Annual Report 2025 – ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG

ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft Group Management Report | Consolidated Financial Statements 99 E5-4 Resource inflows The material resource inflows are based on the results of the double materiality analysis and refer to the corresponding results. This applies, in particular, to the extraction of finite resources, given the resource-intensive nature of the construction sector in the context of maintenance and new-build projects. In order to identify more precisely which resource inputs are material within the context of this impact, the materials used in construction were examined in detail for the reference year 2022, which serves as a representative benchmark year. Since steel and concrete undergo several refinement steps, they are to be regarded as essential products, while superstructure ballast used for the track bed is to be classified as an essential technical material. The products described are generally required in large quantities, which is why wagon loads or trucks are used and packaging material plays a minor role. Due to the processes involved in the manufacture of the materials mentioned, critical raw materials and rare earths play a minor role, although they are more relevant in the context of steel production than in the case of concrete or ballast bedding material. Carbon-manganese steels are used primarily in the application of rail steel. Based on publicly available documents from various manufacturers, it can be stated that the chemical compositions in mass percentage (%) of the relevant steels do not exceed one percentage point. Due to this and the high recycling rate of scrap as a waste fraction (see sub-section E5-5) and the resulting preservation of potentially alloyed critical raw materials in the recycling cycle, these are of secondary priority. A summary of the main resource inflows for the ÖBB-Infrastruktur Group can be found in the following table, with the methodology explained after the table: Resource inflow 2025 2024 Change 1) Change in % Total weight of products and materials used in tonnes 2,702,644.8 3) 3,143,945.5 3) -441,300.7 -14% thereof products 2) in t 1,363,561.8 3) 1,751,086.8 3) -387,525.0 -22% thereof technical materials 2) in t 1,333,828.5 3) 1,388,331.6 3) -54,503.1 -4% thereof biological materials 2) in t 5,254.5 4,527.0 727.5 16% Percentage of organic materials that were procured in a certified sustainable manner and used for the manufacture of ÖBB products and services in % 0.2 0.1 0.1 100% Weight of reused or recycled secondary components, products and materials used in the manufacture of products and services in tonnes 26,955.0 3) 24,967.0 3) 1,988.0 8% Percentage share % 1.0 0.8 0.2 25% 1) Due to varying project activity and price increases, there are fluctuations of more than 5% in material inflows between the reporting years. 2) Technical materials comprise primary commodities, which are goods that are unprocessed (or only processed to a minimal extent); biological materials refer to organic substances derived from renewable raw materials and originating from agricultural or forestry production; products comprise all other material resource inflows, excluding technical and biological materials. 3) The masses stated include estimates that are subject to uncertainty.