VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT : launches "POP UP", a new social entrepreneurial incubator platform
October 05, 2015 at 05:23 am EDT
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In Mexico City, Lyon and Toulouse, Veolia supports the development of social entrepreneurial incubators related to the Group's businesses. It is an innovative way of supporting regional development.
For many years, Veolia has implemented actions and projects with social stakeholders worldwide. In France for example, the Group partners Elise - collecting and recycling office paper - and Envie - collecting and recycling
mattresses in Rennes
. Through PIMMS
[1]
it also supports the public in relation to local services, such as sorting waste and saving energy. In Bangladesh, it promotes access to water for all through Grameen Veolia Water - a social business created in partnership with the Grameen Bank.
Today, the Group has entered a new phase with the creation of 'POP UP', a platform that accompanies the regions by establishing social entrepreneurial incubators. These are systematically linked to Veolia's areas of expertise: public service mission, local services, circular economy.
'With POP UP, we are providing a platform where social partners can come and coach young start-ups that already have a promising idea or business just getting off the ground,' explains Eric Lesueur, CEO of INNOVE, Veolia's new services incubator. 'Both a catalyst and a mediator, Veolia makes its businesses available to start-ups to co-build innovative and effective solutions with the assistance of its recognized partners, such as Ashoka, the leading network of social entrepreneurs; ESSEC's social incubator Antropia, the leader in France; or even Ticket For Change and its social entrepreneur tour of France.'
' (First Brick) to support social entrepreneurs in the areas of water, waste, smart cities and sustainable cities.
In
Mexico
, the '
SenseCube Agua Urbana
' incubator has been created with the focus on urban water issues as a result of a partnership developed by Veolia with social entrepreneur networks MakeSense, Ashoka, Co-, Mexico City's water authority (Sacmex) and the Laboratorio para la Ciudad. Already, five start-up projects have been selected, including 'Conciencia Hídrica,' a start-up that is developing water consumption management tools.
In
Lyon
, Veolia is rolling out a partnership with Ronalpia and Ashoka, incubating social entrepreneurs in areas related to water and the waste business in the region. Currently 3 structures are receiving support.
New incubators will be developed in other regions. 'We will incorporate the feedback from each involvement in the regions as part of a structured and efficient process to create economic and social value,' concludes Eric Lesueur.
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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