Sustainable Development Charter
Veolia Environnement's commitments :
In 2006, the Veolia Environment Sustainable Development Charter was updated, in order to align our commitments with the changing issues in sustainable development and to make it more pertinent to the needs encountered on the ground by our four divisions.
- 1. Protect the environment, contribute to conserving natural resources and biodiversity, and combat climate change.
- 2. Promote-through innovation, research and development- environmental, economic and social solutions that will meet the needs of future generations.
- 3. Raise awareness of environmental challenges and the ensuing need for behavioral changes among all concerned with our activities.
- 4. Adapt our service offers, through dialog, the quality of the advice we provide and our expertise, to meet the needs and expectations of clients.
- 5. Ensure our employees' health and safety and help improve public health.
- 6. Provide working conditions in which fundamental human rights and international labor standards are complied with.
- 7. Promote diversity and combat discrimination to guarantee equal opportunities.
- 8. Encourage skills development and upward mobility for our employees throughout their career.
- 9. Gradually set our own environmental and social standards to be applied to all our operations around the world.
- 10. Base our corporate governance on transparent communication, anticipation of risks and the definition of rules for ethical conduct and compliance.
- 11. Contribute to local economic and social development, and to meeting international goals for access to essential services.
- 12. Encourage partners, subcontractors and suppliers to adhere to our values and make their own contribution to our sustainable development commitments.