Ascendi manages infrastructure assets and provides toll collection and operation & maintenance services.
Ascendi is a leader in its own market with majority interests in 6 Portuguese road concessions and an integrated management approach.
With more than 20 years of consolidated experience, Ascendi is recognized by its innovative capacity and operational efficiency. Watch Ascendi's Corporate Video:
Ascendi is managed by Ardian, an independent investment fund manager with an approximately 90 billion dollars portfolio in Europe, North America and Asia.
Ascendi Institutional Presentation
OUR VISION
To set the benchmark standard for quality and efficiency in the development and management of Road Mobility Infrastructures.
OUR MISSION
To promote efficiency, innovation and sustainability in the operation and maintenance of road mobility infrastructures ensuring convenience for customers, for employee development while creating value for our shareholders.
OUR VALUES
Team spirit - Foster cooperation and mutual help in pursuing objectives. Lead by example, communicate clearly, disseminate knowledge and have realistic ambitions when setting goals.
Safety and well-being - To promote actions and behaviors that provide maximum Safety, Health and Well-being to employees, customers and suppliers.
Customer-orientated - Guide actions towards internal and external customers and maximize the value perceived from the services provided, exceeding expectations
Creativity and Innovation - Encourage new ways of thinking and acting, generating opportunities for increased Efficiency, Effectiveness and Quality.
Sustainability and Social Responsibility - Enhance the available resources, promoting Sustainability and Supporting the Community across the Cultural, Social and Environmental dimensions.
Ethics and Trust - To be a consistently loyal, supportive and non-enforcing partner, establishing Sustainable Trust relationships with all our stakeholders.
Get to know Ascendi's ESG report for the year 2021. An overview of the Organisation's performance in environmental, social and governance issues, with a special focus on Ascendi's strategy and performance leading to the creation of short, medium and long-term value for its stakeholders.
The information is available here:
These results reflect the work that Ascendi has developed, as part of its strategy to reduce the frequency and severity of road accidents.
Usually, this work includes multiple improvement interventions, resulting from engineering studies concrete proposals, to reduce road accidents in our motorway network.
Ascendi will remain committed so that the 2023 results can reaffirm the positive evolution registered in 2022, reflecting an improvement in safety indicators on our roads.
The information is available here:
To study one of the factors that can lead to accidents due to run-off crashes, Ascendi has started promoting an annual diagnosis of the main speed indicators based on the data recorded by the equipment installed for automatic vehicle counting.
To process and analyze this information, a partnership was established with the Instituto da Construção of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (IC-FEUP), which produced the Speed Yearbook characterizing the behavior of drivers in terms of actual speeds practiced.
In this edition, the Speed Yearbook 2022, the data collected throughout the year 2022 is analyzed, compared with the indicators from the previous year, and are presented new speed indicators for vehicle types, at the concessions and the network level.
2022 Speed Yearbook
The Ascendi's Code of Conduct states the ethical commitments that guide its operation and its relationship with Society, Business Partners and Employees.
The objective of this policy is to govern the management of Ascendi’s assets based on a series of structured activities and practices, in order to ensure a better balance between the risk, cost and performance of the company’s assets during the respective lifecycle, in line with Ascendi’s contractual and business goals.
The management of road infrastructures has a positive impact on the social and economic fabric of the regions served. Ascendi deems it equally important to undertake adequate efforts to improve the environment and protect biodiversity within the area impacted by its road network.
Ascendi takes a zero-tolerance approach to any form of corruption.The ethical culture of Ascendi, set out in the company’s code of conduct, promotes the most stringent corporate responsibility and integrity standards, namely in its relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
The implementation of Ascendi's Quality, Environment and Safety Policies is ensured through an integrated Management System, implemented transversaly to the Organization, with a particular focus on core activities as Toll Collection and Operation & Maintenance of road infrastructure.
Quality Policy
Environmental Policy
Biodiversity Policy
Occupational Health and Safety Policy
The Certification of this Management System, in accordance with the internationally defined standards and requirements accepted as reference, affirms the external recognition of the quality and standards with which Ascendi develops its activity.
- 6 Motorway Concessions
- 627 Km
- 2 traditional toll operations
- 7 electronic toll operations
Ascendi manages infrastructure assets and provides toll collection and operation & maintenance services.
Ascendi is a leader in its own market with majority interests in 6 Portuguese road concessions and an integrated management approach.
With almost 20 years of consolidated experience, Ascendi is recognized by its innovative capacity and operational efficiency. Watch Ascendi's Corporate Video:
Ascendi is managed by Ardian, an independent investment fund manager with an approximately 60 billion dollars portfolio in Europe, North America and Asia.
- 6 Motorway Concessions
- 627 Km
- 2 traditional toll operations
- 7 electronic toll operations
OUR VISION
To set the benchmark standard for quality and efficiency in the development and management of Road Mobility Infrastructures.
OUR MISSION
To promote efficiency, innovation and sustainability in the operation and maintenance of road mobility infrastructures ensuring convenience for customers, for employee development while creating value for our shareholders.
OUR VALUES
Team spirit - Foster cooperation and mutual help in pursuing objectives. Lead by example, communicate clearly, disseminate knowledge and have realistic ambitions when setting goals.
Safety and Well-being - To promote actions and behaviours that provide maximum Safety, Health and Well-being to employees, customers and suppliers.
Customer-orientated - Guide actions towards internal and external customers and maximize the value perceived from the services provided, exceeding expectations
Creativity and Innovation - Encourage new ways of thinking and acting, generating opportunities for increased Efficiency, Effectiveness and Quality.
Sustainability and Social Responsibility - Enhance the available resources, promoting Sustainability and Supporting the Community across the Cultural, Social and Environmental dimensions
Ethics and Trust - To be a consistently loyal, supportive and non-enforcing partner, establishing Sustainable Trust relationships with all our stakeholders.
The Ascendi's Code of Ethics states the ethical commitments that guide its operation and its relationship with Society, Business Partners and Employees.
Get to know Ascendi's ESG report for the year 2021. An overview of the Organisation's performance in environmental, social and governance issues, with a special focus on Ascendi's strategy and performance leading to the creation of short, medium and long-term value for its stakeholders.
The information is available here:
These results reflect the work that Ascendi has developed, as part of its strategy to reduce the frequency and severity of road accidents.
Usually, this work includes multiple improvement interventions, resulting from engineering studies concrete proposals, to reduce road accidents in our motorway network.
Ascendi will remain committed so that the 2022 results can reaffirm the positive evolution registered in 2021, reflecting an improvement in safety indicators on our roads.
The information is available here:
The Ascendi's Code of Ethics states the ethical commitments that guide its operation and its relationship with Society, Business Partners and Employees.
The objective of this policy is to govern the management of Ascendi’s assets based on a series of structured activities and practices, in order to ensure a better balance between the risk, cost and performance of the company’s assets during the respective lifecycle, in line with Ascendi’s contractual and business goals.
The management of road infrastructures has a positive impact on the social and economic fabric of the regions served. Ascendi deems it equally important to undertake adequate efforts to improve the environment and protect biodiversity within the area impacted by its road network.
Ascendi takes a zero-tolerance approach to any form of corruption.The ethical culture of Ascendi, set out in the company’s code of conduct, promotes the most stringent corporate responsibility and integrity standards, namely in its relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
The implementation of Ascendi's Quality, Environment and Safety Policies is ensured through an integrated Management System, implemented transversaly to the Organization, with a particular focus on core activities as Toll Collection and Operation & Maintenance of road infrastructure.
Quality Policy
Environmental Policy
Biodiversity Policy
Occupational Health and Safety Policy
The Certification of this Management System, in accordance with the internationally defined standards and requirements accepted as reference, affirms the external recognition of the quality and standards with which Ascendi develops its activity.
