Sustainable Development

Veolia Water is committed to the sustainable development of water management.

Belonging to all humanity, an unequally distributed resource, polluted by human activity, often wasted, an essential resource, to which a large section of humanity does not have proper access, water is a key element in sustainable development. This is to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Veolia Water, as the world leader in water services, is committed to the sustainable development of water management. This commitment also reflects the desire of our customers that we operate our services for them in a reliable, responsible and concerted manner.

This is why Veolia Water is committed to safeguarding the health of the communities it serves, and to increasing its efforts to protect their environment by implementing technical, cost-effective, organizational solutions as well as introducing tariffs specifically tailored to each situation.

This commitment is an essential element in our long-term partnerships with our municipal and industrial clients, based on a clear division of responsibilities and a mutual relationship of trust.

Veolia Water is committed to the sustainable development of water management.

Belonging to all humanity, an unequally distributed resource, polluted by human activity, often wasted, an essential resource, to which a large section of humanity does not have proper access, water is a key element in sustainable development. This is to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Veolia Water, as the world leader in water services, is committed to the sustainable development of water management. This commitment also reflects the desire of our customers that we operate our services for them in a reliable, responsible and concerted manner.

This is why Veolia Water is committed to safeguarding the health of the communities it serves, and to increasing its efforts to protect their environment by implementing technical, cost-effective, organizational solutions as well as introducing tariffs specifically tailored to each situation.

This commitment is an essential element in our long-term partnerships with our municipal and industrial clients, based on a clear division of responsibilities and a mutual relationship of trust.

Using "EMS" is a way of constantly improving our environmental performance.

Veolia Water is forward thinking, sets itself high operating standards and attaches great importance to listening to its customers. This is why we are developing an environmental management system that will enable us to continuously improve our environmental performance.

These initiatives are an integral part of our constant concern to improve the quality of the service that we offer our customers by making a point of being both informative and transparent.

In order to meet current and future challenges in the water sector, we are committed to major programs in Research and Development in order to anticipate as best as possible the needs of our customers, but also to develop tomorrow's solutions today. This will enable us to better protect and make better use of water resources.

Using "EMS" is a way of constantly improving our environmental performance.

Veolia Water is forward thinking, sets itself high operating standards and attaches great importance to listening to its customers. This is why we are developing an environmental management system that will enable us to continuously improve our environmental performance.

These initiatives are an integral part of our constant concern to improve the quality of the service that we offer our customers by making a point of being both informative and transparent.

In order to meet current and future challenges in the water sector, we are committed to major programs in Research and Development in order to anticipate as best as possible the needs of our customers, but also to develop tomorrow's solutions today. This will enable us to better protect and make better use of water resources.

Veolia Water is intensifying its training programs for all its employees regardless of their level of formal education or their current position.

The increasing technical nature of our businesses and the dissemination of best practice and environmental innovations which this necessitates means that we are intensifying our training program for all employees regardless of their level of formal education and the position that they currently hold.

Veolia Water is intensifying its training programs for all its employees regardless of their level of formal education or their current position.

The increasing technical nature of our businesses and the dissemination of best practice and environmental innovations which this necessitates means that we are intensifying our training program for all employees regardless of their level of formal education and the position that they currently hold.

The World Water Forum at The Hague in 2000 defined the goal of "safeguarding water supplies in the 21^st century" and identified many challenges:

• satisfying basic needs
• safeguarding the food supply
• protecting the ecosystems
• sharing water resources
• managing risks
• making price of water reflect cost and managing it in a responsible manner.

In September 2000 the UN set the goal of the Millennium Declaration to be to reduce by half the number of people who do not have access to water by 2002.

The World Health Organization's definition of access to water as "the availability of at least 20 liters per person per day from a source within one kilometer of the user's dwelling" has since become the standard definition.

At the Johannesburg Summit on sustainable development in 2002 the UN set 2015 as the deadline for the achievement of these goals.

The World Water Forum in Kyoto in 2003 presented the report "Financing water for all" which gave recommendations and outlined the responsibilities of each of the stakeholders.

The European Union launched "a European water initiative" in 2003 and outlined its action plan.

The World Water Forum at The Hague in 2000 defined the goal of "safeguarding water supplies in the 21^st century" and identified many challenges:

• satisfying basic needs
• safeguarding the food supply
• protecting the ecosystems
• sharing water resources
• managing risks
• making price of water reflect cost and managing it in a responsible manner.

In September 2000 the UN set the goal of the Millennium Declaration to be to reduce by half the number of people who do not have access to water by 2002.

The World Health Organization's definition of access to water as "the availability of at least 20 liters per person per day from a source within one kilometer of the user's dwelling" has since become the standard definition.

At the Johannesburg Summit on sustainable development in 2002 the UN set 2015 as the deadline for the achievement of these goals.

The World Water Forum in Kyoto in 2003 presented the report "Financing water for all" which gave recommendations and outlined the responsibilities of each of the stakeholders.

The European Union launched "a European water initiative" in 2003 and outlined its action plan.