## Skills sponsorship at the heart of our 3 areas of action

Veoliaforce skills sponsorship consists of making the expertise of Veolia employees available to the partners of the Veolia Foundation. It is embedded across the Foundation's three areas of action:



 

 

 



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### 1. Emergency & Development

Ensuring fast and sustainable access to essential services in crisis situations or under chronic water stress, and building the capacity of international solidarity actors.

- **Business expertise & equipment:** Emergency drinking water production ([Aquaforces](/en/wash-solutions/aquaforces "Aquaforces")), faecal sludge management ([Saniforce](/en/le-saniforce "Saniforce")), water quality analysis (WAFL), network rehabilitation, and crisis management.
- **Safety & risk prevention:** [Tailor-made Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) training courses](/en/supported-projects/combating-water-scarcity-and-securing-interventions "Combating water scarcity and securing interventions ") for partner NGO field teams.
- **Key partnerships:** Interventions alongside the [French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs' Crisis and Support Centre](/en/ressources-et-medias/news/foundation-and-ministry-europe-and-foreign-affairs-renew-their "The Foundation and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs renew their partnership in humanitarian aid"), UNICEF (Stand-by Partner), Médecins Sans Frontières, or the French Red Cross.



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

### 2. Environment & Biodiversity

Supporting initiatives that preserve ecosystems, restore biodiversity, and support societal actors in the ecological transformation.

- **Environmental engineering:** Technical support for natural environment preservation, circular economy, and climate change mitigation projects.
- **CSR Training & Awareness:** Sharing knowledge on [corporate social responsibility (CSR / RSO)](/en/being-right-place-initiate-change-support-it-and-multiply-its-impact "“Being in the right place to initiate change, support it and multiply its impact.”"), ESG criteria, and decarbonization with students and professionals in the solidarity sector (e.g., workshops and courses provided at the Bioforce center).



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

### 3. Employment & Social Cohesion

Placing the Group's skills at the service of professional integration, social entrepreneurship, and social cohesion.

- **Mentoring & Professional integration:** Supporting individuals in situations of extreme vulnerability toward social integration and entrepreneurship, notably by supporting [micro-project incubator programs run by the association Life Project 4 Youth (LP4Y)](/en/supported-projects/life-project-4-youth-lp4y-sets-training-centers-disadvantaged-young-people "Life Project 4 Youth (LP4Y) sets up training centers for disadvantaged young people").
- **Knowledge transfer:** Involvement of Veolia employees through sponsorship, company visits, and professional coaching [to build sustainable pathways to employment](/en/reactivating-social-ladder-3 "Getting social mobility up and running again") and strengthen the action of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations.



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 





## How does skills sponsorship work?

- **Modality:** On-site or remote
- **Working time:** Employees carry out their missions during working hours, while retaining their usual salary and employment status.
- **Expenses covered:** The Veolia Foundation handles all logistics, travel, and mission expenses.
- **Preparation:** Volunteers receive tailored training prior to departure (risk management, field-specific conditions, equipment operation).

Veoliaforce volunteers come from all Veolia divisions and Group entities worldwide and are fully trained to intervene. During dedicated training courses, they familiarize themselves with the latest emergency intervention techniques and learn to work together in conditions close to those in the field.

## Discover a Veoliaforce training course:





 

 





 

 

 



### Veoliaforce Key figures

 

Over 1,000 volunteers



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Over 200 missions



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

20 years of experience



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 





Want to become a Veoliaforce volunteer?

Veolia Group employees can request to join the Veolia Foundation’s pool of Veoliaforce volunteers by following this link (access restricted to Group employees, excluding fixed-term contracts, work-study apprentices, and interns):

[Becoming a Veoliaforce Volunteer](https://www.volontariat.fondation.veolia.com/)

 



 

 

 



### Some Veoliaforce missions on video:

 

**2024:** Training and raising awareness among NGO Solidarités International staff on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

**2024:** Unicef called on the Veolia Foundation to improve access to water in camps for displaced persons in Chad.[ Veoliaforce volunteers were mobilised](/en/news/drinking-water-displaced-populations-chad "Drinking water for displaced populations in Chad").





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

**2023:** [Veoliaforce mission](/en/news/veoliaforce-volunteer-assignment-ukraine "Veoliaforce volunteer on assignment in Ukraine") to Ukraine to train teams from the NGO Solidarités International in the deployment of Aquaforces 2000.





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

**2024:** Veoliaforce mission to train students on CSR and Corporate Social Responsibility (RSO) over four days.

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2018: Safe drinking water for [Rohingya refugees with Doctors Without Borders](/en/ressources-et-medias/news/foundation-standing-alongside-rohingya-people-medecins-sans-frontieres "The Foundation is standing alongside the Rohingya people with Médecins Sans Frontières")





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

2017: the French West Indies are swept by Hurricane Irma. [The story of an exceptional mobilization](/en/hurricane-irma-story-exceptional-mobilization-september-2017 "Hurricane Irma: a story of exceptional mobilization (September 2017)")...