Usefulness, at the heart of our strategic vision
Convinced about the role and usefulness of businesses in meeting society's expectations, under the impetus of its Chairman and CEO the Veolia Group is one of the first French companies to have defined its purpose. He says
"a business is prosperous because it is useful and not the other way around".
Veolia's purpose was developed through a long process of work and unprecedented collaboration involving the company's management bodies, employees, the Critical Friends Committee (external experts), customers, people' 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.
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.
Veolia's purpose hinges on the answers to 4 questions:
- In what way is Veolia useful to society?
- What is its mission?
- How is Veolia different from other companies?
- For whom and how is the wealth generated shared?
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.
