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CONTINUING THE DEPLOYMENT OF DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT NETWORK PERFORMANCE Faced with growing urban populations and ageing water and sewage networks, extending and renewing this infrastructure represents a major investment for local authorities. The Group is supplementing its range of Aquadvanced® digital solutions dedicated to water service performance with OptimizerTM. Already on the market in Australia, the USA and France, this digital solution was developed by the start-up Optimatics,

founded in Australia and based in the USA, in which SUEZ has acquired a stake. The solution generates the best combination of hydraulic components (reservoirs, pumps, networks etc.) to improve the investment/performance ratio for savings of up to 20%.

SUEZ now has a unique offering that enables its customers to optimise their water networks, from design to operation. The Group won the Smart Water Company of the Year prize at the Global Water Awards in 2017. This distinction rewards the companies that have contributed the most to the progress of digital technology in the water sector.

SUEZ, CREATOR OF LINKS BETWEEN PLAYERS IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: THE EXAMPLE OF ORGANIX®

One of the challenges of the circular economy is to bring waste producers closer to the companies that can use or transform it. In the organic waste value chain, for example, producers cannot always find the right outlet for recovered waste, while waste- to-energy processors (operators of anaerobic digesters) find it difficult to ensure reliable supplies of organic matter the Organix® platform brings them together. This digital marketplace launched by SUEZ is the first of its kind in France. It enables a wide variety of flows to be made available for sale. Producers can find buyers, while anaerobic digester operators can take control of their supply channels. SUEZ takes care of the logistics and transport and guarantees the quality of the organic waste by auditing the producers and analysing the flows. Building on the results of an initial assessment in 2017, the area covered by Organix® is being extended nationwide in France and an expansion into Belgium is being considered.

ANGEL SIMON GROUP SENIOR EXECUTIVE VP IN CHARGE OF SPAIN, NORTH AMERICA & LATIN AMERICA

DENYS NEYMON CEO OF WATER AND WASTE TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GLOBAL BUSINESS LINE

As a private-sector operator, we can draw on our experience with local authorities throughout the world facing the same problems of ageing infrastructure. Innovation is vital to optimise the renewal and maintenance work.

Faced with climate change and demographic growth, SUEZ is anticipating the needs of tomorrow's citizens by imagining new roles that will capture the full value of water: developer of urban resilience, provider of integrated services for farmers, operator of biofactories for new resources.