Company Information for Veolia Environnement

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Company Statement

Veolia Environnement is world leader in environmental services.

With more than 270,000 employees the company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in four complementary segments: water management, waste management, energy management and passenger transportation.

Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €25.2 billion in 2005.

Veolia Environnement is the only global company to offer the entire range of environmental services in the water, waste management, energy and transportation sectors.

We have been creating global and integrated solutions for public and private sector clients the world over for more than 150 years.

The quality of our research, the expertise and synergies developed between our teams, our mastery of the public-private partnership model and our commitment to sustainable development have made us a benchmark player in major environmental matters.

So we take a long-term approach, basing our corporate culture on experience and anticipation. Because our partnerships are for long periods, preparation for the future is central to our values. That preparation is in the form of skills management for employees and major research and development programs.

Current Operations

Veolia Environnement serves both public authorities (municipal, regional and central government agencies), and business and industry. To meet its customers' financial and operational needs as precisely as possible, the company has evolved an original business model founded on the delegated management of public services for public authorities, and outsourcing for industrial clients.

Delegated management of public services

For municipal and government services, delegated management refers to a specific type of contract in which the public authorities delegate the management of certain services to a private enterprise or consortium. This is not to be confused with privatization.

The precise form in which these services are contracted out varies from country to country and, indeed, from contract to contract. Generally, they are known as Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), with a specific variant in the United Kingdom known as Private Finance Initiatives (PFI).

Municipal Partnerships Outsourcing

Many industrial and business corporations, meanwhile, are increasingly outsourcing non-core activities such as process water production and residual water treatment, facilities management, utilities (energy, cooling and heating), etc.

Through the provision of outsourced services, Veolia Environnement is helping some of the world's foremost manufacturing, oil and chemical firms as well as smaller local companies to focus on their core businesses and improve their bottom line.

Industrial servicesTo top Whether serving public authorities or industrial and business corporations, contract engineering—the proven capacity to adapt contracts to the precise needs of its clients and to make their objectives its own—is a core Veolia Environnement expertise.

Our divisions include:

Water

Environmental Services

Energy

Transportation

Geographical Spread

From its solid French roots,Veolia Environnement has grown enormously in other countries, but in a selective manner. Its focus has been on areas of rapid economic development and countries where its business model and the capacity to meet long-term commitments are well established.
 
After western Europe,Veolia Environnement concentrates on eastern and central European Union countries, a few carefully selected Asian countries—China for example—and on large markets with considerable potential that have so far not been very receptive to management by private environmental services providers (especially the United States).

During its commercial expansion of the past few years,Veolia Environnement has demonstrated its capacity to adapt proven contract models to requirements of all types in a large number of companies and for a wide range of services.

Company Address Veolia Environnement 36-38, avenue Kléber Paris, France 75116 Telephone: +33 (0)1 71 75 00 00 Facsimile: +33 (0)1 71 75 10 45 Email: info[at]veoliaenvironnement.com Website: http://www.veoliaenvironnement.com/en

Most Recent Statement

30/09/07 - Dalkia providing comprehensive management services to Brazil's largest hospital complex
27/09/07 - Veolia Environnement named for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJ SI) and FTSE4Good indexes
26/09/07 - Veolia Water wins major contract to supply 3 million inhabitants with drinking water in Tianjin, China
29/08/07 - Veolia Environmental services selected as preferred bidder by Shropshire Waste Partnership for integrated Waste Management
28/08/07 - Results at June 30, 2007 - Continued improvement in operating performance and results
28/08/07 - Veolia Water to implement its innovative hybrid desalination solution in new contract with Fujairah, United Arab Emirates