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COMMITMENT COMMITMENT

Adhere to the 2 degrees target by Adapt to the consequences
mitigating the causes of climate change of climate change on water

SUEZ has signed up to achieve the 2-degree target by raising By 2035, 40% of the world’s population will live in regions suffering
the ambition set forth in the preceding Roadmap. The Group from water stress, if no action is taken to secure water resources.
is committed to limiting the carbon footprint of its activities in SUEZ is committed to saving water through the improved
all the countries where it operates, with targets to reduce GHG control of leaks and consumption, and to maximising the offer
emissions on the basis of 2015. Fitting out all storage sites with by increasing the available volumes of alternative water
biogas recovery systems, a reinforced clean vehicles policy and (reuse of wastewater, desalination).
the improvement of the energy performance of the activities will
all help to achieve these targets. SUEZ provides industry with solutions to limit its water footprint
and is working to raise awareness of the consequences of climate
SUEZ is also committed to helping its customers in industry and change on water through the Business Alliance for Water and the
local government to avoid GHG emissions thanks to dedicated Climate. Preventing is as important as adapting. SUEZ develops
circular economy solutions (waste-to-material and waste-to- predictive tools to prevent the risk of flooding for local authorities,
energy) and by doubling the recovery of plastics, which is a major irrespective of their size.
economic and environmental challenge.

OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
n Systematically offer to our customers plans
n Reduce direct and indirect GHG emissions by 10% by 2021, of resilience to the effects of climate change
and 30% by 2030
n Help our customers to avoid more than 60 MtCO2 of GHG by 2021 n Promote the different usages of water by multiplying
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by 3 our alternative water production capacity by 2030
n Double the volume of recycled plastics n Save the equivalent of the water
n Increase the production of renewable energy by more than 10% consumption of a city of more than 2 million inhabitants

The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations

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