202017 INTEGRATED REPORT
Faced with an environmental market that is changing fast in response to demographic and climate challenges, SUEZ aims to be the leader in sustainable resource management and is accelerating its strategy. Its business model breaks away from the conventions of the linear economy. The Group now operates across the whole resource value chain, from building and operating water and waste collection infrastructures and sorting facilities, to delivering circular economy solutions and integrated services.
HUMAN CAPITAL 4,115 million of wages*
NATURAL CAPITAL 9.4 MtCO2e of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
FINANCIAL CAPITAL 571 million distributed to
shareholders*
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 1.3 million hours of employee
training
SOCIETAL CAPITAL
9,118 million of purchases from suppliers and service providers*
956 million of taxes paid to States and local authorities*
Green polymers Glass Metals
Paper Compost Wood
Integrated service management Advanced Solutions Ecological engineering
Eco-design Decontamination/dismantling Industrial outsourcing Industrial water Marketplace
Smart waste Smart metering E-commerce Digital services
Solid recovered fuels
Electricity
Heat Biogas Biomethane/ BioLNG
Recycled wastewater
Desalinated water Replenishing the water table
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Products of the circular economy Environmental services
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1,028 million m3 of recycled wastewater
4.3 million tonnes of secondary
raw materials produced
3.4 million tonnes of hazardous waste
and contaminated soil treated
22% of customers equipped with smart meters
13 e-commerce
platforms
over 10,000 industrial water
products/services
6.7TWh of renewable
energy produced
* Refer to page 38 for more details about the redistribution of financial flows generated by SUEZ s activity in 2017