Veolia and the Saudi Investment Recycling Company Sign a Memorandum of Understanding to Create the Regional Champion in Waste Treatment
04 December 2024 - 1:05AM
Business Wire
- As part of an ambitious agreement, Veolia and the Saudi
Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), owned by the Public Investment
Fund of Saudi Arabia, are partnering to manage organic, industrial,
and hazardous waste at a regional and national level in accordance
with the Vision 2030 program initiated by His Highness Crown Prince
Mohamed bin Salman.
- Through this memorandum of understanding, the two actors aim to
combine their resources and skills to preserve the resource,
decontaminate and decarbonize the country by producing green
energy, in line with the GreenUp 24-27 strategic plan carried by
Veolia, and of which the Middle East is one of the geographical
boosters.
- Present for over 35 years and firmly established in Saudi
Arabia, Veolia is thus intensifying its activity and local
footprint in the strategic sector of waste treatment.
Regulatory News:
On the occasion of a state visit by the President of the French
Republic Emmanuel Macron to Saudi Arabia, Veolia (Paris:VIE)
announces the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the
Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) in the waste sector, one
of its three historical businesses.
Already firmly established in the Middle East, Veolia plans,
by 2030, to accelerate its turnover by + 50 % to take advantage
of its cutting-edge technologies and expertise alongside its
industrial and municipal clients. The Group has chosen to make the
region one of its geographical boosters of the GreenUp 24-27
strategic plan and for this purpose relies on a large number of
structuring projects in the water, energy and waste sectors.
In 2023, Veolia recorded a consolidated turnover of €280
million and had 2,500 employees in Saudi Arabia out of a
total of 1.1 billion euros in the Middle East, with strong growth.
More specifically, in the waste sector: the Group processed 4.1
million tons of industrial waste at the national level and had
a hazardous waste treatment capacity of over 350 KT through
the activity of emblematic plants.
The signing of this large-scale partnership with the Saudi
Investment Recycling Company, a leading player committed to the
circular economy, aims to increase existing capacities in order to
create, by 2027, a true national and regional champion in the
treatment of organic, industrial and hazardous waste in Saudi
Arabia.
With its strong international presence and combined expertise in
the fields of water, waste and local decarbonizing energy
production, Veolia will be able to rely on its know-how to offer
the Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) a personalised
collaboration model, based on innovation and efficiency to support
the ambitions of the Vision 2030 program, launched in 2016.
"Facing the consequences of climate change, which are
particularly tangible in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia, the
stakes are immense to preserve resources, regenerate them, and pool
expertise and tools. We are very proud to participate today,
alongside the Saudi Investment Recycling Company, in this ambitious
project for the ecological transformation of the Kingdom and more
broadly of the region. The future is being built now and the waste
sector is a key lever for action to meet the challenge of
ecological transformation", declares Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO
of Veolia.
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ABOUT VEOLIA
Veolia's ambition is to become the benchmark company for
ecological transformation. Present on five continents with nearly
218,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys useful and
concrete solutions for water, waste and energy management that help
to radically change the game. Through its three complementary
activities, Veolia contributes to developing access to resources,
preserving available resources and renewing them. In 2023, the
Veolia group served 113 million people with drinking water and 103
million with wastewater services, produced 42 terawatt-hours of
energy and recovered 63 million metric tons of waste. Veolia
Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated sales of
45.3 billion euros in 2023. www.veolia.com
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