Veolia is committed to creating value for all of our stakeholders. This includes our customers, our employees, our shareholders, our society and our planet, whose interests are fully interconnected.
Our latest Sustainability Report, which combines at our achievements from 2019 in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, demonstrates that we’re already helping society and business across the island of Ireland rise to the challenges of the climate emergency and COVID-19.
We are continuing to map our performance against the UN Sustainable Development Goals to show our commitment to sustainable development.
More than ever before, Veolia is leading the way in addressing the major environmental and sustainability challenges facing businesses, government and people in Ireland.
Download our report
Our people are encouraged to share best practices and to work together to foster innovation with support for talented people, upward mobility and professional equality.
Inclusive Employer Blueprint
The Inclusive Employer Blueprint is a practical guide to help create inclusive workplaces and reduce social inequality. It is designed as a best practice tool for employers and we use it to guide our approach to diversity and inclusion in Northern Ireland.
Employee Engagement Survey
In September 2019, 80,000 employees around the world had the opportunity to share what matters most when working at Veolia as part of our Voice of Resourcers Employee Engagement Survey. Key results for the island of Ireland are:
- Purpose, Brand, Values, Health & Safety: 84% favourable
- Job, People and Culture: 79% favourable
Diversity and Inclusion
Throughout 2019 we continued to deliver our three year Diversity and Inclusion strategy
- Building inclusive teams
- Increasing STEM and intergenerational working
- Developing the talent pipeline
Awards
Veolia was shortlisted in the Wellbeing at Work category at the Northern Ireland Responsible Business Awards 2019 for our Employee Wellbeing programme.
As a business we are committed to working responsibly to support the ongoing development of our people, our local communities and our customers.
We are very proud to have been was awarded the Business in the Community Northern Ireland Silver CORE accreditation as a responsible company by demonstrating positive impacts across its people, the planet and the places where it operates, and advocating the benefits to encourage others to follow. Veolia is only the second company to achieve Silver accreditation on its first attempt.
Our teams are working every day to help our customers and our communities to move towards the Circular Economy, reduce their environmental footprint and respond to the climate crisis.
Water and wastewater infrastructure
Veolia Ireland was awarded two four-year framework agreements that will deliver new water and wastewater infrastructure which will benefit 73,000 people living in North Leinster and Ulster.
In total, over 3 million people benefit from the water, wastewater and sludge facilities we operate on the island of Ireland.
Renewable energy
Polecat Springs Group Water Scheme in Co. Roscommon working with Veolia, Clár ICH and Eco Smart became the first Group Water Scheme to use renewable energy to directly power its water treatment plant.
The photovoltaic (PV) system will directly help the environment by reducing CO2 emissions and enable the local community to benefit from a reduction of energy costs by 70%.
Waste recycling and reuse
Driven by focused account management and the expertise of our on-site teams we increased our recovery rate to 80% of waste managed for our customers on the island of Ireland. Key highlights include:
- 84,204 tonnes of waste managed
- 67,380 tonnes of waste recovered
- 16,824 tonnes of waste disposed
- 14,186 tonnes of waste recovered as SLF
We help our customers in the public and private sectors to develop and implement solutions that conserve resources, use them efficiently and recycle them.
Biopharma Utilities Management
Veolia was awarded a contract to manage all industrial utilities for a major biopharma facility. This facility is using the innovative Single Use System of manufacturing which is increasingly common in the biopharma sector.
Veolia will deliver a secure, reliable supply of all required utilities to allow manufacturing to continue without interruption. Veolia will also work with the customer team to identify and implement a range of energy efficiency projects to reduce costs and energy usage.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Veolia was awarded the contract to design and build a new wastewater treatment plant for a pharmaceutical plant that was being converted to a biopharma plant.
The wastewater treatment plant was a critical part of making sure that the new plant would be fully compliant with the plant’s environmental license. That plant has been commissioned and Veolia is now operating it on behalf of the customer.
Intel PQS Award
Veolia has been recognised by Intel as a recipient of a 2018 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award. The PQS award recognised companies like Veolia Ireland that Intel believes have relentlessly pursued excellence and conducted business with resolute professionalism
