Veolia North America has been
recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation's
Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in
2014.
CHICAGO, March 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Intel award
highlights industry-leading commitment by suppliers across all
critical focus areas on which they are measured: quality, cost,
availability, technology, customer service, labor and ethics
systems and environmental sustainability. Veolia is recognized for
significant contributions providing Intel with waste management
services deemed essential to Intel's success.
"Veolia has been an environmental services provider to Intel
since 2000, supporting its environmental management program in six
countries around the world. Knowing there are many deserving
suppliers, we are extremely pleased and honored to receive the 2014
Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for the second consecutive
year. We take great pride in knowing that our solutions help Intel
achieve its sustainability goals, minimize its environmental impact
and maximize the use of waste as a resource," said Bob Cappadona, SVP Veolia North America's
Industrial Business.
"Suppliers such as Veolia are unique valued partners, as
evidenced by achieving back-to-back PQS awards. Veolia continues to
bring forward innovative ideas to reduce our costs, improve our
environmental footprint and help Intel achieve our strategic
environmental goals while role modeling customer service and
continued robust business continuity plans. Thank you for the many
years of successful partnership and we look forward to even bigger
achievements going forward," said Todd
Brady, Intel's Director Corporate Environmental.
The PQS award is part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality
Improvement (SCQI) program that encourages suppliers to strive for
excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for PQS status,
suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card that assesses
performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability,
technology, environmental, social and governance goals. Suppliers
must also achieve 80 percent or greater on a challenging
improvement plan and demonstrate solid quality and business
systems. Additional information about the SCQI program is available
at http://intel.com/go/quality.
A celebration to honor PQS award winners was held in
Santa Clara, California themed
"Innovating to Deliver Smart and Connected Devices," which
illustrates the contributions this supplier has made in 2014. In
addition, there was an announcement on Intel's website at
http://intel.com.
Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource
management. With over 179,000 employees* worldwide, the Group
designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions
that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and
industries. Through its three complementary business activities,
Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available
resources, and to replenish them.
In 2014, the Veolia group supplied 96 million people with
drinking water and 60 million people with wastewater service,
produced 52 million megawatt hours of energy and converted 31
million metric tons of waste into new materials and energy. Veolia
Environnement (listed on Paris Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated
revenue of €24.4 billion* in 2014. www.veolia.com
(*) 2014 pro-forma figures, including Dalkia International
(100%) and excluding Dalkia France.
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