Inauguration of the Veolia Foundation's logistics platform

Savigny-Le-Temple, Seine-et-Marne: a former post office has been converted. Dozens of mobile water treatment stations are stored, packaged, and ready to be shipped to humanitarian sites. With pallet trucks and forklifts, the logistics chain is ready to go.

This platform, inaugurated by the Veolia Foundation on June 11 in the presence of around 30 people, is central to the development of its humanitarian actions. The missions carried out with NGO partners involve mobilizing Veoliaforce experts in skills sponsorship and equipment designed for this type of intervention. Aquaforces, mobile water purification units, Saniforce, a low-carbon solution for treating fecal sludge, and mobile analysis laboratories are regularly transported and deployed to intervention sites. Once the emergency is over, the equipment is reconditioned for further deployment in other locations. This equipment is stored in a 635 m² warehouse with a storage capacity of 216 pallets in racks.

Easy access to airports via expressways was a determining factor in choosing the Savigny-le-Temple business park. The aim is to be responsive when a humanitarian partner expresses a need. The premises are also likely to host training sessions for Veoliaforce volunteers, experts who give up their working time to provide skills sponsorship. 

This logistics platform is the first link in a network of hubs deployed by the Veolia Foundation to pre-position appropriate materials and equipment around the world. The need to respond quickly to humanitarian crises requires the internationalization of resources.