Annual Report 2025 – ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG

ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft Group Management Report | Consolidated Financial Statements 101 The following waste table contains all waste streams identified as material in the economic activities of the ÖBB- Infrastruktur Group, as well as all other waste streams, in order to provide a comprehensive overview and to comply with national legislation. This includes all fully consolidated subsidiaries of the ÖBB-Infrastruktur Group. In line with the previous sections and the results of the double materiality analysis (see sub-section ESRS 2 IRO-1 ), the waste streams identified in the context of material impacts, risks and opportunities relate primarily to waste streams from large construction projects involving renovation/new construction/expansion projects, maintenance (inspection, servicing, troubleshooting and repair work) and the operation of the facilities. In addition, ferrous and non-ferrous metals (“scrap/metal waste”) are reported separately in the non-financial statement, as these are relevant to the sector. Disposal is carried out on the basis of individual and framework agreements and, in the case of large infrastructure projects, separately via construction contracts. The ÖBB-Infrastruktur Group’s own landfills are of particular importance in this context, as these are essential components of infrastructure projects (including the Semmering Base Tunnel and the construction of the Koralm Railway) in the public interest (see notification of approval/environmental impact assessment procedure) and construction waste is disposed of in such a way as to minimise transport distances and thus also emissions. The type, quantity, origin and destination of waste are documented by the ÖBB-Infrastruktur Group as the waste owner (original waste producer) in accordance with the waste management requirements of the Waste Management Act. This is done via internal processes and systems (procedural and work instructions, environmental information system, reports in the electronic data management system Umwelt Österreich, reports in accordance with the Contaminated Sites Remediation Act [Altlastensanierungsgesetz], etc.) for each calendar year. In accordance with the currently valid Waste Management Act, waste management obligations end with the handover of the waste to authorised collectors and processors and the explicit commissioning of the environmentally sound recycling or disposal of this waste. All further steps, i.e. the actual recycling or disposal or treatment of the waste in accordance with the waste hierarchy in the Waste Management Act (preparation for reuse, recycling, other recovery and disposal), are the responsibility of the authorised collectors and processors. Data collection varies depending on the destination of the waste. For the company’s own landfill sites, data management is supported in the implementation and documentation process by externally appointed landfill supervisors (official supervisory bodies) and externally commissioned incoming inspections (head of landfill incoming inspection in accordance with the Landfill Ordinance [Deponieverordnung]). In the case of disposal via construction contracts (individual contracts), the project managers receive the necessary waste certificates from the contractors. Following a plausibility review, the data are transferred to the authorised and defined processors for entry into the internal data processing system. When using the internal service contract for recycling and disposal services with the waste disposal partner ÖBB-ES, the data are transferred automatically. ÖBB-Immobilienmanagement GmbH collects the number of waste containers (container size) per fraction that are not disposed of via the service contracts (internal service contract) of ÖBB-ES for each property (if owned by the ÖBB-Infrastruktur Group), as well as the emptying intervals, and checks this regularly to ensure that it is up to date. The data are recorded in a data processing system by the designated user at ÖBB-Immobilienmanagement GmbH. In addition, the respective environmental coordinators of the organisational units of the ÖBB-Infrastruktur Group conduct random plausibility reviews on the waste data. The waste officers reserve the right to carry out further random plausibility checks on the waste data. Any anomalies are brought to the attention of the respective environmental coordinator for clarification or rectification. The waste-related data can be made available digitally via a data processing system.