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Veolia is proud to be a major sponsor of OzWater '20 Online
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With nearly 178,780 employees worldwide, Veolia is the global leader in optimized resource management. Since 1853 when the Compagnie Générale des Eaux (General Water Company) was founded in France, the Group has been designing and providing water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries.
Veolia Australia and New Zealand is the region’s only environmental solutions organisation with specific capabilities across water and wastewater treatment, energy management, waste and resource recovery services, industrial cleaning and facilities maintenance services.
Our goal is to provide comprehensive, high-value-added solutions that balance growth and environmental protection, solutions that manage water sustainably, turn waste into a resource, and develop cleaner, more efficient energy systems.
Veolia’s business strategy is guided by five elements: our business, our customers, our people, our environment and our community. These elements shape all aspects of Veolia’s future performance, and our corporate policies and practices are linked to delivering excellence in one or many of them.
As a demonstration of its commitment to the water industry in Australia and New Zealand, Veolia and Veolia Water Technologies is participating in Ozwater'20 Online as a Major sponsor. From June 2 to 25, 2020, Veolia will be online to interact with new and existing key clients, and to share insights with professionals from the municipal and industry markets in two focus presentations and two thirst quencher presentations, as well as through a live chat on the exhibition hub.
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Veolia and Veolia Water Technologies have been sponsoring Ozwater events for the past 5 years and we are dedicated to providing the industry with a suite of water and wastewater technologies.
Ozwater continues to be an ideal platform for us to present our latest innovation to all water professionals and associated industries. As our team interacts with international water professionals at the event, we look forward to learning more about current and new challenges in the market to aid in our research to develop effective solutions to these challenges.
Follow our next events’ sponsorship involvement with the AWA:
September 2020 (to be confirmed)
NSW State Conference in Tamworth, NSW
The theme is Planning and Building a Resilient Water Future for NSW and aligns with the AWA's strategy to share, connect and inspire professionals across the water industry.
November 2020
Q’Water & North Queensland Regional Conference in the Sunshine Coast, QLD
As long lasting sponsor of the Q’Water conference, Veolia is excited to join this event again this year.
Due to the pandemic, the AWA decided to combine this event with the NQ conference, which theme is Reefs, Catchments and Climate Resilience and a number of sub-themes include upskilling our future workforce, keeping businesses agile in a changing climate, and strategies to protect our reefs.
Digital and Safety
Digital offering
All the attributes of the digital world – mobility, data science, the cloud, the Internet of Things, etc. – are being brought into play to assist with Veolia’s ambitious digital transformation.
This transformation is guided by a “digital roadmap.” Created collectively by the headquarters and the operational units, it has been expanded to include the expectations garnered from employees, customers and end users.
Veolia’s Smart Water Services have been designed to support water authorities and industries improve their water network management and infrastructure. They offer more than standard maintenance services or equipment supply, by offering unique innovations which are tailored to suit your water operation’s needs.
The boom in new information technologies, as well as the progress made in the field of smart sensors and meters, have in recent years made it possible to introduce new services known as "smart water monitoring".
This refers to the remote real-time monitoring of your water system. The monitoring service relies on automated protocols on one hand, and on the other hand on the intervention of operators, who act on the basis of the information collected. The entire service significantly optimizes the performance of the system.
Temperatures, pressure, flow, electrical intensity, humidity, power emitted or consumed, average, peaks, dips in consumption, incidents, etc. The data monitored may vary widely depending on the type of system, the calculation capacity, the level of detail sought, and even the visualization or reporting solutions related to it.
Hubgrade
Case studies
Videos
Hubgrade Smart Monitoring Center - 5'47
Waternamics Offering Animation - 3'05
IWN Western Water Waternamics - 3'27
IWN and Western Water celebrate Waternamics program - 7’59
Other
Presentations
Presentations
Case studies
Aquavista Benefits - 0’58
Videos
Aquavista Offering - 4’10
Aquavista Case Study of BlueKolding 4’11
Aquavista Plant Offer - 4’43
Other
Aquavista
Case studies
Aquadiag Testimonial - 1’54
Videos
Aquadiag Presentation - 1’39
Other
Aquadiag
Safety
Like many businesses Veolia had Crisis Management and Business Continuity Plans in place prior to COVID19 becoming widespread, however, many of the plans did not contemplate a pandemic as significant as COVID19. Veolia ANZ's early response in January 2020 was to minimise national and international travel for all staff. This was a common response for Veolia globally.
Learn more about our engagements in the following documents.
Veolia is committed to:
Fostering a ‘No Compromise’ approach to providing a safe workplace for our employees, contractors and visitors.
This is underpinned by the ‘Always Safe’ principles which are at the forefront of everything we do, namely:
proactively identifying and managing risks to workplace health and safety;
- clearly communicating responsibilities and accountabilities to personnel for compliance with workplace health and safety requirements;
- complying with applicable legal and other requirements;
- setting clear objectives and targets designed for continual improvement to workplace health and safety performance;
- monitoring and reviewing the ongoing effectiveness of the workplace health and safety programs; and
- ensuring that the appropriate resources are available to support the implementation and ongoing management in meeting the requirements of AS/NZS 4801 and OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management system standards as part of the integrated business management system.
