The company is occupying 34,500 square feet of space in downtown Chicago.
The complex is home to 60 executive managers and administrative personnel from four operational groups focused on water services and technologies, waste services, energy and facility management, and passenger transportation. The four operational groups — Veolia Environmental Services, Veolia Water, Veolia Energy and Veolia Transportation — have a combined North American revenues of about $4.5 billion, and they employ more than 30,000 workers.
The new space meets sustainable development standards for the U.S. Green Building Council’s “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” program.
Michel Gourvennec, CEO of the Veolia Environment group in North America, said the headquarters builds on a base of about 1,000 local employees and combined annual revenues of approximately $240 million in the Chicago metro area.
“Chicago offers a perfect, centralized location for managing our North America operations and for consolidating our business leadership,” Gourvennec said. “The city of Chicago’s many environmental initiatives mirror our focus on sustainable development and our interest in providing leading-edge environmental programs for our municipal, industrial and commercial customers.”
Rita Athas, executive director of World Business Chicago, the city’s economic development office, said Chicago’s talent pool, infrastructure, access to the world and high quality of life will contribute the success of the company.
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