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VEOLIA
HEADQUARTERS: AUBERVILLIERS, FRANCE
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 215,000 MARKET CAP: US $ 30.54BN NUMBER OF COUNTRIES: 56
Veolia is a French-based multinational company and a global leader in environmental services, focused on water, waste and energy management.
It is also pushing for long-term funding mechanisms beyond the existing Green Heat Network Fund to ensure continued project development.
Perhaps most significantly, Veolia is advocating for mandatory connections requiring new and certain existing buildings to connect to and use local heat networks.
“ Veolia’ s ambition is to be at the forefront of a new wave of heating networks across Europe, and ultimately to become the number one player in urban heating in Europe,” says Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of Veolia.
“ In order for this to happen, we need – across Europe and in the UK – funding