About Veolia Environnement

Veolia Environnement S.A. provides environmental services worldwide. The company offers a complete range of solutions for managing water, waste and energy on five continents. In 2019, the company operated in 54 countries. The company serves municipal and industrial clients. In 2019, the company’s organization is divided into 10 geographic zones (Water France, Waste Solutions France, Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Africa/the Middle East, North America, Latin America, Asia and Australia/New Zealand) and an additional worldwide zone for Global Enterprises (Veolia Water Technologies, SADE, etc.). Business Lines The company has three main business lines (Water, Waste and Energy) and operates in two key markets (the municipal market and the industrial market, which includes the service sector). Water The company is a leading expert in water cycle management, such as resource management, production and transport of drinking water and industrial process water, collection, treatment and recovery of wastewater from all sources and treatment byproducts (organic materials, salts, metals, complex molecules and energy), customer relationship management, design and construction of treatment infrastructure and networks. This expertise enables the company to assist its customers implement integrated and sustained water resource management systems. The company offers a range of solutions for the collection and transport of drinking water and wastewater, including designing and building water and sanitation networks; operating and maintaining water and wastewater treatment networks; distributing drinking water; and collecting wastewater. The company has a portfolio of approximately 350 proprietary technologies (including physicochemical, biological, membrane and bio membrane, membrane desalination, thermal and hybrid treatments) to tackle the challenges of managing water in all its forms (drinking water, industrial process water, ultrapure water, wastewater and seawater). Veolia Water Technologies (VWT), a subsidiary of the company, offers industrial companies and public authorities a comprehensive range of solutions and services designed to optimize their water usage, from supplying drinking and industrial process water to treating wastewater, managing wastewater sludge and recycling and reuse solutions (including the recovery of byproducts, raw materials and energy). The company combines technology and engineering services to develop complete water treatment solutions, which may take the form of either packaged products or bespoke turnkey systems. VWT designs drinking water production and wastewater treatment plants around the world for a range of industrial and municipal clients. Through its subsidiaries, VWT also offers water treatment equipment and technology, as well as mobile operational response solutions. VWT’s sanitation services transform wastewater into a resource. Using its technologies, it helps municipalities to produce reusable water, fertilizers, nutrients and thermal and electrical energy from wastewater. The company also works with mining, exploration, operating and engineering companies to respond to all their water needs, from producing drinking or desalinated water at remote sites to treating industrial process water and wastewater. In 2019, 98 million people were supplied with drinking water; 67 million people were connected to wastewater systems; 3,548 drinking water production plants were managed; and 2,835 wastewater treatment plants were managed. Waste The company is one of the leading players in the management of liquid, solid, non-hazardous and hazardous waste. The company operates across the entire waste life cycle, from collection to final processing and makes waste recovery a priority. The company plays a key role in the circular economy, developing innovative solutions to increase rates of waste recycled and recovered as materials and energy. The company provides door-to-door household waste collections, as well as collecting waste from communal disposal points, commercial and non-hazardous industrial waste and green waste (keeping green spaces clean). It also collects hazardous waste from industrial and service sector customers, including biomedical waste from hospitals and laboratories and waste oil (e.g. from ships and gas stations). In addition, it handles dispersed hazardous waste, which must be separated during collection, either in individual containers or mixed with other recyclable materials. The company also provides recycling services for complex waste, such as electrical and electronic devices and fluorescent bulbs. At landfill sites, the company captures biogas produced by the fermentation of organic waste. This biogas may then be fed directly into a distribution network, used to produce electricity with turbines or engines, or used as fuel for vehicles. The company manages decommissioning projects for industrial facilities and end-of-life equipment, such as aircraft, ships, trains and oil platforms. The company provides dismantling, asbestos removal, material recovery, final waste treatment and site remediation services. The company also participates in the rehabilitation of areas where the soil was previously contaminated. Its subsidiary, SARP Industries, rehabilitates brownfield sites, cleans up accidental spills and brings active industrial sites into line with applicable environmental regulation. The company, through its specialist subsidiaries, is a world leader in processing, recycling and recovering hazardous waste and decontaminating land. For waste from nuclear activities, the company cleans up its nuclear facilities and processes low and medium-level radioactive waste through the entity, Veolia