Veolia Environment
Company Details
- Company Name
- Veolia Environment
- Sector
- Diversified
Overview
The company's carbon strategy currently targets three key areas:
- Supporting innovation
Veolia Environment invests in low carbon technologies such as biomass, solar power and recovery of unavoidable energy. The company also conducts research into carbon-storage solutions.
- Promoting renewable and alternative energy sources
These include wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy (large solar power plants), biomass and biofuel. Such initiatives help "decarbonize" the energy mix of municipal and industrial facilities managed by the company. However, for technical and economic reasons, these technologies cannot completely replace fossil fuels.
- Rationalizing energy use
Measuring and monitoring the carbon footprint of Veolia Environment's business activities is becoming more widespread. As is the bid to incorporate carbon efficiency into its services. In 2008, the company developed and implemented decision-making tools that allow it to better take into account the impact of GHG emissions in the services it offers customers.
Current activities
As a world leader in environmental services, Veolia Environment stands at the forefront of the campaign to offer solutions able to reconcile growth in human activity with increasingly scarce resources. Developing sustainable solutions in its four core businesses - water management, waste treatment and recovery, energy efficiency and mobility – Veolia Environment helps local authorities and industry enhance their environmental performance.