Created in May 2004, the Veolia Environnement Foundation supports non-profit, community-oriented projects contributing to sustainable development in France and internationally.
Launched at the initiative of Henri Proglio, Chairman & CEO of Veolia Environnement, for a minimum duration of five years, the Veolia Environnement Foundation supports projects in the fields of outreach, workforce development and environmental conservation.
Every project that it supports is accompanied by a sponsor, who is an employee of the company. The foundation has an annual budget of 5 million euros.
The Foundation's support is essentially financial. However, to guarantee long-term viability of the projects it supports, it encourages and facilitates development of employee volunteering.
These volunteers may be sponsors keen to take their involvement further, fellow-workers willing to advise on a particular aspect (financial soundness of the project, recruitment criteria, technical feasibility, etc.) or volunteers with Veolia Waterforce/Waterdev, Veolia Environnement's emergency response and development team.
Since its creation, the Veolia Environnement Foundation has supported 266 projects in the field of outreach in France and elsewhere, covering such areas as essential services (drinking water, hygiene, energy, food self-sufficiency, etc.), healthcare and assistance to children and other vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and sick or disabled people.
Helping children and other vulnerable groups : Samusocial (Burkina Faso)
Thanks to projects financed by the Veolia Environnement Foundation in 2006, 400,000 people now benefit from a water supply or wastewater system. Since 2004, the foundation has supported 23 student-led humanitarian projects involving 188 students.
Access to essential services : Kinkeliba (Senegal)
Access to healthcare : Dunes du ciel (Sahel)
The Foundation has supported 172 projects aimed at helping people outside mainstream society find employment. Most of the initiatives are aimed at helping people find a stable job: advising them on the transition to work, apprenticeships to teach new skills, training to acquire vocational qualifications, the supportive economy and micro-finance.
The supportive economy/micro-finance : Empreenda (Brasil)
In 2006, 655 people found a job and 1,286 small entrepreneurs obtained a micro-finance loan thanks to the Veolia Environnement Foundation.
Apprenticeship/training : Brigades vertes (France - 26)
Professional counseling : Zentraum PC (Germany)
The Veolia Environnement Foundation has supported 172 environment-related projects, covering conservation of natural resources and heritage and biodiversity, environmental education, raising awareness of eco-citizenship attitudes and behavior and mobilization around reducing climate change caused by human activity.
Environmental education : Julab (Germany)
Since 2004, the Veolia Environnement Foundation has supported 48 programs in the field of environmental education and raising awareness of environmental conservation.
Conserving resources : Forestour (France, région PACA)
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Selection Committee
26 projects were selected at the selection committee of March 26, 2008: 13 in Outreach, 9 in Workforce Development and 4 in Environmental Conservation.
The next committee will be held on May 27, 2008.
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