Sustainable Development Goals

SPIE's SDG contribution

The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) are at the heart of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015. The SDGs are aspirational, long-term targets for governments, businesses and other stakeholders to work towards creating the world we want.

As a Global Compact participant, SPIE has analyzed these SDGs and reports below on how we are participating to the SDGs most relevant for our business.

SDG 3: Good health and well-being - Improve the quality and accessibility of health products and services

SPIE contributes to this SDG by offering a variety of specially designed systems for hospitals, medical centres and care homes. These include secure power supply infrastructure, secure communications networks, and patient alarm and safety systems. By providing its technical and technological expertise to hospitals, medical centres and care homes, SPIE helps improve patient care conditions and staff working conditions at those establishments. SPIE provided €277 million of health sector services in 2024.

SDG 4: Quality education

SPIE contributes to this SDG through its work upgrading education facilities and providing them with facility management and energy efficiency solutions thereby facilitating access to education. Furthermore, SPIE encourages learning by enabling pupils and teachers to develop in a digital and connected school environment. SPIE provides end-to-end support to educational establishments in their digital transformation projects. Technical services to the education sector equaled x million euros in 2024.

Moreover, SPIE contributes to the target 4.4* through its apprenticeship program. In 2024, SPIE employed 1462 work-study students.


* 4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

SDG 5: Gender equality

SPIE directly contributes to the SDG 5.5* Although SPIE operates in a traditionally male technical sector, the So'SPIE Ladies network, present in all subsidiaries, deploys initiatives aiming to raise employee awareness of diversity issues, increase gender diversity in teams and promote career development for women. In its sustainability roadmap, it has set an ambitious target to increase the percentage of women in key managerial roles by 2025 and 2030. In 2024, 19.9% of key management positions were held by women, up 24% compared to 2020 Moreover, women occupy 15% of spots in managerial training. To promote gender diversity and support women’s initiatives within the company, So'SPIE participates in school and university orientation days to encourage girls to choose technical studies.


* 5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.)

SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy 

SPIE directly contributes to SDG 7.1* through its work modernizing and expanding the electric grid. Many of SPIE’s energy network clients are now upgrading their grid infrastructure to meet higher demand due to increased loads from renewable energy production, and are relying on SPIE’s expertise in designing, refurbishing, and maintaining electricity grid facilities to do so. Besides installing and upgrading overhead power lines, cable fittings, and substations, SPIE can also supply the smart grid services essential to making efficient use of renewable energy, facilitating the monitoring, modelling, and managing of consumption peaks to balance supply and demand. SPIE also provides turn-key network solutions for upkeep and repairs.

7.2*
At SPIE, we work closely with clients to expand their renewable energy production, storage and distribution capacities. With experience in nearly all renewable sectors and across the entire electricity production and distribution process, we work closely with our clients from project design to infrastructure installation and beyond. SPIE is a leading reference for both on- and off-shore European wind farm projects. The Group’s engineers design and manage wind power installations from conception to grid connection. SPIE also possesses significant expertise in the operational management of wind farms, using innovative digital technologies to remotely monitor and operate client’s installations. An expert in photovoltaic systems, SPIE provides all the services necessary to get a solar park off of the ground, from planning to installation. SPIE's technicians are also available for ongoing maintenance and operational monitoring, and SPIE proposes a variety of advanced energy management systems for those clients looking to maximize their solar energy output. SPIE is also an expert in a variety of other energy technologies. These include biomass as well as hydroelectric and geothermal power.
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are by nature intermittent as they depend heavily on weather. To be able to put this energy to use whenever needed, SPIE assists clients by supplying and fitting Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). BESS store energy when production exceeds demand, then feed it back into the grid when demand rises.
More than €400 million in revenue were generated by projects related to renewable energy in 2024.