- Working closely with our customers to provide a workplace free from harm.
Empowering personnel through: - consultation on changes to workplace health and safety arrangements;
- training to ensure they to have the necessary competencies to perform their work safely; and
- active safety leadership and engagement – every employee, contractor or visitor is authorised to stop an unsafe act or circumstance.
Presentations
Case studies
Videos
Veolia Life-Saving Rules 2’32
Hunter Water - working with contractors
Veolia health and safety induction 2’39
Other
Safety standards
Veolia would like to thank and acknowledge Hunter Water for the use of this video sharing collaborative insights and best practices on our work togethe
Speak to an expert
Quentin Bechet, Ph.D. Project Manager Water Veolia ANZ
Yves Andre, Smart Systems Manager Veolia ANZ
Peter Nicholas, Project Safety Specialist Veolia ANZ
Would you like to learn more about our digital offerings for the water industry - book a call with our experts to learn more.
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Safety
Digital Offerings
Speaker: Thomas Honer
General Manager at Windhoek Goreangab Operating Company
About Thomas Honer
50 years of direct potable reuse Windhoek, Namibia
- Oct. 1995 – 2001: Chemistry at the University of Tuebingen in Germany (Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet). Obtained the degree of “Diplom-Chemiker” (equivalent to M. Sc. In Chemistry)
- 1999: Biotechnology in Australia (University of New South Wales)
- 2002 – 2009: Researcher and Tutor at the University of Tuebingen in the research group of Prof. Ziegler (doctoral candidate/PhD-Student). Obtained the degree of Dr. rer. nat. (doctorate in natural sciences)
- 2009: Moved to Namibia (marriage to a Namibian and meanwhile father of two children)
- 2009 – 2017 (March): Aqua Services and Engineering (Veolia Water Technologies), last position: General Manager: Chemicals
- As from 2012: Moderator and occasionally lecturer at NUST (Namibia University of Science and Technology)
- As from April 2017: General Manager at Windhoek Goreangab Operating Company (Wingoc).
June 18th, 2020
Smart Data driving efficiency in Lyon, France
Speaker: Thierry Witkowicz
Senior Vice President Business Development - Smart Cities & Business Partner
Thierry Witkowicz is in charge of developing Veolia's digital solutions worldwide. He successfully started his mission by signing the first smart business deals in Australia and France. Prior to that, he was Deputy Zone Director and member of the Executive Committee of Veolia Water in France. Throughout his career, he has successfully carried out development and organizational projects in the field of environmental services, particularly in water, in France and abroad. He began his career in Brazil, then created and developed Veolia's business in China for 10 years. He has won numerous contracts for building drinking water and wastewater treatment plants throughout China and signed Veolia's first joint ventures in Tianjin and Chengdu. Additionally, he successfully managed the renewal of the Grand Lyon contract (660M€ turnover) by making it entirely digital.
About Thierry Witkowicz
June 18th, 2020
Veolia Presentations
Speaker: Melissa Mellado Ruiz
Water Operations Business Development Manager
About Melissa Mellado Ruiz
Mélissa Mellado Ruiz has been in charge of municipal water business development in Australia since October 2019. She has strong expertise in digital, resilience, inclusive and circular economy offers of the Group and is supporting Veolia smart water positioning to help urban ecosystems identify their water challenges to transform them into long term opportunities.
Prior to coming to Australia, she was at the Paris headquarters, building a global partnership with 100 Resilient Cities (pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation) and leading the structuration of Municipal and Commercial Global Accounts, deploying synergies between water, waste and energy activities. Before that, she also worked as International Key Account manager for Dalkia industrial energy division, supporting local growth action plans.
Simplifying high-risk management standards for frontline workers
June 9th 2020
Veolia's continuing journey of Reconciliation
- successes and learnings
Hannah Franklin is Veolia’s Community Sustainability Manager and is responsible for spanning the boundary of social and environmental initiatives to ensure Veolia is an active and positive member in the communities in which we operate. Working in conjunction with our charity partners, communities and other key stakeholders, Hannah works to coordinate Veolia’s Reconciliation Action Plan and key social and charity sustainability actions. Hannah has an honours bachelor degree in Geography from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has a keen interest in the environment, the power of community , gender rights and volunteering.
About Hannah Franklin
Speaker: Hannah Franklin
Community Sustainability Manager
Speaker: Nathan Landon
Environmental & Safety Specialist
About Nathan Landon
Nathan Landon is a Mununjali man, with experience in the development of RAP frameworks, initiatives and protocol development with local indigenous stakeholders. He currently works at the Tugun Desalination plant located on the Gold Coast in Yugambeh country and holds the position of Environmental and Safety Specialist. Experience having worked in various industries including abattoirs, dairies, coal seam gas, and theme-parks focusing on environmental protection, sustainability and safety. Also has previously worked with QLD environmental regulator as part of the Ipswich and Gold Coast teams, ensuring compliance of local industry with relevant legislation. Finally was an active participant in the first strike response team of the MV Pacific Adventurer on Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) and Qunadamooka Country.
June 25th, 2020
Ozwater'20 online