Veolia is a French company that employs 178,000 people in over 40 countries. The Group is present on five continents where it deploys water (i.e., potable water production and sanitation), waste (collection, processing and recycling of non-hazardous and hazardous waste) and energy management solutions (energy production and heating and cooling networks, etc.). Veolia’s businesses give it a strong connection to the local community and its customers are drawn from both the public sector (i.e., local authorities and local government bodies) and private sector (manufacturing and service companies, etc.).