estelle brachlianoff ceo of the group commented   revenue evolution by effect was as follows  the following analysis of the groups activity is based on the combined figures of veolia and suez assets exchange rate effect was eur681 m 25  of combined revenue reflecting mainly the evolution of the us dollar australian dollar sterling pound and chinese renminbi partially offset by a decrease of the polish zloty hungarian forint and latin american currencies1  scope effect of eur472 m 18  included mainly the asset divestitures in scandinavia in 2021 eur217 m and on the suez side the asset divestitures in australia in 2021 and the remedies in the eu hazardous waste business in france accounted as asset for sale these negative items were partially offset by the integration of osis by sarp eur91 m in 2021 the commerce  volumes  works effect reached eur763 m 28  thanks to good volumes in all businesses notably in energy and strong water technologies and construction activities which strongly accelerated in q3 the weather impact was eur91 m 03  energy in central and eastern europe was impacted by a milder winter than in 2021 and to a lesser extent water in chile was impacted by a cool summer leading to lower water volumes in q1 the energy price impact was eur1 658 m 61  due to the increase in heat and electricity prices mainly in central and eastern europe the recycled materials price impact was eur288m after eur244 m in the first half and came mainly from the increase of recycled papers in france germany and the uk service prices continued to be well oriented  leading to a favorable impact of eur935 m 35  mostly due to tariff indexation mechanisms and service price increases by an average of 43  in waste and 34  in water the main changes by business compared with combined figures at 30 september 2021 break down as follows veolia group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation present on five continents with nearly 220000 employees the group designs and deploys useful practical solutions for the management of water waste and energy that are contributing to a radical turnaround of the current situation through its three complementary activities veolia helps to develop access to resources to preserve available resources and to renew them in 2021 the veolia group provided 79 million inhabitants with drinking water and 61 million with sanitation produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours and recovered 48 million tonnes of waste veolia environnement paris euronext vie achieved consolidated revenue of 28508 billion euros in 2021 wwwveoliacom as the changes in the health crisis are difficult to estimate we draw your attention to the forwardlooking statements that may appear in this press release and relating to the consequences of this crisis which may affect the future performance of the company veolia environnement is a corporation listed on the euronext paris this press release contains forwardlooking statements within the meaning of the provisions of the us private securities litigation reform act of 1995 such forwardlooking statements are not guarantees of future performance actual results may differ materially from the forwardlooking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties many of which are outside our control including but not limited to the risk of suffering reduced profits or losses as a result of intense competition the risk that changes in energy prices and taxes may reduce veolia environnements profits the risk that governmental authorities could terminate or modify some of veolia environnements contracts the risk that acquisitions may not provide the benefits that veolia environnement hopes to achieve the risks related to customary provisions of divesture transactions the risk that veolia environnements compliance with environmental laws may become more costly in the future the risk that currency exchange rate fluctuations may negatively affect veolia environnements financial results and the price of its shares the risk that veolia environnement may incur environmental liability in connection with its past present and future operations as well as the other risks described in the documents veolia environnement has filed with the autorité des marchés financiers french securities regulator veolia environnement does not undertake nor does it have any obligation to provide updates or to revise any forward looking statements investors and security holders may obtain from veolia environnement a free copy of documents it filed wwwveoliacom with the autorités des marchés financiers this document contains nongaap financial measures these nongaap financial measures might be defined differently from similar financial measures made public by other groups and should not replace gaap financial measures prepared pursuant to ifrs standards