7.3*
SPIE’s services include replacing energy-intensive HVAC systems with new technology to reduce energy consumption. This effect can be taken even further through the installation of sensors that allow for HVAC system services to be adapted in real-time to changing needs. SPIE also designs bespoke technical facility management (Tech FM) services for clients that optimise and maintain all technical assets of a client’s building portfolio throughout their lifecycle. SPIE tracks and addresses the energy consumption of every aspect of a building. Energy management services range from audits and consulting to the implementation of solutions, including design, supply, installation, monitoring and maintenance. €1.84 billion in revenue was generated by the e-fficient buildings business in 2024.
SPIE’s energy optimisation services for existing data centres support the Green IT movement, helping clients reduce their electricity consumption. In parallel, its consultancy, engineering and IT offers allow for new, energy efficient data centres to be designed from the ground up, notably through a green-by-design approach.

Working closely with its customers, SPIE installs or upgrades LED street lighting systems, and provides maintenance where necessary. To improve the efficiency of LED luminaires, SPIE relies on intelligent management solutions that also offer remote monitoring and control functionalities.


* 7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
* 7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
* 7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

9.1*
SPIE contributes to this SDG for its customers in the industrial sector by providing maintenance services to improve productivity and increase equipment availability, intelligent data management to improve the fluidity of the supply chain and the optimisation of production costs, and energy management to control energy consumption and reduce costs.

9.4*
SPIE contributes to this objective by implementing and managing energy efficiency systems and decarbonization solutions in industrial environments. SPIE’s services cover all aspects of industrial buildings: improving their energy efficiency at source, optimizing performance through maintenance and automation and ensuring the safety and security of employees. SPIE brings a toolkit of energy-saving measures to clients, including audits that identify unnecessary consumption, systems that monitor and optimize processes, the installation of artificial intelligence energy software to identify savings and alternative equipment that can offer tangible energy reductions. When possible, SPIE also helps industrial clients switch from fossil fuels, still the dominant source of power for industry, to cleaner energy sources, including the implementation of energy production solutions such as solar panels.

9.c*
SPIE contributes to this SDG through the deployment of very high speed infrastructure and fiber optic connections for customers as well as the installation of high points for mobile telephony (page 28.) €436 million in revenue was generated in 2024 by the deployment of the fibre optic network, a 10% increase compared to 2023.


* 9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all
* 9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities
* 9.c Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020

SDG 10: Reduced inequalities

10.2*
SPIE has a proactive anti‑discrimination policy and encourages diversity in terms of gender, origin and expertise.
In 2024, 4,3% of our workforce has a disability. Every year SPIE France organizes a disability month to increase employees’ awareness about themes like invisible disabilities and declaring one’s disability to obtain support from the company. SPIE made €3.6 million in purchases from the protected worker sector in Europe.

There are 120 nationalities in the group.


*10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status

SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

11.2*
With our comprehensive solutions to improve and facilitate both personal and collective e-mobility, we are helping clients increase the availability of sustainable mobility in their cities and communities. SPIE installs and maintains EV charging systems. SPIE has installed more than 50,000 electric vehicle charging points in Europe since 2017. With a range of digital solutions such as remote reservation, geolocation of charging points and contactless payment, SPIE improves the user experience in electric vehicles. We also work closely with municipalities, providing customised solutions that align with the sustainability priorities of their metro, tram, bus and train systems. SPIE facilitates transporation intermodality by providing the extensive technology necessary to give passengers real-time traffic and transportation updates, allowing them to plan the most efficient journey. SPIE’s teams also handle the installation and functionality of onboard Wi-Fi, ensuring a connected journey. Our traffic management solutions also help all types of vehicles spend less time on the road, reducing emissions and pollution.


* 11.2 By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons

SDG 13: Climate action

SPIE directly contributes to the SDG 13,1* by training its employees about climate change through its internal climate academy. 25% of our employees have been trained in the first year of the internal climate academy deployment. Moreover, we organize climate fresks for our employees, and we raise awareness and provide support to our suppliers related to carbon footprint mitigation in the context of our scope 3 target.


* 13.1 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.