Veolia Environnement
E132003
Veolia Environnement is a French multinational company specializing in water, waste, and energy management services worldwide.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Veolia Environnement canonical | 2 |
| SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions | 1 |
| Veolia Energy | 1 |
| Veolia Environmental Services | 1 |
| Veolia Water | 1 |
| Vivendi Environnement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151513 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veolia Environnement Context triple: [CAC 40, hasComponent, Veolia Environnement]
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A.
Thales Group
Thales Group is a French multinational company specializing in aerospace, defense, security, and transportation technologies and systems.
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B.
Areva
Areva was a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy technologies, known for its involvement in the entire nuclear fuel cycle.
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C.
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
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D.
TF1 Group
TF1 Group is a major French media conglomerate best known for operating France’s leading television channel TF1 and various other broadcasting and digital media assets.
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E.
PSA Group
PSA Group was a major French automotive manufacturer best known for producing Peugeot, Citroën, and DS vehicles before merging to form Stellantis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veolia Environnement Target entity description: Veolia Environnement is a French multinational company specializing in water, waste, and energy management services worldwide.
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A.
Thales Group
Thales Group is a French multinational company specializing in aerospace, defense, security, and transportation technologies and systems.
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B.
Areva
Areva was a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy technologies, known for its involvement in the entire nuclear fuel cycle.
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C.
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
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D.
TF1 Group
TF1 Group is a major French media conglomerate best known for operating France’s leading television channel TF1 and various other broadcasting and digital media assets.
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E.
PSA Group
PSA Group was a major French automotive manufacturer best known for producing Peugeot, Citroën, and DS vehicles before merging to form Stellantis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multinational company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ utility company ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
district cooling
ⓘ
district heating ⓘ energy efficiency services ⓘ resource recovery ⓘ waste collection ⓘ waste recycling ⓘ wastewater treatment ⓘ water distribution ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| focus |
circular economy
ⓘ
climate change mitigation ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| formerName |
Veolia Environnement
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vivendi Environnement
|
| foundationPlace | France ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Compagnie Générale des Eaux ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
long-term service contracts
ⓘ
public-private partnerships ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Transdev (historical stake)
ⓘ
Veolia Environnement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Veolia Energy
Veolia Environnement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Veolia Environmental Services
Veolia Environnement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Veolia Water
|
| headquartersLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| industry |
energy services
ⓘ
environmental services ⓘ waste management ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| legalForm | Société anonyme ⓘ |
| listedIn | France ⓘ |
| notableCompetitor |
Engie
ⓘ
surface form:
Engie (in some energy services)
Suez ⓘ |
| offersServiceTo |
commercial clients
ⓘ
industrial clients ⓘ municipalities ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Compagnie Générale des Eaux ⓘ |
| provides |
consulting in environmental management
ⓘ
infrastructure management services ⓘ operations and maintenance services ⓘ |
| regulatorySector | public utilities ⓘ |
| sector |
environmental infrastructure
ⓘ
utilities ⓘ |
| serviceArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Euronext
ⓘ
surface form:
Euronext Paris
|
| stockIndex | CAC 40 ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | VIE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Veolia Environnement Description of subject: Veolia Environnement is a French multinational company specializing in water, waste, and energy management services worldwide.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vivendi Environnement
this entity surface form:
Veolia Water
this entity surface form:
Veolia Environmental Services
this entity surface form:
Veolia Energy
this entity surface form:
SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions