AECOM

​

Proxy Statement Summary

Meeting Information

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in our Proxy Statement and does not contain all of the information that you should consider. We encourage you to read the entire Proxy Statement carefully before voting. We made this Proxy Statement first available to stockholders on January 29, 2024.

Stockholder Voting Matters

How to Vote

​

​

Your Vote is Important

​

Whether or not you plan to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting, we request that you vote (a) online, (b) by telephone or (c) by requesting a printed copy of the proxy materials and using the proxy card or voting instruction card enclosed therein as promptly as possible in order to ensure your representation at the 2024 Annual Meeting.

You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by giving our Corporate Secretary written notice of revocation, submitting a later dated proxy by Internet, telephone or mail or by attending the 2024 Annual Meeting and voting.

Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the 2024 Annual Meeting, you must obtain from the record holder a proxy issued in your name.

Our Current Board of Directors

Commitment to Best-in-Class Governance

Direct engagement between AECOM management and the Board with our stockholders creates the greatest degree of alignment and best in class governance outcomes. As a result, our governance structure includes the following features:

This strong governance structure is intended to safeguard and promote the long-term interests of AECOM and its stockholders consistent with the Company’s commitment to maximize long-term value.

Corporate Governance Highlights

Executive Compensation Practices

Our executive compensation program provides competitive packages that attract, motivate, reward and retain key talent critical to achieving long-term financial and strategic objectives, meeting our ongoing commitment to sustainability, diversity, and inclusion, and creating long-term stockholder value.

What We Do:

What We Don’t Do:

Environmental, Social and Governance Matters

We are a leader in environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and corporate governance, both within our operations and through our technical work for clients. We embrace sustainability by striving to make a positive, lasting impact on society and the environment. We have both a significant opportunity and a responsibility to protect, enhance and restore the world’s natural and social systems.

We are committed to addressing the effects of climate change as a key priority for our sustainability program, including by advancing ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. To this point, in fiscal 2022, we were among the first companies globally to have set net zero emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), which are designed to exceed the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change and align with a 1.5-degrees warming scenario. These net zero emissions reduction goals include a near-term target to reduce Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 50% by 2030 and a long-term target to reduce total emissions by 90% by 2040. Importantly, we have made strong progress on these targets already, with Scope 1 and 2 emissions declining by 61% in fiscal 2023 as compared to our fiscal 2018 baseline, contributing to a total emissions reduction of 23% as compared to our baseline year. Our emissions reduction ambitions build upon our commitments as a signatory to the UN Global Compact.

In addition, we continue to invest in proprietary innovations and digital solutions to positively impact the planet, such as our AI-enabled flood modeling tool that is more than 300% faster than traditional methods and significantly more accurate. We have also developed our proprietary DE-FLUOROTM water treatment solution to destroy per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on-site. Across our water practice, our services have contributed to water and wastewater treatment centers that combined treat more than 18 billion gallons of water, reaching more than 150 million people, every day. We are also leading on decarbonization measurement, biodiversity impact and re-wilding, such as through our innovative work at the National Capital Laboratory (NCL) in the U.K., where we are restoring 100 acres of forest and reintroducing lost species. Our work at the NCL won the 2022 Verdantix Innovation Excellence Award for Sustainability Strategy Implementation for success in analyzing and measuring biodiversity impact, underscoring the significant positive impact we can have on nature and biodiversity.

Driving ESG Across Our Operations

We maintain an enterprise-wide Global ESG Council to coordinate and drive consistent execution of our environmental, social and corporate governance (“ESG”) initiatives across AECOM. The Council’s functions include: (i) assessing the impact of the Company’s services and operations and advising on how the Company may enhance its ESG performance; (ii) advising on appropriate global ESG goals, commitments and targets; (iii) advising on suitable resourcing and investments to fulfill and deliver on the Company’s ESG commitments; (iv) shaping the Company’s ESG policies and disclosure; (v) assessing the potential impact of climate change on the Company’s services and operations and providing a global forum to share ideas on how the Company’s unique offerings and solutions can enable mitigation, adaptation and resilience to climate change that will develop and support buildings, infrastructure assets and communities; and (vi) providing a risk framework for evaluating client opportunities to ensure that they align with our ESG objectives. The Council is composed of employees with relevant professional expertise and experience including strategic and market sector leadership; consulting expertise; operations; procurement, legal, investor relations, treasury, real estate and facilities management and other corporate functions. Our Board has oversight over ESG matters. Additional information regarding our ESG initiatives is located on the investor relations section of our website, at https://investors.aecom.com/esg.

Commitment to Our People (Human Capital Management)

Our principal asset is our employees, the majority of which have technical and professional backgrounds and undergraduate and/or advanced degrees in their respective areas of expertise. At the end of our fiscal 2023, we employed approximately 52,000 persons. We believe that the quality and level of service that our professionals deliver are among the highest in our industry.

We are committed to enhancing our position as a leading employer in our industry by attracting and retaining some of the best technical professionals in the world. Critical to our continued success is our ability to offer a compelling employee value proposition that promises competitive pay and benefits, an inclusive environment that supports flexibility and well-being and encourages collaboration and innovation, and a shared commitment to technical excellence, continuous learning and career growth. This understanding informs our approach to managing our human capital resources. Our human capital objectives and initiatives are overseen by our Board as per our Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Additional information on our human capital management initiatives can be found on pages v to xvii of this document.

Workplace Accolades: