NURTURING THE WORLD OF

TOMORROW
Date February, 2022

All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the prior written consent of Officine Maccaferri SpA
GLOBAL ENGINEERS

In the second half of the 19th century

we invented Gabions and
dramatically changed civil
engineering’s landscape. We are still
changing it today.

We work every day to find better

solutions for our clients at every
degree of latitude and longitude. We
make innovation happen around the
world, we share our knowledge
capital and we offer to our clients and
partners ongoing support to establish
relations built on solid trust.

This is us: Maccaferri.

2 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
GLOBAL PRESENCE, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

Sales in
100+
countries

3,000+
employees

23
factories

60+
subsidiaries

3 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
WHO WE ARE

VISION MISSION

“Meeting the needs of the Trusted global partner, nurturing Pursue excellence through
the world of tomorrow, harmonizing life continuous improvement while
present without compromising and nature through innovative solutions. delivering to our customers engineered
the ability of future generations to solutions that are innovative,
meet their own needs” UNESCO Nurturing for Maccaferri means to advanced and environmentally
care, to protect, to be responsible for. friendly.
Our vision is not just about ‘what’ we
want to be but even more importantly it We are committed to outstanding
is also about ‘how’ we want to be as an safety, quality and sustainability,
organisation. to create value for all stakeholders
as well as our communities.
Responsible, respectful, caring, and
sensitive not only to the environment
but also very much to our people, our
stakeholders and to the world at large.

4 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
OUR COMPANY AT A GLANCE
Internal initiatives towards a sustainable future

GENDER RATIO SOME IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES

Launched in 2019 (pre-pandemic period) in Italy and HQs, it is now a
PRE-PANDEMIC well established company process that enabled us to better respond to
SMART WORKING COVID challenges and to increase employees autonomy.
32% 68% Internal and external training programs to upgrade employees' skills
CONTINUOUS thus enhancing personal growth and performance (incl. Young
Very good gender diversity* in a very EDUCATION Engineers Program and e-learning platform)
technical sector (women account for 28%
of engineering graduates; UNESCO) PERFORMANCE Global Performance Evaluation tool based on self employees'
EVALUATION & assessment and managers' feedback. Leadership Model inspired to the
LEADERSHIP MODEL most modern concept of leadership (self, people, change, business)
GENERATIONAL DIVERSITY
RECYCLING AND
Baby Boomers 1946 - 1964 Attention to recycling in all plants and offices; introduction of single-use
SINGLE-USE
plastic ban in agreement with EU Directive 2019/904
PLASTIC BAN
Generation X 1965 - 1980
OM Employees access to a dedicated staff shuttle service; they will not
Generation Y 1981- 1996 SHUTTLE SERVICE need to stress about finding a way to and from work reducing the
environmental burden related to transports
Generation Z 1997 - 2012
Strong presence of young generations and CERTIFICATIONS Quality management system (ISO 9001) and environmental management
good generational diversity in a very system (ISO 14001) certified. Our suppliers declared their compliance with
technical and traditional sector REACH Regulation on use of chemicals (EU based supplier)

5 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL * White collars / management

OUR SOLUTIONS AT A GLANCE

Maccaferri solutions provide environmental, social and economic benefits

mitigating natural and anthropogenic hazards, respecting the environment,
enhancing people safety and improving their lives.
6 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM OUR SECTOR
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

We believe that companies as well as authorities and institutions have the duty
to devise and deliver solutions that do not jeopardize the longevity and security
of people and the environment.

The UN set the SDGs as an urgent call for action: we took on the challenge and
committed ourselves to achieve them one by one, step by step.
7 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE

Foster Responsible design Promote clean Integration into the Safety of people Involvement of
innovation and production energy adoption natural environment and assets local communities
Continuous Sustainable material Working to Enhancing biodiversity Preserving our Promoting an
improvement through management, with maximize the Respecting the wildlife cultural heritage, inclusive growth
engineering test re-use and recycling share of green Boosting vegetation improving public and restoring
campaigns and of materials. energy in the growth safety and livelihood and
product performance Our solutions cause global energy mix preventing disaster economies after
evaluation no harm to the risks natural disasters
environment

8 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
BENEFITS OF OUR ACTIONS

LESS MATERIALS AND EMISSIONS TRANSPARENCY PROTECTING WILDLIFE & BIODIVERSITY BOOST VEGETATION GROWTH

LONG TERM DESIGN APPROACH REUSE OF SITE-WON MATERIALS PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND ASSETS INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES

PRODUCTION OF CLEAN ENERGY RECYCLED MATERIALS PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE RESTORATION AFTER DISASTER EVENTS

9 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 FOSTER
INNOVATION
INVOLVEMENT
OF LOCAL
We encourage a continuous
improvement to put the long-
COMMUNITIES
term economical and
environmental impacts of a
structure at the centre of the
design activity.

Our design process is

focused on test campaigns
and investments in
performance evaluation of our
solutions.

10 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
LONG TERM IMPACTS AT THE CENTRE OF DESIGN ACTIVITY

LONG TERM We put the long-term economical and environmental impacts of a structure at
BENEFITS the center of our design activity.

kgCO2eq CO EMISSIONS FOR THE

2

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF CONSTRUCTION OF 80 M 2 WALL

9,000
NEW GABION WALL DESIGN LEADS TO
In 2021 we launched a new design 1x
approach for design walls that introduces
the concept of service life and long-term 7,000
0.6x - 40% CO2
impacts of the wall. THAN STANDARD GABION WALLS
5,000
Transport Input (kgCO2eq)
Based on experimental test campaigns, the
Material Input (kgCO2Eq)
new method increases the effectivity of the
wall in the long-term considering its 3,000 = annual CO2 emissions of a
passenger car
performance over time thus leading to
substantial economical and environmental 1,000
benefits.
0
Standard Gabion GSC Optimised Gabion Wall
with Gabion Strong Face
DATA SOURCE: APMC (2012) Carbon Footprint dei Gabbioni e Materassi Maccaferri: confronto con soluzioni tradizionali (unpublished).
Ask Maccaferri for the full report.

11 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION

ENCOURAGE We encourage innovation and substantially focusing on how our solution can
bring in long term economical and environmental benefits for our stakeholders.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

AS BUILT AFTER YEARS
The use of Reno Mattress™ Plus
reduces the environmental RENO MATTRESS PLUS LEADS TO
footprint of riverbank protection
compared with traditional rip-rap
solutions. This is due to savings of
- 82% CO2
materials, transport. EMISSIONS THAN RIP RAP SOLUTIONS*

Since Reno Mattress™ enhances

the vegetation growth, it additionally
produces a carbon sequestration
of 0.46 kgCO2/m2 per year**.
*Data are based on Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). Figures refer to specific field condition (shear stress 400 N/m2). Additionally, not considered in
the graph, Reno Mattress enhances the vegetation growth further increasing the environmental benefit of the solution.
** APMC, 2012. Carbon Footprint dei Gabbioni e Materassi Maccaferri e confronto con soluzioni tradizionali

12 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 RESPONSIBLE
DESIGN AND
PRODUCTION
INVOLVEMENT
Through design optimization
OF LOCAL
we promote a sustainable
COMMUNITIES
material management to save
resources and avoid waste.
Our achievements involve
reduction, re-use and
recycling of materials.

Also, we commit to
transparency, providing
objective, reliable
and comparable information
about the life-cycle
environmental impact of our
products.

13 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
REDUCING MATERIALS AND WASTE
REDUCE We prioritize the optimization of our solutions in order to save time and resources.
Our aim is to lower their environmental impact while maintaining their excellent
performances.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Reno Mattress™ Plus is the result of a 3-years physical test campaign and it can bring materials savings over 70% when
compared to an alternative in Rip-Rap. Less stones means less CO2 emissions, less truck movements​ and therefore a
reduction in environmental footprint of riverbank protections.

