Chemicals, automotive, agri-food or retail: faced with environmental challenges and regulatory changes, manufacturers are adapting their practices and tools to accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable model. We are developing technologies and value chains to support their transformation, growth and resilience.

Supporting industrial transformation through a strong local presence

In 2025, we acquired Gruppo Ecosistem, which over 40 years has become one of Italy’s most renowned private waste management companies.

Specialising in industrial waste treatment, material recovery and the remediation of contaminated sites, Gruppo Ecosistem now partners with over 3,000 public and private clients. Italy ranks second in manufacturing output in Europe.

 

To support the transition of these industrial players, we have made Gruppo Ecosistem our Italian platform for sustainable environmental solutions.

 

Drawing on the expertise of our 350 specialists, our technologies and our international experience, Gruppo Ecosistem is committed to a growth trajectory aimed at becoming an Italian leader in environmental services.

655 K

tonnes

of industrial waste treated in 2025, with over 90% recovered

Supporting the decarbonisation of industry by recovering energy from waste

Based for 170 years in Laneuvevilledevant-Nancy in the Grand-Est region (France), the Novacarb site (Humens Group) specialises in the production of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate.

It has made reducing its CO2 emissions a priority and has undertaken a radical transformation of its historic industrial site to move away from coal.

 

For Novacarb, we are building a SRF(1) plant, a solution pioneered by the Group. Using non-recyclable waste generated by businesses and households, it will produce around 370 GWh of steam per year.

 

From 2026, the SRF plant will supply the Novacarb factory with local, sustainable energy, recycling nearly 140,000 tonnes of waste per year and helping to reduce the company’s CO2 emissions.

 

(1) Solid Recovered Fuel

65 K
tonnes

of CO2 avoided per year by using solid recovered fuel as a replacement for coal

And also... our impact seen by

Carrefour has made a firm commitment: to use 100% renewable electricity by 2030. Signing green energy contracts contributes to this. The contract signed in 2025 with SUEZ covers nearly 700 GWh of electricity over 15 years, generated by the network of SUEZ’s energyfrom-waste plants. This is equivalent to the consumption of 15 hypermarkets over this period. Carrefour thus becomes the fourth-largest purchaser of green electricity by volume in Europe.
Carine Kraus, Executive Director of Engagement of Carrefour Group

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