SAP, one of the leading providers of business software and management technologies, recently announced the winners of the 2010 SAP Quality Awards for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The gold trophy in the Large Enterprise Implementation category went to Veolia Environnement for its Agora integrated management system.
After Los Angeles, New York, London, Oxford, Berlin and Munich, the Mini E will be given a full-scale test in Paris starting this November 2010.
To ensure the success of this field trial, BMW Group France asked EDF, Veolia Environnement and INRETS to contribute their expertise across various areas of mobility.
Data gathered from participants during the course of the year will be passed on to the French authorities as part of the deal sealed between BMW and the French public authorities.
Created in 2007 by Veolia Environnement, the Veolia Observatory of Urban Lifestyles today publishes the results of its second study, Cities for Living - 2010. Carried out by the TNS Sofres market research company, the study was designed to provide a better understanding of cities and their environmental challenges.
Veolia Environnement has closed the bond exchange offer launched on June 24, 2010. The bond exchange involved Veolia Environnement's 5.875% bonds, maturing February 2012, and its 4.875% bonds maturing May 2013.