Veolia Environmental Launches New Web Portal

Date: September 21, 2009

Source: Veolia Environmental Services North America

Veolia Environmental Services Launches EnvironmentalPassion.com

  • Advertising Program, Digital Initiatives Support New Web Portal

Veolia Environmental Services North America (VESNA), the North American waste services division of Veolia Environnement (NYSE:VE), today announced the launch of EnvironmentalPassion.com, a web portal tied to the company's ongoing brand awareness campaign. The portal is being supported by an interactive widget, online advertising and truck graphics.

Titled ‘Passion', the campaign expresses the company's commitment to implementing sustainable practices to preserve the environment for future generations. "In creating EnvironmentalPassion.com, our aim was to develop a portal that would help people understand how our passion for the environment drives the top priorities for our company. Additionally, the site will help visitors learn more about how we embrace the business of turning waste into a resource," said Curtis Mabry, VESNA's VP for sales, marketing and communications.

The web portal's content provides a backdrop to VESNA's business and passion through capabilities statements, case studies and employee stories. It also includes opportunities for the viewer to test their recycling knowledge with a quiz and to determine their carbon footprint. In addition, a widget, titled ‘Veoliacity', showcases how different types of waste are handled in a variety of circumstances, through animation and interactivity.

Online advertising and truck graphics take visual cues from the web portal's home page. The creative executions depict the business of VESNA in parallel with a scene from nature. A black and white business image is ‘peeled' back to reveal a colorful environmental image, demonstrating both the company's business and passion. The graphics also support the portal's messaging with the tagline, "Our business is environmental services. Our passion is the environment." Online ads are running in select trade and business publications from September through December, and the truck graphics can be seen in several markets throughout the US and Canada.

Mabry continued, "We wanted to demonstrate our passion for the environment, while creating a place where our customers could find out a little bit more about our people and our culture. We hope EnvironmentalPassion.com will help jump start a larger dialogue about environmental initiatives with our clients and the broader community."

About Veolia Environmental Services North America

Veolia Environmental Services North America Corp., headquartered in Chicago, IL, offers fully integrated environmental solutions to virtually all industrial, commercial, municipal and residential sectors. It is part of the Veolia Environmental Services (VES) group, the only global manager of liquid, solid, non-hazardous and hazardous waste; on-site waste processing, industrial cleaning and process maintenance; and recycling, recovery and disposal for both the public and private sectors. VES is the largest waste services company in the world. It has over 100,000 employees in 42 countries and posted revenues of $14.1 billion in 2008. Veolia Environnement (NYSE:VE), the parent of VES, with operations in water, waste, energy and transportation management, has more than 336,000 employees in 72 countries and recorded revenues of $50.4 billion in 2008. For more information, please visit www.VeoliaES.com.

For more information, contact:
Veolia Environmental Services North America
Denisse Ike, 312-552-2800
Denisse.ike@veoliaes.com.
or
On Ideas
Denise Graham, 904-354-2600
Denisegraham@onideas.com.

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