VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT : Circular economy: a sustainable opportunity
July 16, 2014 at 11:34 am EDT
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The world's population is growing and so are its needs. A reality which pushes us to be more inventive to improve our quality of life and which modifies Veolia's approach and projects throughout the world.
Antoine Frérot, Veolia's CEO presented the French Minister for Industrial Renewal on the 9th June with an action plan, the plan drawn up with key figures in the waste and recycling industry as part of the New Industrial France.
The proposals from the "Recycling and Green Products" task force and explanations from Antoine Frérot in images
Conserving natural resources means also taking steps to improve the way we use them. Veolia implements solutions for more efficient water and energy use.
In our economy, inherited from the 19th century, everything works linearly from extracting a resource to producing energy or goods, which end up in the bin.
The circular economy model is a more virtuous plan to save and reuse resources as often as possible.
Video: Resourcing the world, a central concern for Veolia
Given the issue of fewer natural resources, the development of the circular economy is an opportunity for the planet to grow.
Learn how Veolia turns waste into resources
Veolia has finalised solutions to enable resources to be reused e.g. the production of biogas from waste and sludge from treatment facilities, collecting furniture and recycling goods to make them a secondary source of raw materials. Industries can therefore reap the rewards of a circular economy.
Circular economy: a driver for innovation, a new mode of consumption
Veolia's CEO Antoine Frérot and the sailor Ellen MacArthur, on behalf of her Foundation, discuss the new model in the latest issue of Planet magazine. They see it as a win-win situation both in terms of economy and protecting the environment.
Veolia Environnement is the world leader in environmental management services. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- water-related services (40.6%; No. 1 worldwide): water resources management, drinking water distribution and delivery, wastewater collection, treatment and recovery, engineering, design, construction of water treatment facilities and customer relationship management, etc.;
- waste management services (32.4%; no. 1 worldwide): collection, treatment and recycling of liquid, solid, non-hazardous and hazardous waste, waste treatment and recovery through composting, energy recovery from waste, etc. Veolia Environnement also provides urban waste management services (maintenance and cleaning of public spaces, provision of mechanized street cleaning and façade treatment services), maintenance of industrial sites, and dismantling of industrial facilities and equipment at the end of their useful life;
- energy services (27%; No. 1 in Europe): delegated management of urban heating and air conditioning networks, management of thermal and multi-technique services (operation of heating systems, facility design, construction, and maintenance, etc.) and industrial services (industrial process analysis, production equipment operation, service, and maintenance), general management of buildings and public lighting.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (21.5%), Europe (41.9%), North America (7.4%), Asia (5.6%), Africa and the Middle East (4.9%), Pacific (4.3%), Latin America (4%) and other (10.4%).
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