Our Purpose

Veolia’s purpose is to contribute to human progress by firmly committing to the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. It is with this aim in mind that Veolia sets itself the task of "Resourcing the world" through its environmental services business.

Why we exist

Ecological Transformation, that is our purpose. 

The 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. 

Our purpose into actions

Our Multifaceted Performance wheel

To be useful to all its stakeholders, Veolia has incorporated environmental, social and governance(ESG) objectives and indicators at the heart of the company’s operation. This is what Veolia refers to as “multifaceted performance. The multifaceted performance wheel represents our balanced commitments and impact between:

  • our 5 mains stakeholders - our client, our employees, our shareholders, the society and the planet. 
  • Everything is linked, that's why we have adopted a multifaceted vision of our performance
  • in line with United Nation's sustainable goals 
  • with real KPIs. 

Our GreenUp Strategy

The ecological awareness must now be channelled towards effective action, which protects rather than punishes, which reconciles the economy with ecology, and human health with the environment. This is the meaning of our new strategic programme: GreenUp! 

In Hong Kong and Macau, we have established ambitious targets for the next few years across various performance indicators.

Direct impact on UNSDG Goals