Financial review of 2018

摘要

Although 2018 was a year of exceptional growth in construction equipment sales, not only in Europe but across the world, it was also marred by political turmoil - from trade wars to Brexit (the UK's decision to leave the EU). Perhaps reflecting this, the total CE Share Index figure for the year declined by 24.23%, with only a handful of listed companies enjoying an increase in their share price over 2018 - all of them contractors. At the top is FCC, with a 35.73% improvement in its share price from the beginning of 2018. The company aims to be a force for tackling the challenges posed in 2015 by the United Nations in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As a result, the company's board of directors approved a new Corporate Social Responsibility Master Plan towards the end of 2017. This plan was said to address international sustainability trends and translate them into different corporate initiatives and actions that provide a tangible value to the group and to each one of its businesses.