07/10/2008
Paris, Abu Dhabi, 7 October 2008 – Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) and Veolia Water today announced their intention to create a joint-venture company that will focus on the areas of water production and waste water collection and treatment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This activity could later lead to further joint ventures for other business sectors of the Veolia Environnement Group.
06/10/2008
Paris, October 6 2008 – On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is being held in Barcelona, Spain, from October 5 to 14, 2008, Veolia Environnement and the French Committee of the IUCN are pleased to announce the signature of a partnership agreement. This agreement confirms Veolia Environnement’s involvement and commitment to preserving biodiversity.
01/10/2008
Paris, October 1, 2008. – Veolia Environnement announced today that it has acquired the US company Ridgeline Energy, a specialist in the development of wind energy projects.
25/09/2008
Paris, 25 September 2008, Veolia Water, together with AquaNet Sydney Pty Ltd (part of the Jemena Ltd group) has signed a contract with the Sydney Water Corporation for the first private scheme for recycled water to a network of multiple industrial users in Australia.
02/09/2008
From December 2010, NordWestBahn (NWB), a German subsidiary of Veolia Transport, is to manage the whole of the planned regional express system (S-Bahn) that will link the states of Bremen and Lower Saxony in Germany.
07/08/2008
Strong business momentum, increase in cash flow from operations and action plan targeting improved profitability
30/07/2008
July 30, 2008. Veolia Water has signed a contract with the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) for the financing, design, construction and operation of two new wastewater treatment plants in the cities of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. It represents the biggest contract to-date signed for wastewater in the Middle East.
08/07/2008
General Motors Europe, part of the leading global automotive group, Veolia Environnement, world leader in environmental services, the energy developer Clairvoyant Energy and the Government of Aragon, Spain, today announced a further commitment to energy efficiency with the construction of the world’s largest capacity rooftop solar power station.
24/06/2008
Veolia Environmental Services Ile-de-France, in collaboration with Veolia Environnement’s Cleanliness and Energy Research Center (CRPE), launches a project to recover biogas in the form of biomethane fuel on its non-hazardous landfill site of Claye-Souilly (France, 77). By creating the first French unit producing biomethane fuel from landfill gas, Veolia Environmental Services demonstrates its commitment to bioenergy.
20/06/2008
Veolia Environnement confirms that it should exceed its revenue growth objective for 2008, initially expected
at 10% growth.