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In a fast growing world, our society is facing many challenges. Climate change, galloping urbanization and changing lifestyles are all contributing to the increased scarcity and deterioration of the natural resources which are essential to life and to the future.

It has now become essential to develop new growth models which consume fewer resources. This ambition is at the heart of SUEZ s strategy. Every day, we help our customers to use and recover resources instead of consuming them. The circular economy is indispensable and we are one of its leaders.

Today, our Group is fully engaged in the resource revolution. We are ready. Ready to innovate thanks to the multitude of possibilities created by the digital revolution, ready to propose radically new solutions to meet our customers needs by designing and operating smart and sustainable cities, by reducing the consumption of resources and production costs, by producing differently with the introduction of secondary raw materials into

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production lines, by developing access to local and renewable energies through waste recovery, or by creating alternative water resources in regions exposed to water stress.

For SUEZ, 2017 was a year of deep transformation, with the acquisition of GE Water that will enable the Group to propose the most complete industrial water offer on the market. We are at the cutting edge of activities which are preparing the future and we feel proud to contribute, together with our customers, to building a more sustainable world.

Jean-Louis Chaussade Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ

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