Ecological transformation, that is our purpose.
Ecological transformation means acting to reconcile human progress and environmental protection.
We develop and implement locally solutions to depollute our vital resources and preserve them from depletion, solutions to decarbonize our ways of living and producing and adapt them to the consequences of climate change.
All over the world, attuned to local cultures, we strive to improve the health and quality of life of communities.
At Veolia, we tackle economic, social and environmental issues as an inseparable whole to the benefit of the largest number of people.
Our Purpose embodies our ambition: to be useful to society by taking action to reconcile human progress and environmental protection.
ESTELLE BRACHLIANOFF，CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF VEOLIA
Convinced that businesses have a useful role to play in meeting society's demands, Veolia is one of the first French groups to
have defined its purpose. After contributing to academic and public debates on these topics and supporting the Notat-Senard Report, which introduced the concept of a "corporate purpose", the Group became convinced that each company is a mosaic of stakeholders whose expectations must be equitably taken into account when sharing the value created.
Veolia's purpose was developed through a long process of work and unprecedented collaboration involving the company's
management bodies, employees and their representatives, the Critical Friends Committee (external experts), clients, people's panels, and so on.
Veolia's purpose was adopted by its Board of Directors and presented at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2019.
The search for balance
Founded and designed for the long term, Veolia's purpose is a compass that helps us set and maintain our course over time. It is a shared progress approach that involves all Group employees and benefits all stakeholders. It is implemented in our GreenUp 2027 strategic program, driven by a vision of multifaceted performance which places the same level of attention and requirements on economic and financial, commercial, social, societal and environmental performance. Our ambition is to make Veolia the benchmark company for ecological transformation.
