Veolia North America Joins UN Global Compact

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• Veolia North America joins the UN Global Compact as a subsidiary member of its parent company, Veolia Group, alongside thousands of other companies globally committed to taking responsible business action to create the world we all want.
• The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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BOSTON (December 5, 2024) – Veolia North America is pleased to announce that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) initiative—a voluntary initiative for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices—as a subsidiary member of its parent company, Veolia Group. 

With this announcement, Veolia North America is proud to join thousands of other companies globally committed to taking responsible business action to create the world we all want. This also supports Veolia’s GreenUp strategy and effort to increase our stakeholder engagement in North America through the UNGC USA Action Network.

The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 20,000 companies based in over 160 countries, and more than 60 Global Compact Networks. Veolia is an active participant in the UNGC including being a signatory of the CEO Water Mandate.