The Veolia Environnement Foundation

The Veolia Environnement Foundation supports non-profit community-oriented projects contributing to outreach, workforce development and environmental conservation, in France and internationally.

It is unique in that every project that it supports is accompanied by a sponsor, who is a Company employee, and in that it provides the expertise of employee volunteers, joined together in Veoliaforce, in the areas of emergency aid and development.

In January 2012, the Veolia Environnement Foundation and the French Red Cross renewed their partnership through a new five-year agreement. For the past 14 years, the two organizations have joined together to respond to humanitarian emergencies and their aftermath, restoring access to basic services for vulnerable populations such as water and wastewater services, energy and waste management.

The Foundation provides support to Red Cross teams in making available its equipment, technical expertise and volunteers.

• The Foundation provides emergency aid during national disasters and humanitarian crises: access to water and wastewater services, energy and waste management.
• The Foundation also promotes development projects for these vital services, which represent the core professions of Veolia Environnement.

• The Foundation supports projects in the field of workforce development, aimed at helping people outside mainstream society find a stable job, fostering the transition to work through economic activity.
• Since finding a lasting job is a priority objective, the Foundation encourages building "bridges" between the jobseekers and the Company business divisions.

• The Foundation supports major international programs aimed at rehabilitating and protecting exceptional ecosystems.
• The Foundation also participates in many awareness raising and communication projects aimed to encourage behavior patterns that show greater respect for the environment.