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 28 Oct. 2014 



 

 

 

In 2000, Veolia set up its regional head office in Hong Kong, the commercial and financial hub of Asia, ideally situated as regards the 3 principal countries where the Group operates on the continent: China (Mainland), Korea and Japan.

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Veolia also exercises its 3 activities in Hong Kong through four principal contracts: the treatment of chemical waste (100,000 tons annually), the South East New Territories landfill (36% of Hong Kong’s waste), the sludge incineration plant (2,000 tons of sludge re-used in the form of heat and electricity each day), and the district cooling system plant at Kai Tak.



 

 

 



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Veolia employs approximately 190,000 people around the world, including 26,000 in Asia-Pacific. The long-term contracts we operate under in Hong Kong will allow us to construct long-term relationships based on trust. In 2000, our turnover in Asia was €50 million. Today it is €1 billion.

 

Antoine Frérot

 

Chairman and CEO of Veolia

 

 

 

 

 





The environment is one of the sectors where economic cooperation between Hong Kong and France is increasing: improving the energy efficiency of urban infrastructures and industries or using new sources of energy are among the priorities of the city.