Region’s Innovation and Sustainability Culture a Perfect Fit for
World’s Largest Environmental Services Company
Veolia, the global leader in environmental solutions and optimized
resource management, today announced that it is moving its North
American zone headquarters to Boston.
With approximately 7,900 North American employees – including 280 in the
Boston/Cambridge area and a total of more than 700 in Massachusetts,
Veolia North America provides water, energy, waste and resource recovery
solutions to more than 530 cities and 30,000 businesses. The company’s
new corporate headquarters will be located at Veolia’s downtown Boston
offices. Approximately 50 jobs will relocate to the Boston area over the
next five years.
“We believe that Massachusetts and the Greater Boston area, with its
commitment to sustainability and growing a knowledge-based,
innovation-driven economy, is a perfect fit with Veolia’s mission of
‘Resourcing the world’,” said Veolia North America CEO William J.
“Bill” DiCroce. “The region is an exceptional hub for talent,
innovation and creativity, and it has a rock-solid commitment to
sustainability. These qualities mirror the future we envision for Veolia
as we develop new ways to meet today’s environmental challenges.”
DiCroce was recently named the new president and CEO of Veolia North
America. He previously served as president and chief operating officer
of Veolia North America’s Municipal and Commercial business and has led
Veolia’s energy business in North America since 2013.
“Our administration is proud to welcome Veolia North America and their
pioneering, creative, and diverse workforce to Massachusetts,” said
Governor Charlie Baker. “The Commonwealth’s innovative economy, top
universities and leadership in addressing environmental and energy
challenges make it the type of place a global company like Veolia can
flourish.”
Veolia has deep roots in Massachusetts and the Boston area in
particular, providing thermal energy to the central business district of
Boston, the Longwood Medical Area, and the biotechnology corridor of
Cambridge.
"Veolia's decision to move its North American headquarters to downtown
Boston is another signal that Boston is a thriving place to live, work
and grow a dynamic business," said Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh.
"We're excited Veolia has chosen Boston, and we look forward to
welcoming the company’s senior executive team and partnering with them
to boost our city’s knowledge base in clean energy and environmental
solutions.”
The company also operates and maintains public water systems in
partnership with many of the Commonwealth’s municipalities, including
Gloucester, Lynn and Leominster -- servicing more than 650,000
residents. Protecting the environment and recovery valuable resources,
Veolia delivers customized waste and resource recovery solutions to
local biotech, pharma, high tech, health care and academia markets. In
addition to its downtown Boston offices, Veolia maintains operations in
Cambridge, Charlestown, Marlborough and West Bridgewater.
During 2016, personnel currently based in Veolia’s downtown Chicago
headquarters who do not move to Boston will transition to the company’s
Lombard, Illinois offices.
More about Veolia in the Boston area
Veolia's district energy networks serve the critical energy requirements
of approximately 250 commercial, health care, government, institutional
and hospitality customers occupying 45 million square feet of building
space within the central business district of Boston, the Longwood
Medical Area, and the biotechnology corridor of Cambridge. In Cambridge,
Veolia operates the Kendall Station combined heat and power (CHP) plant
as well as a cogeneration plant on behalf of a major biotechnology
company. In the Longwood Medical Area, Veolia operates and has an
ownership stake in the Medical Area Total Energy Plant facility,
supplying heat, cooling and electrical power to local hospitals.
Veolia offers a full array of services in New England to manage
hazardous and regulated waste, including disposal services for bio
waste, low-level radioactive, reactives, and hazardous materials. Our
recently opened, West Bridgewater facility processes an estimated 15.5
million pounds of lighting and electronic waste annually from commercial
and industrial facilities in the region; recycling nearly 10.5 million
lamps and reclaiming over 155 pounds of elemental mercury annually.
More than 650,000 commonwealth residents received water and wastewater
services through public-private partnerships with Veolia. Veolia
efficiently manages water and wastewater infrastructure to help
communities stabilize rates and meet environmental requirements.
Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource
management. With over 174,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and
provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to
the sustainable development of communities and industries. Through its
three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access
to resources, preserve available resources, and to replenish them. In
2014, the group Veolia supplied 96 million people with drinking water
and 60 million people with wastewater service, produced 52 million
megawatt hours of energy and converted 31 million metric tons of waste
into new materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris
Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of $30.3 billion in 2015. www.veolia.com
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