SDG 15: Saving soils through remediation

09min | 10/27/2021

Description

In this episode — focused on SDG 15: life on land — we visit two places where Veolia Water Technologies has helped undo environmental damage such as purifying untreated water from an abandoned open-pit mine in Canada, and removing Agent Orange from soils at Da Nang Airport in Vietnam.

First we hear from Philippe Sainte-Marie, Tender and Procurement Director for Veolia Water Technologies in Canada. He explains how installing a water treatment plant to decontaminate the water from the lead-zinc mine was a big challenge for him and his team.

Next Maiken Faurbye, Department Manager for Soil Remediation at Krûger A/S shares
how she fulfilled her wish of using her geology education for something meaningful and useful for the environment.

Want to learn more about our contribution to 11 SDGs: https://bit.ly/3f54imv

Check out our social media: Twitter, LinkedIn

Podcast Producer: tootakpro.fr / Pierre Denis

Audio director: Katia Grivot

Audio reporter and Voice off : Zoe Brown

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Blue Gold - Veolia Water Technologies

Blue Gold, nine goals, nine episodes to discover inspiring real-life stories that show the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in action.

The 17 SDGs were established in 2015 by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. At Veolia Water Technologies we are a major contributor to 11 of the 17 SDGs and we will continue to contribute to all SDGs wherever water is concerned. We can’t tell you we contribute to the 11 of the 17 SDGs by only talking about technologies, pipes, etc., because the SDGs are also, and above all, a human journey.

And so, Blue Gold captures the true stories of our employees, our partners and our customers who are working together to preserve water, an increasingly scarce resource, to help eliminate poverty, provide sustainable cities and communities for future generations and fight climate change.

Each story is told by a real person who works every day to protect our global water resources, such as a newly hired Canadian engineer and their first mission to decontaminate mine water, to the mobilization of a Spanish-English speaking team to supply drinking water to an entire city after a category five hurricane.

Want to learn more about how Veolia Water Technologies contributes to 11 SDGs : https://bit.ly/3f54imv

Check out our social media:
Twitter : https://bit.ly/39Kw2u8

LinkedIn : https://bit.ly/2XVwa7k

Podcast Producer : tootakpro.fr / Pierre DENIS

Audio director : Katia GRIVOT

Audio reporter and Voice off : Zoe BROWN

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Blue Gold - Veolia Water Technologies

Blue Gold, nine goals, nine episodes to discover inspiring real-life stories that show the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in action.

The 17 SDGs were established in 2015 by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. At Veolia Water Technologies we are a major contributor to 11 of the 17 SDGs and we will continue to contribute to all SDGs wherever water is concerned. We can’t tell you we contribute to the 11 of the 17 SDGs by only talking about technologies, pipes, etc., because the SDGs are also, and above all, a human journey.

And so, Blue Gold captures the true stories of our employees, our partners and our customers who are working together to preserve water, an increasingly scarce resource, to help eliminate poverty, provide sustainable cities and communities for future generations and fight climate change.

Each story is told by a real person who works every day to protect our global water resources, such as a newly hired Canadian engineer and their first mission to decontaminate mine water, to the mobilization of a Spanish-English speaking team to supply drinking water to an entire city after a category five hurricane.

Want to learn more about how Veolia Water Technologies contributes to 11 SDGs : https://bit.ly/3f54imv

Check out our social media:
Twitter : https://bit.ly/39Kw2u8

LinkedIn : https://bit.ly/2XVwa7k

Podcast Producer : tootakpro.fr / Pierre DENIS

Audio director : Katia GRIVOT

Audio reporter and Voice off : Zoe BROWN

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

In this episode — focused on SDG 15: life on land — we visit two places where Veolia Water Technologies has helped undo environmental damage such as purifying untreated water from an abandoned open-pit mine in Canada, and removing Agent Orange from soils at Da Nang Airport in Vietnam.

First we hear from Philippe Sainte-Marie, Tender and Procurement Director for Veolia Water Technologies in Canada. He explains how installing a water treatment plant to decontaminate the water from the lead-zinc mine was a big challenge for him and his team.

Next Maiken Faurbye, Department Manager for Soil Remediation at Krûger A/S shares
how she fulfilled her wish of using her geology education for something meaningful and useful for the environment.

Want to learn more about our contribution to 11 SDGs: https://bit.ly/3f54imv

Check out our social media: Twitter, LinkedIn

Podcast Producer: tootakpro.fr / Pierre Denis

Audio director: Katia Grivot

Audio reporter and Voice off : Zoe Brown

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Blue Gold - Veolia Water Technologies

Blue Gold, nine goals, nine episodes to discover inspiring real-life stories that show the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in action.

The 17 SDGs were established in 2015 by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. At Veolia Water Technologies we are a major contributor to 11 of the 17 SDGs and we will continue to contribute to all SDGs wherever water is concerned. We can’t tell you we contribute to the 11 of the 17 SDGs by only talking about technologies, pipes, etc., because the SDGs are also, and above all, a human journey.

And so, Blue Gold captures the true stories of our employees, our partners and our customers who are working together to preserve water, an increasingly scarce resource, to help eliminate poverty, provide sustainable cities and communities for future generations and fight climate change.

Each story is told by a real person who works every day to protect our global water resources, such as a newly hired Canadian engineer and their first mission to decontaminate mine water, to the mobilization of a Spanish-English speaking team to supply drinking water to an entire city after a category five hurricane.

Want to learn more about how Veolia Water Technologies contributes to 11 SDGs : https://bit.ly/3f54imv

Check out our social media:
Twitter : https://bit.ly/39Kw2u8

LinkedIn : https://bit.ly/2XVwa7k

Podcast Producer : tootakpro.fr / Pierre DENIS

Audio director : Katia GRIVOT

Audio reporter and Voice off : Zoe BROWN

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Blue Gold - Veolia Water Technologies

Blue Gold, nine goals, nine episodes to discover inspiring real-life stories that show the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in action.

The 17 SDGs were established in 2015 by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. At Veolia Water Technologies we are a major contributor to 11 of the 17 SDGs and we will continue to contribute to all SDGs wherever water is concerned. We can’t tell you we contribute to the 11 of the 17 SDGs by only talking about technologies, pipes, etc., because the SDGs are also, and above all, a human journey.

And so, Blue Gold captures the true stories of our employees, our partners and our customers who are working together to preserve water, an increasingly scarce resource, to help eliminate poverty, provide sustainable cities and communities for future generations and fight climate change.

Each story is told by a real person who works every day to protect our global water resources, such as a newly hired Canadian engineer and their first mission to decontaminate mine water, to the mobilization of a Spanish-English speaking team to supply drinking water to an entire city after a category five hurricane.

Want to learn more about how Veolia Water Technologies contributes to 11 SDGs : https://bit.ly/3f54imv

Check out our social media:
Twitter : https://bit.ly/39Kw2u8

LinkedIn : https://bit.ly/2XVwa7k

Podcast Producer : tootakpro.fr / Pierre DENIS

Audio director : Katia GRIVOT

Audio reporter and Voice off : Zoe BROWN

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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