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SUEZ is helping L Oréal to optimize the environmental performance of its sites

SUEZ and L Oréal have signed a worldwide agreement to promote innovative solutions in order to produce sustainably and to succeed together in combatting climate change, conserving natural resources and promoting the circular economy. Under terms of the agreement, SUEZ and L Oréal will develop solutions to:

- achieve a neutral or positive water footprint on certain L Oréal sites, in particular by optimising the global management, treatment and reuse of water.

- contribute to improving the mix of renewable energies, favour and increase the number of carbon-neutral L Oréal sites (optimisation of energy consumption, water and waste treatment units, energy solutions based on local biomass produced from waste, for example, etc.).

- increase the reuse and recycling of waste by encouraging material recovery on L Oréal s sites.

2. Contribute to avoiding 60 million tonnes of GHG emissions by 2021 for our customers