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Because a company's success is meaningless unless it reconciles economic success and social responsibility, Veolia Environnement is committed to an ambitious social policy and strives to make a positive contribution to its external environment.

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Social Initiatives

The annual social initiatives demonstrate the innovative talent of the people running Veolia Environnement’s operations around the world.

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Social Report

Our company continues to grow, year by year, and the success of our economic model is closely tied to the performance of our social model. The growth of one is tied to the performance of the other.

Read the 2007 Social Report and Social Data (.pdf / interactive .pdf).

 

A Virtual Tour of Campus Veolia

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Campus Veolia Environnement is the training center for the company’s environmental businesses.
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2007 in Figures: Human Resources

Since Veolia Environnement provides services that cannot be offshored, our revenue growth naturally goes hand in hand with staffing increases. Two thirds of our employees work in field operations. Safety, a top priority, continues to improve.

 

Work force by professional category

Employees by professional category from 2004 to 2007
(at December 31)

Employees under fixed-term and unlimited-term contracts

Permanent and fixed-term contracts from 2004 to 2007
(at December 31)

Workforce by gender

Men and women employees from 2004 to 2007
(at December 31)

Total number of employees at December 31, 2007, by geographical region
Region Number of Employees Value (%)
Europe 229 889 72
Including France
117 434 37
North America 28 868 9
South America 19 216 6
Africa / Middle East 16 845 5
Asia / Oceania 24 684 8
Total 319 502 100
Total number of employees at December 31, 2007, by division
Zone Water(1) Environmental Services(2) Energy Services Transports Total(3)
Total 82 867 100 032 54 375 81 532 319 502
Value (%) 26% 31% 17% 26% 100%

(1) Including 469 for Veolia Environnement SA and Campus Veolia Environnement

(2) Proactiva’s 8,789 employees have been allocated to Water (1,939) and Environmental Services (6,850) based on the business activity of the companies concerned.

(3) This figure includes 696 employees in France working for corporate headquarters and Campus Veolia Environnement.

2007 distribution by different socio-professional categories

Socio-professional categories in 2007 as a %
(at December 31)

Change in the frequency of work accidents

Frequency is the number of work accidents per million hours worked.

Workplace accident frequency rates from 2004 to 2007
(at December 31)

Change in the severity of work accidents

Severity is the number of days lost to work accidents per thousand hours worked.

Workplace accident seriousness rate from 2004 to 2007
(at December 31)