[ Press releases listing ](/media/media/news-and-press-releases " Press releases listing") 28 Sep. 2021 ## At Veolia, we play an important role in protecting and preserving our natural environment, making businesses more sustainable and helping our local communities. And, despite all the challenges faced over the past 18 months, we’ve achieved so much when it comes to sustainability in Ireland and Northern Ireland. To summarise some of our great achievements, we’re pleased to release our 2020 Sustainability Report. Here's a quick summary of what you'll find in it! [ ![Veolia Ireland Sustainability Report 2020 content push](/sites/g/files/dvc2576/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2021/09/Content_Push_Tile_320_x_245pxls%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=nMSS4uey) ](/veolia-ireland-sustainability-report-2020 "Veolia Ireland Sustainability Report 2020") Sustainability [Veolia Ireland Sustainability Report 2020](/veolia-ireland-sustainability-report-2020 "Veolia Ireland Sustainability Report 2020") Our latest Sustainability Report shows how Veolia’s team right across the island of Ireland is continuing to deliver sustainable solutions for our customers and our communities while looking after our people. [Read more](/veolia-ireland-sustainability-report-2020 "Read more") ### People Throughout 2020, we placed a special emphasis on mental health and wellbeing. This included a series of video interviews with our regional directors on their approach to mental health. We also managed to recruit 70 new people and record 35,589 hours of training. ### Social We marked the 10-year anniversary of the Veolia Connect community fund, and celebrated global awareness day such as Earth Day, Environment Day and Biodiversity Day. ### Environmental Our work with Business in the Community continued and we signed up as a Business Supporter of the All Ireland Pollinator Plan. We also managed nearly 100,000 tonnes of waste. ### Commercial We began work on our energy performance contract for St James’s Hospital in Dublin: a 20-year contract that will save 118,380 tonnes of CO2. In addition to this, we completed the upgrade to the Liscarton Water Treatment Plant, benefitting some 40,000 people, and used our European network of waste facilities to provide a continuous service to our hazardous waste customers. ### Economic and Financial Our investment in our IT infrastructure allowed us to keep our employees safe and continue to collect and treat waste, operate water and wastewater treatment plants and deliver secure, reliable supplies of industrial utilities. ### Interesting reading [ ![Sustainability Beyond the Rhetoric webinar series card](/sites/g/files/dvc2576/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2021/08/Beyond%20the%20Rhetoric%20BITCI%20content%20push_0.jpg.webp?itok=P_XSnNc0) ](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/veolia-ireland_beyondtherhetoric-activity-6718807130062782465-1C54 "Sustainability. Beyond the Rhetoric") CSR [Sustainability. Beyond the Rhetoric](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/veolia-ireland_beyondtherhetoric-activity-6718807130062782465-1C54 "Sustainability. Beyond the Rhetoric") Veolia was delighted to support the webinar series 'Sustainability. Beyond the Rhetoric', a three-day flagship collection of webinars looking at Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) organised by Business in the Community Ireland [Read more](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/veolia-ireland_beyondtherhetoric-activity-6718807130062782465-1C54 "Sustainability. Beyond the Rhetoric") [ ![We Are Resourcers logo](/sites/g/files/dvc2576/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2020/07/%23WAR%20logo%20for%20web.png.webp?itok=tWfE8wA5) ](/media/news-and-press-releases/expressing-veolias-purpose-through-art "Expressing Veolia's purpose through art") CSR - 30 June 2020 [Expressing Veolia's purpose through art](/media/news-and-press-releases/expressing-veolias-purpose-through-art "Expressing Veolia's purpose through art") As part of Environment Day 2020 we held an art competition for our employees and their children. And the results were just incredible so we decided to share them here. [Read more](/media/news-and-press-releases/expressing-veolias-purpose-through-art "Read more") [ ![Launch of the Energy Performance contact for St James's Hospital in Dublin](/sites/g/files/dvc2576/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2020/12/StJamesHospitalEPC24%20_%20Content%20Push.jpg.webp?itok=IMfG_FK2) ](/media/news-and-press-releases/st-jamess-hospital-implement-largest-energy-performance-contract "St James’s Hospital implement largest Energy Performance Contract in Irish healthcare") Customers - 07 December 2020 [St James’s Hospital implement largest Energy Performance Contract in Irish healthcare](/media/news-and-press-releases/st-jamess-hospital-implement-largest-energy-performance-contract "St James’s Hospital implement largest Energy Performance Contract in Irish healthcare") The contract will deliver €26 million in guaranteed savings and reduce carbon footprint by 118,380 tonnes [Read more](/media/news-and-press-releases/st-jamess-hospital-implement-largest-energy-performance-contract "Read more")