Global resource management company providing water, waste and energy services to cities and industries in 56 countries, employing 215,000 people.
Veolia is a global resource management company providing water, waste and energy services to cities and industries. Founded in 1853 and operating in 56 countries, the group employs around 215,000 people and frames its business around ecological transformation and the recovery of resources rather than their consumption. Its work spans heavily regulated utility sectors - water and sanitation, waste management, energy and district heating - carried out under long-term arrangements with municipalities, utilities and industrial manufacturers.
Three service lines account for the bulk of its operations. Water treatment and distribution solutions, including optimisation of industrial water treatment, serve 111 million people. Waste collection, management and recovery services cover 46 million residents and include converting waste into energy. Energy production, encompassing district heating network design and waste-to-energy conversion, yields 44 million MWh a year. The company also works with customers on carbon footprint reduction and climate change adaptation.
Employees are known internally as "Resourcers", and the group describes its mission as being to "resource the world". Work is characterised as field-based, with staff working on the ground across the group's 56 countries of operation. Technical domains of note include circular economy practices, industrial water treatment, waste-to-energy conversion and district heating network design.
