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Institut Veolia Environnement is a forum for study and exchange partnering with universities and research organizations to shed light on environmental issues that will be important in coming decades.

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EMS

The Environmental Management System (EMS) is the tool the company uses to implement its sustainable development policy in the areas of the environment and public health at all sites. It is based on ongoing improvement of environmental performance and allows the group to monitor and reduce the environmental impact of its operations.

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Health

As an aspect of public health, environmental health is one of the major challenges facing today’s societies.

Improving individual and community hygiene and reducing the impact of human activities on the environment can help prevent certain illnesses. Through its operations, Veolia Environnement has historically been a key player in environmental health and has developed a specific expertise in this area.

 

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Health Department

Veolia Environnement’s Health Department brings together physician epidemiologists who conduct ongoing monitoring of new health dangers, develop appropriate responses and help to implement them. They also communicate a culture and awareness of these issues in-house to Company employees and externally, to doctors, elected officials and educators.
The Health Department works on issues related to Veolia Environnement employees’ health and workplace safety by developing specific training modules with Campus Veolia Environnement. It also assists the Company’s research and development teams, as well as the site exploration technical teams.

Examples of 2005 Activities

Company activities in 2005 included an HIV/AIDS program for employees of Gabon’s water and electricity utility (the Société des Eaux et d'Électricité du Gabon), a subsidiary of Veolia Water, which trained approximately 50 peer educators. This program could be extended to other divisions.

An educational environmental health guide was designed and published in 2005 for health and environmental clubs especially in France, where Veolia Environment discusses current topics with doctors in private practice on topics ranging from “Incineration, dioxin and health,” (in Nîmes) to “Water and microbiologic risks” (Toulon) and “Global warming” (Nice).
A symposium was held at the annual meeting of the French pediatrics society on environmental challenges to the health of children in the North and the South.