Extra-financial rating
Selected by the principal extra-financial indexes and company rankings
As a company listed on the CAC 40, Veolia Environnement is rated for its extra-financial performance based on published information and statements. In addition, our company can solicit ratings in certain fields and areas when it believes they will be helpful in its management of its social responsibilities and the associated risks. These two types of ratings allow us to see where we stand and serve as a guide for continuous improvement of our sustainable development performance.
Extra-financial ratings and inclusion in specialized stock market indexes provide a measure of companies' sustainable development performance. The principal areas evaluated are governance, human resources management, environmental performance, ethics, human rights, customer care, supplier relations and dialogue with civil society.
FTSE4Good
Veolia Environnement has been listed on the UK's FTSE4Good index since 2004. This index comprises companies listed on FTSE Global Equity indexes that are considered to have the best sustainable development performance.
DJSI
In 2008, Veolia Environnement again appeared on the DJSI World and Stoxx indexes. The DJSI World index is made up of 320 of the 2,500 biggest companies on the Dow Jones World Index, while the European components of the DJSI Stoxx are 162 companies on the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index. Our overall score fell slightly, from 74 to 72.
Centre Français d'Information sur les Entreprises (CFIE)
(The French center for information on companies)
In 2008, for the second consecutive year, Veolia Environnement came out first in the French business classification for the quality of its social end environmental information.
Ethibel Sustainability Index (Vigeo)
Since 2002, Veolia Environnement has been included in the Ethibel Sustainability index which comprises on the Ethibel Excellence Europe and Ethibel Excellence Global indexes.
These two indexes are composed companies with the best or above-average social and environmental performance and meet the ethical criteria set by the independent organization Forum Ethibel.
The Sustainabiliity Yearbook 2008
The Sustainability Yearbook 2008 is a classification of companies produced by the SAM rating agency in partnership with PricewaterhouseCooper, and rewards Veolia for its exceptional achievements in the field of sustainable development by granting it three awards :
SAM 2008 Leader in the Water Utilities Sector, SAM 2008 Sector Mover, and SAM 2008 Silver Class for good overall performance.
Classified "Prime" by Oekom Research
The German rating agency Oekom Research studies companies' sustainable development performance and updates its selections every year for socially responsible investors. Veolia Environnement scored B, putting it in the "prime" category, assigned by Oekom to companies among the best in their industry for social and environmental responsibility.
Our position with respect to the market
This table shows the size, complexity and diversity in which Veolia Environnement performs its activities.
Veolia Environnement |
Average of eight companies | |
Revenue |
36.205 billion euros |
Approx 22 times less |
Percentage of the Water |
34 % |
Approx 78% |
Number of countries |
72 |
Approx 3 times less |
Workforce |
336,013 |
Approx 50 times less |
Source : Utopies.
* This concerns eight other companies evaluated in the DJSI Water Utilities sector.
Note : data presented for Veolia Environnement is 2008 data; data presented for its peers is the most recent available information.
