VEOLIA
Strategic partnerships and service delivery Veolia’ s service delivery model emphasises strategic partnerships that extend its corporate responsibility and sustainability commitments beyond its own operations.
Crucially, the business ensures that organisations across its supply chain align with its vision and values, creating a comprehensive network of environmentally-conscious partners. Veolia measures its performance in
VEOLIA’ S COMMITMENT TO SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
Veolia’ s Global Supplier Diversity Policy says the organisation is committed to:
Providing maximum practicable opportunities for small and diverse-certified suppliers to participate in the supply of goods and / or services that support the business.
Conducting outreach and communication to small and diverse-certified businesses.
Supporting organisations and participating in conferences that promote or certify small and diverse businesses.
Providing customers the diverse supplier data requested in an organised and timely manner.
Quarterly tracking of global diverse-certified supplier spend, with year-on-year increased spend targets. meeting supplier payment terms to ensure prompt payment, fostering positive relationships that support sustainable business practices.
Furthermore, when making business decisions, Veolia consistently considers the social, environmental and ethical behaviours of its suppliers, ensuring partnership decisions align with its ecological transformation objectives.
Global impact Veolia’ s sustainability strategy directly contributes to all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals( SDGs), with direct impact in 13 of them.
The company’ s commitment to ecological transformation encompasses multifaceted performance with equal consideration for financial, commercial, employee, social and environmental outcomes.
In summary, Veolia’ s sustainability initiatives span three primary areas:
• Minimising climate impact through resource efficiency and creating alternatives to fossil fuels, helping cities, utilities and industries reduce energy consumption, input costs and greenhouse gas emissions;
• Treating pollution through water decontamination and toxic waste handling;
• Optimising resources through recycling initiatives such as electric vehicle battery recovery and wastewater reuse.
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