In Savigny-le-Temple, the Veolia Foundation logistics platform serves as the backbone of the Foundation's emergency and post-emergency humanitarian operations. It is from this strategic site that the refurbishment of equipment and the express dispatch of supplies are orchestrated in response to requests from the Foundation's humanitarian partners.
Logistics: The Invisible Yet Decisive Link in Emergency Missions
In the face of humanitarian and natural disasters, responsiveness is determined within the very first hours. Located in Seine-et-Marne, in the Grand Paris Sud area, the Veolia Foundation logistics platform benefits from a strategic location offering direct access to motorways and Paris-area airports.
Inside this warehouse, tailored to the Group's operational standards, an entire supply chain stands ready to be mobilized to respond to global crises.
In Île-de-France,
the operational rear base
of the Veolia Foundation
prepares, tests, and deploys
solutions for access
to essential services worldwide.
Once the emergency subsides, the facility handles post-mission returns, inventory, after-sales service, and the full refurbishment of equipment to ensure immediate readiness for subsequent deployments.
A Technological Rear Base Dedicated to Water, Sanitation, and Analysis
The platform houses all the equipment and technologies developed or adapted by the Veolia Foundation for degraded environments:
Water Purification and Access to Water: Storage, assembly, and maintenance of mobile emergency units from the Aquaforce range: Aquaforce 2,000, Aquaforce 7,500, and Aquaforce RO.
Sanitation and Sludge Management: Saniforce systems (methanation/biogas and solar versions), capable of sanitizing 500 liters of faecal sludge per day.
Mobile Analytical Capabilities: Calibration and preparation of field laboratories with the Water Analysis Field Lab (WAFL) for physical, chemical, and bacteriological monitoring of raw and distributed water, and the Faecal Sludge Field Laboratory (FSFL) to monitor the operation of sanitation facilities and the quality of effluents.
From Innovation Lab to the Training of Veoliaforce Volunteers
The logistics platform embodies the action-research and knowledge-transfer approach central to the Veolia Foundation:
- Testing, Prototyping, and "Copy & Adapt": The Foundation transposes and adapts Veolia's proven industrial technologies to humanitarian field constraints (easy-to-handle, robust, low-energy equipment, with a focus on low-tech solutions).
- Hands-on Training Center Under Real-World Conditions: The logistics platform regularly hosts training sessions for Veoliaforce volunteers mobilized for ad hoc support on equipment development or prior to field deployments.
This Paris-region base serves as the cornerstone of the Foundation's humanitarian operations, directly supporting the international network of Veoliaforce hubs deployed to preposition emergency equipment as close as possible to vulnerable areas.
LogForce: Shared Logistics Solidarity Serving the Field
To drive the Veolia Foundation's logistical capabilities, a network of around 30 Veoliaforce volunteer employees assists the team's logistics manager. LogForce members handle:
Receiving, sorting, and inspecting the Foundation's inventory;
Preparing and securely packaging emergency shipments (packing lists, compliant pallets);
First-level maintenance and refurbishment of Aquaforce and Saniforce units, as well as field laboratories;
Logistical support for organizing on-site technical training sessions.
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