Veolia

Veolia is a global resource management company that provides water, waste and energy services to cities and industries. The firm employs 215,000 people and operates in 56 countries, drawing on more than 170 years in the business. Its stated purpose is "ecological transformation", which it frames as both a mission and a practical line of work: treating and distributing water for 111m people, managing waste for 46m residents and producing 44m MWh of energy a year, including energy recovered from waste.

Technical work spans water treatment and distribution, industrial water treatment, waste management, waste-to-energy conversion, district heating network design, energy production and resource recovery. The engineering and operations remit extends to circular economy practices, carbon footprint reduction and climate change adaptation. Customers include municipalities and cities, the industrial sector, water utilities and energy providers, giving staff exposure to both field operations and infrastructure design.

Veolia describes its approach as hands-on and grounded in on-the-ground work to make cities sustainable, with an emphasis on recovering resources rather than consuming them. Employees are referred to internally as "Resourcers". The company is present globally and is organised around water, waste and energy services for municipal and industrial clients.