guidelines for every staff member

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Governance

Responsible corporate governance is the basis for long-term success. For PORR, this means: acting transparently, adhering to clear rules and consistently preventing misconduct. Particularly in a complex and highly fragmented market environment such as the construction industry, a functioning compliance system builds trust – both internally and externally.

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Target by 2030

Transparency and ethical behavior

Transparency and compliance with rules are firmly embedded in PORR’s day-to-day operations.

The Code of Conduct for employees, as well as that for business partners, applies throughout the entire value chain. Together with the PORR Principles, they form the guidelines for moral, ethical, lawful and honest conduct and are the foundation for all business activities and decisions.

A look at the participation rate in compliance and anti-corruption training shows how widely this understanding is embraced within the company. After 88.7% in 2024, the participation rate in 2025 was already 96.5%, exceeding the set target of 95%. This demonstrates that the training programmes are well established within the company and are actively utilised.

Compliance Target

Strategic measures

Raising awareness and strengthening accountability

To ensure that rules are not merely in place but are put into practice in day-to-day operations, PORR relies on several interlinked measures. Employee training on anti-corruption and compliance forms the basis of this: all staff receive regular training, supplemented by targeted courses for particularly sensitive roles.

In addition, special training programmes for apprentices apprentices and blue-collar workers foster an understanding of compliance at an early stage and directly within the operational environment. This ensures that the requirements are present not only at management level, but throughout the entire organisation.

By anchoring the function of Construction Compliance Ambassador, PORR is bringing the issue even closer to construction sites. The ambassadors act as on-site points of contact and help to raise awareness and embed standards into day-to-day working practices.

In addition, the planned ISO 37002 certification of the whistleblowing system further strengthens existing structures. It creates additional transparency and underlines the commitment to handling reports of misconduct securely, independently and in a traceable manner.

We fulfil our duty of care systematically: the Group is certified to ISO 37001 (anti-corruption management) and ISO 37301 (compliance management system). PORR certifies its quality management system to ISO 9001. The ISO 45001 management system integrates and assesses human rights aspects into organisational processes. The implementation of the aforementioned principles is reviewed through annual compliance checks.

Since 2017, PORR has had a system in place through which breaches covered by the Market Abuse Regulation (issuer compliance), as well as breaches relating to money laundering or terrorist financing, could be reported. On the one hand, reports can be submitted via the email address compliance@porr.at. On the other hand, the whistleblowing platform enables anyone to communicate anonymously via a two-way channel: https://whbs.porr.at

Compliance at PORR

The commitment to tax compliance is part of the PORR Tax Policy. The Group Tax department, in consultation with the CFO, is responsible for the group-wide tax policy and tax guidelines, as well as for ensuring compliance with them.  The Data Protection – Compliance Management System is designed to ensure that the risk of a breach of data protection regulations is avoided or minimised.

Human Rights

Respect for human rights is non-negotiable for PORR. It forms the basis for responsible conduct – both on the construction site and throughout the entire value chain. Particularly in a complex environment with numerous partner companies, it is crucial to identify risks at an early stage, create transparency and consistently implement clear standards.

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Target by 2030

Ensuring human rights standards throughout the value chain

The objective is clear: human rights must be protected and violations prevented throughout PORR’s sphere of influence. 

Whether this target is achieved is demonstrated by a clear metric – the number of human rights incidents. The aim is to keep this figure permanently at zero. In the base year 2024, as well as in 2025, no human rights incidents were recorded.

Human Rights Target

Strategic measures

Identifying risks, ensuring standards, taking responsibility

To protect human rights effectively, PORR relies on a combination of monitoring, prevention and awareness-raising throughout the entire value chain.

A key component is human rights audits, through which around a third of sites are regularly reviewed. In 2024, this proportion stood at 29.5%, rising to 31.8% by 2025. This enables potential risks to be identified at an early stage and addressed in a targeted manner.

In parallel, the further development of human rights training is being driven forward. The training has been extended to an increasing number of employees and more firmly embedded within the company. The aim is, in particular, to fully involve managers and to firmly embed human rights due diligence obligations in day-to-day working practices.

We are also sharpening our focus in our collaboration with suppliers. With the expansion and group-wide roll-out of supplier risk assessments covering human and labour rights, risks are systematically analysed and evaluated. By 2025, 20.0% of relevant suppliers had already been assessed. Experience from individual markets is being used to establish a uniform, group-wide approach.

This creates a system that does not merely focus on control, but actively shapes responsibility – with the clear aim of permanently protecting human rights throughout the entire value chain.

PORR’s Group-wide Human Rights Policy forms the binding framework for dealing with human rights within the company and along the value chain. It defines clear expectations, outlines how risks are to be managed and sets out how to proceed in the event of violations. To the Human Rights Policy.

PORR is committed to the principles of the UN Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Furthermore, in its business activities, it observes the principles and rights set out in the “Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up” of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and aligns its due diligence processes with the requirements of the United Nations “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”. Through its Modern Slavery Act Policy Statement, it undertakes to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking throughout the entire value chain. Child labour and forced labour on its construction sites and within its sphere of influence are not tolerated. Employees are guaranteed both freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.

PORR systematically implements its human rights due diligence obligations. Risks are regularly analysed, suppliers are vetted and clear processes for audits and reporting are applied. This ensures that human rights standards are upheld throughout the entire value chain.

A clearly defined complaints mechanism is a central component of human rights due diligence. Potential human rights violations can be reported at any time via the group-wide reporting system – including anonymously. The system is available to both the company’s own employees and workers throughout the value chain. Reports can be submitted directly via the whistleblowing platform: https://whbs.porr.at/#/. All reports are reviewed and processed in accordance with a clearly defined procedure. The protection of whistleblowers is guaranteed at all times.