By 2050, earth will have 9.6 billion inhabitants, most of which will be living in cities. 40% of the population will live in zones exposed to hydric stress, while sources of minerals such as zinc, iron or copper will be nearing exhaustion.
This fact requires us to collectively call our traditional models into question. Reinventing our modes of management, production and consumption of resources is essential in order to rise to the challenges that cities are facing, such as climate change and the exponential population growth. It is also essential for SUEZ to address the challenges facing our industry, which must incorporate sustainable growth in its business models.
SUEZ, an expert in water and waste for 150 years, is fully engaged in the resource revolution. We’ll use our capacity for innovation and a radical new approach to resource optimization which exploits the full potential of digital technologies. We want our innovation capacity to encourage recycling, recovering and producing secondary raw materials and alternative resources. We will reach that goal by supporting our customers as they change from a linear model, which over consumes resources, to a circular model, aiming to recycle and recover them for future use.
These resources are essential to life and to our collective future, a fact we, at SUEZ, are deeply connected to. As the leader of the resource revolution, we’re committed to creating innovative solutions and sustainable models that create value for our customers. For SUEZ, the resource revolution must be: