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Paris, October 4, 2021

Colas mobilizes its employees worldwide for one week dedicated to Health and
Safety

(c) CAPA Pictures/ BUKAJLO Frédéric

From October 4 to 8, Colas is organizing an annual event called "Safety Week",
designed to increase awareness and provide information on health and safety
issues to its 55,000 employees. Safety Week is held throughout the Group's
global network, involving teams at each of Colas' 800 construction units and
3,000 materials units in 50 countries.

Every day, on every Colas site, employees work hard to stay safe, and Safety
Week is an opportunity to expand upon their ongoing efforts. The objective? To
remind Colas teams of the importance of fostering an individual and collective
commitment to safety and health, with a single objective: zero accidents.

Building a shared global health and safety culture to protect its employees and
other stakeholders is one of Colas' eight CSR commitments.
During last year's Safety Week, Colas launched an awareness campaign featuring
a new series of Groupwide safety rules, an essential step on the way to
building a shared safety and health culture worldwide.

Since then, poster and video campaigns, special brochures for Managers and
Workers, safety meeting forms, and a digital booklet called Fit for Travel have
been made available to employees around the world.

In addition to Colas Safety Week, the Group promotes approaches from around the
world such as One Colas Safety and Goal Zero that aim at putting employees in
charge of their own Safety, and that of their colleagues, by helping them
understand risks and learn safe behavior through training provided by coaches
and in-house teams. After the Goal Zero program was launched in North America,
One Colas Safety was rolled out two years ago, across road companies in
mainland France, and is currently being deployed in Reunion Island,
Switzerland, Belgium, in other countries in Europe and in Africa as well as at
the Group's Railway specialist, Colas Rail.

Lastly, as Covid-19 has left a mark on the last two years, health is more than
ever at the forefront. This is why "Safety Week" will also cover health issues
such as cardiovascular disease, stress and addictions. Efforts to prevent these
risks are ongoing at a Group level, with special training and awareness
raising. For example, 40% of employees groupwide have already been trained in
workplace first aid procedures.

"At Colas, our aim is to be a benchmark in terms of health and safety across
our business segments. Our approach - based on compliance with shared Groupwide
safety rules - is ambitious. These rules must be applied at every Colas
location around the world. By building a shared safety culture, we can make
significant headway.
Employees have to be responsible, vigilant, and to protect themselves and
others,
underlines Frédéric Gardès, Chairman and CEO of Colas."

Colas (www.colas.com)

Colas, a subsidiary of the Bouygues Group, has one mission: to imagine, build
and maintain sustainable transport infrastructure. Backed by a network of 800
construction business units and 3,000 material production units in more than 50
countries on five continents, the Group's 55,000 employees act locally to
connect communities and foster exchanges for today and tomorrow. Colas'
ambition is to be the world leader in innovative, sustainable mobility
solutions.
In 2020, consolidated revenue at Colas totaled EUR12.3 billion (55% outside of
France).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Fabienne BOULOC Tel. : +33 6 67 06 90 21
Agathe DUCELLIER Tel. : +33 7 62 12 58 69
contact-presse@colas.fr

Marine ALLEMANDOU Tel.: +33 1 47 61 74 52
Mélodie LAMIAUX Tel.: +33 1 47 61 75 61
contact-investors@colas.fr

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