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SUEZ in dates 160 years serving a sustainable environment - In 2020, the Group adopted its Purpose at the Annual General Meeting: Shaping a sustainable environment, now . Its 160 years of history bear witness to a continuous, pioneering commitment to serving this ambition, working alongside citizens, regions, cities and the business world.

1869 Supporting and accelerating trade by opening the Suez canal

1880-1890 Improving public health with the development of the first water and sanitation networks in French cities

1919 Accelerating urban waste collection with the first motorised refuse collection trucks in Paris (France)

1948 Supporting urbanisation in developing countries by building the first drinking water plant in Egypt

1975 Responding to resource scarcity by designing the first reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

1981 Creating CIRSEE, the International Water and Environment Research Centre

1990-2000 Water for All programme. Inventing tailored solutions for universal access to services in cities in the developing world

2005 Controlling water networks in real time with the first smart meters

2010-2020 Supporting economic growth with water and waste treatment solutions for Chinese industrial parks

2015 Responding to fossil fuel depletion by injecting biomethane from waste into gas networks

2015 Supporting the historic Paris Climate Agreement with commitments to achieve the 1.5°C target

2019 Helping cities to breathe by treating air in the metro and school playgrounds in the Paris region (France)

2020 Fighting plastic pollution by designing the first plant to produce food-grade recycled PET plastic

2021 Detecting and monitoring the spread of Covid-19 by analysing wastewater in cities. Guaranteeing the quality of sewage sludge using blockchain technology

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