522017 INTEGRATED REPORT
THE SUEZ GROUP'S CARBON PROFILE IN 2017 (tCO2e )
EMISSIONS PRODUCED 8,527,000
EMISSIONS AVOIDED BY OUR CUSTOMERS
9,374,000 WASTE 6,022,000 71%
WASTE 9,093,000 97%
Incineration 3,151,000
Material recovery 5,430,000
Storage 1,798,000
Other processes 4,000
Transport 810,000
Others* 288,000
Solid recovered fuels 1,860,000
Electricity 2,480,000
Energy recovery 2,080,000
WATER 2,505,000 29%
WATER 281,000 3%
* Wastewater treatment, treatment of hazardous industrial waste.
INCREASED BIODIVERSITY PROMOTION
In 2017, 265 sites managed by the Group worldwide implemented an action plan to promote biodiversity, a result which shows strong growth but is not yet enough. This is why SUEZ has committed to ensuring all its subsidiaries worldwide adopt a biodiversity strategy based on the ones already in place in France and Spain. This commitment is one element of the partnership renewed in 2017 between SUEZ and the French Natural History Museum. At the same time, SUEZ is promoting the use of natural solutions to its customers, such as the Zone Libellule®, a planted discharge area in Shanghai that treats the discharge from Asia's biggest petrochemical complex.
PROTECTING THE SEAS AND OCEANS: A SHARED COMMITMENT Preserving marine ecosystems is one of the key elements of the Group's commitment to the health of the environment: as a partner of the UNESCO Oceanographic Commission, it promotes an integrated water/waste approach to local authorities with the aim of reducing the discharge of micro- and macroplastics into the sea. Alongside Procter and Gamble, SUEZ was awarded the Momentum for Change prize by the UN at COP23 for designing the first recyclable shampoo bottle, 25% of which comes from plastic collected on beaches.
