16 Facts About Veolia

Veolia Environnement S A, branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services.

In 2005, the name "Veolia" was established as an umbrella brand for all of the Group's divisions and a new logo was created.

Veolia Transdev is the world's private-sector leader in sustainable mobility with more than 110,000 employees in 28 countries.

Veolia is established in 48 countries, with employees across the globe in 2012:.

In 2012, Veolia Water employed 89,094 people and recorded revenue of €12.

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Veolia Water was renamed from Vivendi Water in 2005, which was renamed from CGE water division in 1999.

In North America, Veolia Energy traded under the Trigen Energy name until February 2011.

On December 30,2019, Veolia sold its US district energy assets to Antin Infrastructure Partners, which renamed the business Vicinity Energy.

On 6 December 2011 Veolia Environment, seeking to reduce debt and focus on its core businesses of water, waste and energy, announced that it will eventually sell its share in Veolia Transdev, within a two-year time frame, by when its own activities will have been reorganized.

Veolia issued two profit warnings in 2011 and announced plans to quit half of the 77 countries where it does business.

Institut Veolia was created in 2001 to provide insights into major global challenges such as climate change, urbanisation and various economic, social and cultural issues related to the environment.

In 2017, French company Veolia sued Lithuania in Stockholm arbitration court demanding about 100 million euros in damages.

Veolia alleges that Lithuanian government is involved in illegal conduct and that it expropriated Veolia's investments.

Parties within Veolia had argued that the group was losing tenders as a result, but Gasquest said he did not know of any tenders lost due to Veolia's activities in Israel.

Veolia confirmed Veolia's intention to stay in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, while exiting the transport business.

Veolia offered unpaid internship positions under the Irish government's JobBridge initiative.