The contributors

Arnout Aertgeerts

Bernard Barraqué
Emeritus Research Director, AgroParisTech

Sophie Besnault
Research Engineer, INRAE

Sandra Binot-Renou
Lecturer in Management Sciences, Université Paris-Est Créteil

Guy Burette
President, Syndicat des Eaux du Vexin

Isabelle Calvez
Director of Human Resources, Veolia

Renaud Capris
CEO of Enova, Veolia

Olivier Carlat
Director of Human Resources, Veolia

Julian Carrey
Researcher, INSA Toulouse

Manuel Cermerón Romero
Chief Executive Officer, Veolia España

Dorothée Charlier
Lecturer, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc

Konstantinos Chatzis
Researcher, École des Ponts ParisTech – LATTS

Antoine Compagnon
Member of the French Academy

Nicolas Condom
President, Ecofilae

Marc Conesa
Researcher, University of Toulouse

Didier Courboillet
Deputy General Manager of Waste Recycling and Valorization, Veolia France

Victor Court
Assistant Professor, IFPEN

Jacky Dallet
President, Vendée Eau

Jérôme Denis
Researcher, Center for the Sociology of Innovation, Mines Paris

Séverine Dinghem
Director of Support to Business and Performance, Veolia

Nathalie Dufresne
Deputy Legal Director, Veolia

Christian Duquennoi
Research Engineer, Irstea

Daniel Florentin
Assistant Professor, Mines ParisTech

Pierre Forgereau
Director of Artois Douaisis Territory for Water Activity, Veolia

Stéphanie Foucard
Director of Knowledge about Society and Consumer Behavior, CITEO

Antoine Frérot
Chairman and CEO, Veolia

Martial Gabillard
Director of Resource Valorization, Veolia

Feryel Gadhoum
Business Communication Manager, Veolia

Bruno Godfroy
Deputy General Manager, Veolia Water

François Guénéron
Director of Plastic Flow in France, Veolia

Valérie Guillard
Professor, Université Paris-Dauphine

Philippe Guitard
Director of Central and Eastern Europe Zone, Veolia

Philippe Hartemann
Professor, University of Nancy

Patrick Hasbroucq
Director of Industrial Units in Hauts-de-France, Veolia

Marc-Olivier Houel
General Manager of Waste Recycling and Valorization, Veolia

Marie-Christine Huau
Agronomist and Oceanographer, Water and Climate Director, Veolia

Eric Issanchou
Technical Director of Water Activity in Ile-de-France, Veolia

Cédric L'Elchat
General Manager, SARPI, Veolia

Jean-Marie Lambert
Former Advisor to the President and HR Director, Veolia

Stéphanie Laronde
Director of Support Department, International Office for Water

Claude Laruelle

Esther Lett-Bariau
Water France Project Manager and Communication Director for Water Normandy, Veolia

Dominique Lorrain
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS

Stefan Louillat
Head of Renewable Electricity and Networks Service, ADEME

Alexander Mallinson
Regional Director of Waste Recycling and Valorization Activity - Southwest Region, Veolia

Christophe Maquet
Director of Asia Pacific Zone, Veolia

Xavier Mathieu
CEO, Birdz

Helen Micheaux
Lecturer in Management Sciences, AgroParisTech

Sandrine Motte
CEO, Eaux de Marseille

Jean-François Nogrette
Director of France and Special Waste Europe, Veolia

Fanny Pacreau
Anthropologist

Hervé Paillard
Department Director for Processes & Industrialization at Veolia Environnement's Technical Division

Annaïg Pesret-Bougaran
Sector Director - Arc en Ciel 2034, Veolia

Sophie Petibon
Sales Director France - Waste Recycling and Valorization, Veolia

Christelle Pezon
Lecturer, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Jean-Philippe Pierron
Author and Philosophy Professor, University of Burgundy

Franck Pilard
Commercial Director for Local Government Services France - Waste Recycling and Valorization Activity, Veolia

Dylan Planque
PhD Candidate and Researcher, Veolia

Yvan Poussade
Senior Process Engineer, Veolia

Grégory Quenet
Environmental Historian and Professor, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris-Saclay)

Yannick Ratte
CEO, SARP Veolia

François Reboul-Salze
Innovation Manager and REUT Expert, Veolia

Pierre Ribaute
General Manager Water France, Veolia

Dominique Richit
Former CEO, Veolia Nuclear Solution

Yannick Rumpala
Director, Research Team on the Transformations of Europe and its Societies (ERMES)

Christophe Schuermans
Market and Portfolio Development Director - Building Energy Services, Veolia

Paul-Antoine Sebbe
CEO of SEDE, Veolia

Géraldine Sénémaud
Consumer Director of Water France Activity, Veolia

Francisco Silverio Marques
Vice President - Building Energy Services, Veolia

Jean-Christophe Taret
Director of Development and Innovation, France and Special Waste Europe, Veolia

Julien Thual
Anaerobic Digestion Engineer, ADEME

Thierry Trotouin
Director of Industrial Water Markets, Veolia

Frédéric Van Heems
President and CEO of Veolia North America

Jacques Vernier
Chairman of the Biotechnology Dialogue Committee, ANSES

Françoise Weber
Director, Veolia Propreté
Remerciements
Our thanks also go to all the communication teams at Veolia, in the group, in France and around the world, to those of our customers and to the members of the association La Pompe de Cornouailles for their support, the collection of testimonies and the documentary work provided, in particular to Delphine Allard, Laure Antoni, Claire Billon-Galland, Mar Coma, Lucie Debroise, Jean-Claude Delorme, Fanny Demulier, Laure Duquesne, Valerie Eloy, Feryel Gadhoum, Carrie Griffiths, Jose Guerra, Denisse Ike, Charlotte Kerihuel, Andy Kneeland, Eloïse Laurence, Gabriella Lazzoni, Camille Lebon, Adam Lisberg, Malek Loulou, Robert Lozano, Sophie Montmailler, Amélie Ozenne, Olivier Perret, Karine Reboul, Benoît de la Rochefordière, Justine Shui, Guillaume de Stordeur, Arthur Thoux. Merci dans le même sens à Julie Tedde, Régis Annebicque et Flora Roussel, ainsi qu’à Huguette Bataille, Dolorès Bonéré, Mylène Dormegnie, Mariazita Fernandes, Stéphanie Milijic, Isabelle Perry, et Léonie Vayssade.