Veolia in the UK, a global leader in environmental services, has been included in the Sunday Times ‘Best Places to Work’ list for the fourth year in a row demonstrating the company's commitment to being an organisation that values, supports and connects with its workforce.
The Sunday Times ‘Best Places to Work’ list has become a benchmark for companies throughout the UK to demonstrate the connection they have with their people, measured through an in-depth employee survey.
Key takeaways from Veolia’s results were:
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Job satisfaction: 80 per cent (4 percentage points higher than the industry average for energy and utility companies)
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Empowerment: 79 per cent
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Wellbeing: 78 per cent
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Instilling pride: 80 per cent
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Diversity and Inclusion score: -1 (using a neutral-anchored scale from -100 to +100, where a score closest to 0 is best, a score between -20 and 20 is considered excellent)
A Workplace For Everyone
The survey reported an excellent score for Veolia’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. As the UK’s largest employer in the waste management industry, Veolia in the UK takes immense pride in championing inclusivity through its hiring processes that seek to attract talented people from diverse communities. Examples of this include a collaboration with Big Issue Recruit and Veolia’s in-house prison leaver programme, Next Steps. Veolia in the UK is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, as well as being an Age Inclusive accredited employer, recognising Veolia’s commitment to creating a workplace that actively values, recruits, and retains workers from every generation.
In recognition of its inclusive hiring pathways, Veolia UK has just this month been named as a Top 50 Employer of Veterans in the UK from a pool of 14,000 organisations signed to the Armed Forces Covenant. This recognition is a significant accomplishment, demonstrating Veolia’s exceptional work supporting veterans and the wider Armed Forces community in the UK. .
Passionate About Development
The strong survey results are also a recognition of Veolia’s commitment to training and development. The company provides a large range of in-house training as well as apprenticeship programmes. Veolia recently celebrated National Apprenticeship Week, recognising the 400+ apprentices currently upskilling throughout the business.
Committed to Wellbeing
With an overall happiness and wellbeing score of 78 per cent, Veolia, which currently employs over 14,000 people in the UK, is actively pursuing a strategy of creating a culture which attracts the best talent through the current workforce advocating strongly for the company. When making a decision on where to apply for a job, 84 per cent of job seekers say the reputation of a company as an employer of choice is important, highlighting the importance of a strong company culture that resonates with its people. This strong employee advocacy is reflected in Veolia’s consistently high 4/5 employee sentiment score on Glassdoor in the UK.
This intention forms the bedrock of Veolia UK’s new 2026 Inclusion and Wellbeing Commitments that continue to champion these values within the workforce. These commitments include:
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Bring Generations Together: Actively bringing generations together into the organisation to learn from one another, share knowledge and build stronger more connected teams.
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Increase Representation: Determined approach to bringing together a wider and diverse range of people, giving teams the best opportunity to succeed.
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Create A Sense Of Belonging: Putting inclusion front and centre in the worklife of Veolia’s people, supported by comprehensive resources to support inclusivity in how Veolia’s people work, communicate and recognise one another.
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Care For Our People: Providing a wide range of resources through our ‘Veolia Cares’ programme to support the workforce whether that's mental, physical, social or financial wellbeing so every Veolia employee in the UK can work with confidence knowing they have the tools to tackle life's challenges.
Responding to the news of our fourth consecutive win, Pascal Hauret, Managing Director for Municipal at Veolia in the UK said: “This recognition is particularly meaningful for our teams who are the face of Veolia in communities across the country. Our 14,000 colleagues truly embody our purpose and when our employees tell us this is a great place to work, it shows we're making real progress - and we're committed to continuing that journey.”
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