Nuclear Solutions, which combines the activities of Asteralis, Veolia ES Alaron and Kurion. The company provides urban cleaning services 24/7 founded on performance commitments, such as upkeep and cleaning of public spaces, mechanical street and facade cleaning solutions. The company offers industrial clients production line upkeep and maintenance services and a comprehensive range of specialist services to optimize the performance of the industrial tool and extend its life. The company has also developed emergency services to treat accidental pollution on public roads or at industrial sites. Through its specialized subsidiary, SARP Industries, the company provides liquid waste management services that largely involve pumping and transporting sewer network liquids and oil industry residues to treatment centers. The company has developed a range of environmentally friendly procedures for managing liquid waste, including on-site collection and the recycling of water during processing. Used oil, which is hazardous for the environment, is collected before being processed and re-refined by SARP Industries, a specialist in managing hazardous waste. In 2019, 42 million people were provided with collection services on behalf of public authorities; 50 million metric tons of treated waste; 675 waste processing facilities were operated; and served 519,046 business clients. Energy In the energy sector, the company focuses its activities on the energy performance of regions and industrial companies, such as local energy loops (heating and cooling networks, and local supply loops), energy services for buildings, energy services for industrial companies (industrial utilities). The company is one of Europe’s leading companies for managing urban heating and cooling networks, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. The operation and maintenance of heating and cooling networks enables the supply of heating, hot water and air conditioning to public and private facilities, including schools, health centers, office buildings and apartment blocks. The company helps cities and industrial companies define a low carbon energy strategy, by developing an energy mix favoring the use of renewable and alternative energies, such as geothermal, biomass, cogeneration or the recovery of heat produced by incineration of household waste, wastewater treatment plants, etc. The company uses its unique expertise to design, build, operate and maintain heating and cooling networks, manage energy supplies (particularly those from renewable sources) and deliver services to end customers. The company’s offerings focus on the production (cogeneration, biomass, waste, biogas, hydraulic, etc.) and distribution of electricity (distribution voltage of 50 kV or less) at regional level (city, district, and industrial park) and electricity distribution alone when operating together with the company’s another activity (waste or water), as in Morocco. The company develops energy services to reduce the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of buildings while maintaining occupant comfort levels. The company carries out energy audits of buildings, which are then used to draft improvement plans encompassing the installation of more efficient energy equipment, tools for monitoring consumption and managing the building’s performance and measures encouraging occupants to save energy. The company has created a hypervision system and management service to control the efficiency of buildings and infrastructures: Hubgrade. Designed as an integrated management platform, Hubgrade collects data real-time, which is then analyzed by the company’s experts to optimize on-site visits. The company manages nine Hubgrade centers around the globe. Its Energy solutions encompass the entire conversion cycle, from purchasing energies entering a site (fuel oil, gas, coal, biomass and biogas) to building new facilities or modernizing existing ones and selling the electricity produced on the market. The company works with its customers to help them optimize their energy purchasing and upgrade their facilities to improve their energy efficiency, both in terms of cost and atmospheric emissions. In 2019, 41 million MWh were produced; 45,097 thermal installations were managed; 591 heating and cooling networks were managed; and more than 2,357 industrial sites were managed. Other Businesses The company, through its engineering consulting division, Seureca, designs expert management solutions for Water, Waste and Energy for industrial companies, public authorities and the service sector. Seureca is involved from the draft project phase through to operational implementation and proposes a range of services, including development plans and feasibility studies, design studies, work supervision, operational technical assistance, training and skills transfer. In addition to its consulting activity in the Water, Waste and Energy sectors, Seureca has specialized subsidiaries in various fields, such as energy efficiency and recovery, renewable energies (DESL), industrial water and process water treatment (EPAS). The company also has a subsidiary that specializes in the environmental and health and safety performance of buildings (OFIS). Seureca operates in over 60 countries across four continents, supported by a network of permanent offices outside France and an operational talent pool of 200 engineers that can be mobilized to work on short or long-term projects around the world. The company also has a subsidiary specialized in the environmental and health performance of buildings (OFIS). History The company was formerly known as Vivendi Environnement and changed its name to Veolia Environnement S.A. in 2003. The company was founded in 1853.