Veolia Environnement : joins the Euronext Low Carbon 100 Europe® 2016 index
February 06, 2017 at 05:32 am EST
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6 february 2017
The Euronext Low Carbon 100 Europe® brings together the 100 European listed companies that contribute the most to the low carbon transition. The rating assigned to Veolia enabled it to join the index in 2016.
The Euronext Low Carbon 100 Europe® index refers to the 100 largest European companies with the lowest CO emissions in the sectors to which they belong. It is based on an in-depth assessment of the carbon footprint of each company and the products and services they sell.The rating assigned to Veolia in 2016 takes into account the rating attributed to it by CDP, its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, and its investments in research and development aimed at reducing its CO emissions.
More:
>CDP, the British rating agency
>'Climate performance must be more ambitious' by Laurent Babikian of the CDP in Veolia's climate blog
>'A low carbon economy is achievable!', by Antoine Frérot, in Veolia's climate blog
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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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