Friday, May 30, 2025
Veolia has announced that Nicolas Germond has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Veolia Canada. Germond was previously CEO for Veolia Belgium and Luxembourg. Building on Veolia Canada’s recent successes in 2024, the company has developed a strong platform for expansion in the areas of municipal waste, municipal water, hazardous waste and on-site services.
Germond will be responsible for leading the company’s GreenUp strategic growth plan in Canada to expand Veolia’s leadership in providing integrated environmental services to cities and industries in the water, waste and energy sectors to help customers achieve their operational and sustainability goals.
“I am thrilled to join Veolia Canada at this pivotal moment as we continue to build on our strong foundation and expand our integrated environmental services across the country,” said Germond. “With our GreenUp strategic growth plan and our dedicated team, we are well-positioned to help Canadian cities and industries achieve their sustainability goals while maintaining our leadership in water, waste, and energy solutions.”
Since 1948, Veolia has grown to include over 31 operations across Canada including a research and development facility and three manufacturing operations with over 1,000 employees.
A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.
Nicolas Germond has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Veolia Canada.
Veolia Group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Present on five continents with 215,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for the management of water, waste and energy that are contributing to a radical turnaround of the current situation. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them. In 2024, the Veolia group provided 111 million inhabitants with drinking water and 98 million with sanitation, produced 42 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 65 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement achieved consolidated revenue of 44.7 billion euros in 2024.
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Featured image: The Ashbridges Bay Biosolids Pelletizer, which Veolia operates and manages for the City of Toronto, produces a commercial fertilizer known as Nutri-Pel. credit: Veolia
