Targeted by the BDS campaign for providing infrastructure services to illegal Israeli settlements, Veolia has failed to win massive contracts with local authorities across Europe, the US and in Kuwait. 

City councils across Europe have passed resolutions excluding the firm from tenders ​because of its involvement in Israeli human rights violations.

More than a dozen major banks have divested from or issued warnings about the company. Veolia executives have admitted that the campaign has cost the company “important contracts”, and financial analysts have repeatedly spoken about the financial cost of the campaign to Veolia.

In April 2015, Veolia sold off most parts of its businesses in Israel, including several settlement projects. But Veolia remains a major BDS target due to its continued role in the illegal Jerusalem Light Rail project that serves illegal Israeli settlements.