14 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
REDUCING MATERIALS AND WASTE
REDUCE Improving circularity and cutting greenhouse gas emissions is possible: to achieve
that, an efficient materials management is necessary and material waste must be
avoided.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Prefilled solutions like RenoMac and CubiMac were developed to make underwater installation of gabions and mattresses
more sustainable. They considerably reduce material waste, both during the filling and the laying process.​

15 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
REUSE OF MATERIALS
REUSE We promote the reuse of «site-won» materials to reduce the environmental impact
of raw materials and the polluting emissions associated with transport.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

We have a wide range of geogrids
to maximize the opportunity to
reuse site-won materials as backfill
to reinforce soil walls and slopes.

16 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
REUSE OF MATERIALS
REUSE Combining different projects is the key for a better material management and to
improve the sustainability of each one of them.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

The pilot project between Maccaferri and Voyes Navigable de France allowed the use of dredged materials from a
waterway to fill a Reno Mattress™ for riverbank protection.

17 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
RECYCLING RAW MATERIALS
RECYCLE Starting from the manufacturing of our solutions, sustainability can be achieved
through the use of recycled materials.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

For steel wire mesh a target has already been achieved because most of the
steel rods used to produce the steel wire come from steel recycling.

Recycled Steel

Long lasting and sustainable

polymer coating extends the
service life of a structure
Raw steel materials are certified to not
come from blast furnace production.

18 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
RECYCLING RAW MATERIALS
REDUCE AND RECYCLE Innovative technologies combine different functions in one solution,
and they can be manufactured with recycled materials.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Maccaferri drainage geocomposites could be manufactured from recycled polymers and they can provide one or more
main functions: filtration, drainage, separation, barrier and protection.

without MACDRAIN™ with MACDRAIN™

5-10 mm thick MacDrain™ The use of MacDrain™ for horizontal

drainage applications can lead to
over 80% of material savings.

19 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
LIFE CYCLE TRASPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY We increase sustainability also providing objective, reliable and comparable
information about the life-cycle environmental impact of our products.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is an independently verified and
registered document that communicates transparent and comparable information
about the life-cycle environmental impact of products.

Maccaferri design activities are also

covered by ISO 14001 certification.

20 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 PROMOTE
INVOLVEMENT
CLEAN
OF ENERGY
LOCAL
ADOPTION
COMMUNITIES
We develop solutions that
foster the access to clean
energy.

We work in partnership with

authorities to maximize the
share of green energy in the
global energy mix.

21 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
LONG TERM IMPACTS AT THE CENTRE OF DESIGN ACTIVITY

CLEAN ENERGY We help our stakeholders to meet their energy needs in a more
ADOPTION sustainable manner.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

UPSTREAM RESERVOIR

Our solutions are widely used to

create naturally integrated
reservoirs for the agriculture and
green energy production.

We recently participated in the

development of a national
scheme of reservoirs to be used
not only as water resource for
agricultural applications but also POWER STATION

for the production of green

energy (solar, hydro). DOWNSTREAM RESERVOIR

L’Aquila, Italy

22 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 INTEGRATION
INTO THE
NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT

We endeavour to reduce the

environmental impact of our
solutions and to achieve a
balance between the
technical performance and
the natural integration.

One of our commitments is to

favour solutions that enhance
biodiversity, providing perfect
habitats for different species,
and also consider the
presence of wildlife and
respect it.

23 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
ENHANCING BIODIVERSITY

LIFE BELOW Our solutions are designed to integrate into the natural environment, enhancing
WATER biodiversity and providing perfect habitats also for endangered species.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Polymer coated Reno Mattresses™ were installed in Knysna
Basin (South Africa) for scour protection.
Several studies have been carried out on the endangered
Knysna seahorse Hippocampus capensis.

The findings suggest that artificial Reno Mattresses™ provide

novel habitats for this endangered species, highlighting the
usefulness of these structures in future conservation activities.

Cape Town, South Africa

24 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
RESPECTING WILDLIFE

LIFE ON Our goal is to deliver safe solutions that integrates into in the environment, in a way that
LAND considers wildlife already living around it.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Animal burrowing causes failure of riverbanks.
Traditional damage reduction methods for rodents
involves lethal approaches to reduce the densities.
Double twist wire mesh has proven to be effective
against burrowing. We developed RenoMesh to
protect the riverbank but also to create dedicated
areas where burrowing animals can dig their lodges
without affecting the stability of the riverbank. ​

25 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 INTEGRATION
INTO THE
NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT

We care about naturalization

of our engineering structures,
and we believe that
integrating vegetation and
planting techniques at the
design stage is an additional
ecological value of our
solutions.

We work to improve the

overall aesthetics of our
structures, to better integrate
them in our urban
environments.

26 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
INTEGRATION AND RE-VEGETATION

CLIMATE Enhancing the vegetation growth into our solutions additionally produces a
ACTION carbon sequestration that improves their environmental footprint.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Our solutions are living systems
with shapes and colors of
vegetation and natural life.
Introducing vegetation into our
solutions improves the overall
aesthetics and has
environmental benefits also in
urban environments. In addition
to carbon sequestration, natural
solutions better absorb noise
and reduce heat reflection, which Istanbul, Turkey Dar es Salam, Tanzania
is important to reduce overall
energy consumption.

27 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 SAFETY OF
PEOPLE AND
PROTECTION
OF ASSETS

Developing costumize
solutions for each safety
problem we are facing allows
us to minimize risks.

People, historical and cultural

heritage and infrastructure
must be protected.

28 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
PRESERVING OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE
PROTECTION Our solutions for protection of historical sites, monuments and other famous
landmarks were developed to be in sympathy with their surroundings.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Terramesh™ systems have been used in various locations within the Historic Centre of Rome (UNESCO World Heritage).
Aesthetically pleasant and unobtrusive walls were designed to protect the Ancient Romans ruins.

Rome, Italy

29 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
SAFETY Providing access to safe and accessible public spaces.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Vehicle access prevention plays a critical role in counter terror strategy and our new system has been developed in
response to a need to continuously improve public safety.
A recent installation in Nice is designed to stop a 19-ton truck
travelling at 50 km/h. The system is crash test rated and accredited
by the IUAV (University of Venice).

Nice, France

30 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
RISK MITIGATION AND DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER RISK We develop customized measures for each safety issue we are facing, in order to
PREVENTION minimize the risk of a disaster event and to protect people and assets.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Twice a year the devotees' throng to Sapthshrungi’s
temple in large numbers for worship and
approximately 3000 pilgrims pay a tribute to this holy
place daily.
Multiple protection measures were installed to
protect the temple, the pilgrims and the access
infrastructure against rockfalls. The height of cliff to be
protected was about 200 meters from the road level.

Saptshrungi, India

The alarming rate of occurrence and severity of natural disasters

around the world led us to develop new additional measures to
face the exposure to risks.

31 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 INVOLVEMENT
OF LOCAL
COMMUNITIES

We promote an inclusive
growth, developing solutions
that can be easily installed by
local manpower without any
special training.

Many communities suffer for

an increasing number of
natural disaster events,
therefore we work on quick
and effective measures to
intervene and to restore their
economies.

32 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
PROMOTING INCLUSIVE GROWTH
LOCAL LABOUR Our solutions can be installed by unskilled workers allowing the involvement of
local people in the construction process, giving them the chance to work and to
learn new skills.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

The Awash-Weldia/Hara Gabaya Railway Line is one
of the biggest projects implemented in Africa over the
past few years.

The use of Reno Mattresses™ and Gabions for the

scour protection of the railway bridges enabled the
involvement of local manpower. This would not have
been possible if concrete or big boulder scour
protections were designed.

Also, the filling of these solutions can be carried out

using only local resources and local available
materials.
Awash-Weldia/Hara Gabaya, Ethiopia

33 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
REVITALIZATION AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS
RESTORATION With an increasing number of natural disasters worldwide, we believe it’s important
WORKS to intervene quickly and effectively, in order to give local people their life back.

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

Hurricane Maria is considered the worst hurricane that has
ever happened in Puerto Rico. Because of hurricane
Maria, the island of Puerto Rico suffered more than 600
failure slopes. In Guayama, due to the heavy rains, a full
section of a road collapsed.

Guayama, Puerto Rico

We were involved in the project of the restoration of several

infrastructure and revitalization of livelihood and economies to
make communities less vulnerable to future disasters and increase
their resilience. Several roads were stabilized with the use of
gabions, Terramesh™, Green Terramesh™ or MacMat™ R.

34 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
SAFER CONDITION FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
WORKERS Large numbers of people are engaged in hazardous activities in construction jobsite;
SAFETY we have developed procedures and solutions that minimize workers exposition to risks

WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF

In tunnelling excavation activities, workers at the
excavation face are exposed to considerable safety risk.

We have developed a tunnel support system (B.ZERO

Tondo tubular semi-automatic steel rib) that minimizes
the need of workers at the excavation face.

Together with its dedicated automated erector machine,

B.ZERO Tondo has been engineered to meet the
construction demand for a more effective, easier to
install and safer solution than the conventional open
profile steel ribs. Compared to conventional primary
supports, the structural efficiency of the system delivers
a higher performance and a shorter installation time.

35 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 A 50-m high wall in a
UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve
Shennongiia Airport,
Hubei Province (CN)
36 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
NON-INTRUSIVE MEGASTRUCTURE
A 50-m high wall within an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

The project is a large cut and fill exercise in

order to insert the 2,800m runway and airport
buildings.

To stabilize and reinforce the ‘fill’ side of the

project, Terramesh™ and MacGrid™ WG
were used. The reinforced soil wall reached
nearly 50 m high.

OUR UNIQUENESS
The system reused site won materials as
structural backfill. More traditional solutions
would have been difficult to construct, costly
and not as ecologically friendly.

37 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Rockfall mitigation works
around a temple in
Saptshrungi, India

38 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
THE SOCIAL IMPACT
Protection of temple, pilgrims and railway from rockfall
A site of hindu pilgrimage
affected by rockfall by adjacent
hill slopes.

Rockfall protection measures

were installed to protect the
temple the pilgrims and access
infrastructure.

39 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Naturally sound river bank
protection, Italy

40 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
ONE WITH NATURE
Being part of the environment without harming it

The protection of
riverbanks from erosion
due to river water flow is a
common hydraulic
applications. In addition to
the strengthening of the
bank, our solution
perfectly fit the
surrounding environment.

OUR UNIQUENESS
Reuse of locally available
stones and overall
structure porosity that
enable it to integrates into
the environment.

41 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 Marina Development
within Knysna Esturary,
South Africa

42 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES

In one of South Africa’s most

important areas in terms of
biodiversity, seventeen kilometers
of pristine waterfront property
needed to be protected in the most
possible environmentally-friendly
way against tides and waves.

Our Gabions and Reno Mattress

were selected as the most suitable
option.

OUR UNIQUENESS
Our solutions create a natural
habitat for living species,
enhancing biodiversity through the
protection of the benthos.

43 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 Geosynthetic
multicomposite for
landfill capping,
Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
44 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUALIFICATION
A significant recovery and securing
plan for an abandoned landfill was
needed. The lack of an impermeable
cover caused leaching and polluting
of a nearby watercourse, making the
landfill a threat to the health of people
and the surrounding environment.

We provided a 3-in-1 solution which

combines the functions of separation,
drainage, erosion control and soil
reinforcement.

OUR UNIQUENESS
Installation time and therefore CO2 emissions were drastically
reduced. Also, this multi-layer solution guarantees durability and
solidity over time.

45 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 BACK UP

46 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
THE 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

47 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
OUR INITIATIVES

We continue to demonstrate our attention

to sustainability and the environment by supporting
the artist Maria Cristina Finucci, author of the “Help the
Planet, Help the Humans”

The aim of her work is to

better inform the
public about the existence
of vast assemblages of
plastic material in the
oceans, called the
Garbage Patch – one of
the most serious
phenomena
of environmental pollution.

48 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
OUR INITIATIVES
The Installation during Fuori Salone week
in April 2019 at University of Milan. To
form the huge inscription "HELP" over
two tons of colored plastic caps enclosed
in bags of red nets for food and enclosed
in 65 PoliMac gabions.

The 2018 Installation at the Fori Imperiali in Rome.

49 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL