Boskalis CSR report 2017

CSR 2017 – BOSKALIS 4 CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT

Our approach to corporate social responsibility has once again shown significant progress both in management and execution. This year, we reviewed our materiality analysis. We did so to stay informed on the expectations and the impact of our activities on our stakeholders, as well as the impact of developments in the social and environmental topics related to our business. MATERIALITY The review of the analysis provides us with an updated and more refined set of priorities for the coming years. These priorities form the basis of our CSR strategy and relate to the Sustainable Development Goals that are relevant for our business. They help us focus on what really matters to both our stakeholders and to our operations. In 2017, we also took a significant step forward in our Social Impact Program by applying it as a pilot on several sizable projects and integrating the lessons learnt into the next version of the approach. On the environmental side, we were able to commercially apply our Building with Nature philosophy to projects in the Netherlands, thereby demonstrating the shared value potential of sustainable innovation.