Our expertise
Proven expertise in social transformation.
The development of Veolia Environnement meets particular needs with regards to social transformation, particularly in terms of its organizational development.
37% Locations of Veolia Environnement employees - France
The challenge is to perform a major social transformation of the organizations that we are asked to manage.
These are generally public and administrative organizations, and we need to lead them and their personnel into the world of private enterprise.
63% Locations of Veolia Environnement employees - International
Integration of existing personnel (positions, remuneration, social advantages, training, capitalization of know how and transfer of skills) involves progress at all levels of the activity.
A new enterprise project based on Veolia Environnement's values must be produced taking into account the existing situation.
Under some circumstances, the complexity of this change can be strengthened by poor historic productivity. This must be corrected to achieve economic objectives, while controlling the risk of traumatic social changes.
In the short term, internal transfers can help to maintain local jobs. In the medium term, social efficiency is largely based on training and promotion efforts for local supervisors. Veolia has carried out its internationalization process in line with its policy for the development of its activities,making only very moderate use of expatriation. At the end of 2007, the Group only employed 710 expatriates.
This experience of social transformation is essential to the success of delegation of public services. Confidence shown by the public decision-makers in the appointed organization's ability to implement informed and peaceful social management increases confidence in the choice of better economic efficiency and environmental expertise.
Veolia Environnement enjoys an important competitive advantage over its competitors, because it has been putting these social transformation processes into practice for more than 150 years.
This knowledge how is broadly based on management experience, and is very difficult for newcomers to acquire.
