Around the globe, Veolia helps cities and industries to manage, optimize and make the most of their resources. The company provides an array of solutions related to water, energy and materials – with a focus on waste recovery – to promote the transition toward a circular economy.
Veolia's 169,000 employees are tasked with contributing directly to the sustainability performance of customers in the public and private sectors, allowing them to pursue development while protecting the environment.
To this end, the company designs and deploys specialist solutions to provide, protect and replenish resources while increasing their efficiency from an environmental, economic and social standpoint. Such initiatives are all part of Veolia's ongoing campaign to resource the world.
Highlights 2022
€25.125 billion in revenue
3 businesses activity:
Water, Waste & Energy
168,800 employees
around the world

• 96 million people supplied with drinking water
• 62 million people connected to wastewater systems
• 4,117 water production plants managed
• 2,878 wastewater treatment plants managed

• 595 heating and cooling networks managed
• 45 million MWh produced
• 40,210 thermal installations managed
• 2,291 industrial facilities managed

• Collection services for more than 40 million people on behalf of local authorities
• 737,977 business customers
• 47 million metric tons of treated waste
• 579 treatment plants operated
SEVEN GROWTH MARKETS
Veolia has identified seven key growth markets, representing sectors with significant potential to generate revenue, in which resource strain drives growing demand for narrowly specialized expertise. These sectors are opening up new opportunities for environmental services in which Veolia already provides benchmark solutions:
- The circular economy, to tackle the problem of dwindling raw materials, water and energy resources
- Innovative solutions to improve life in cities and related services
- Treating difficult pollutions, such as toxic waste, treatment sludge and contaminated wastewater
- Dismantling for oil rigs, ships, aircraft and nuclear plants
- The food & beverage and pharmaceutical industries, ensuring compliance with stringent standards on health, safety and quality
- Mining & metal and power industries, which requires extensive resources
- The oil & gas and chemical industries, governed by increasingly demanding environmental standards