Press Releases

As of March 17, Pierre Pauliac will replace Maximilien Pellegrini in the Group Executive Committee, as Chief Operating Officer in charge of the Water division. He will head the global team that provide our public and industrial & commercial clients innovative and resilient services and solutions for drinking water, as well as treatment and recycling of waste water.

• Breaking ground of the new facility targeted for 2025 with commissioning expected in 2027

• Facility to manufacture 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable virgin-quality PET resin

• Projected savings of over 255,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually compared to virgin pet resin made from fossil fuels¹

Montreal (Canada) & Paris (France) & Seoul (South Korea) – SUEZ, a global leader in circular solutions in water and waste, Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOOP) (“Loop”), a clean technology company whose mission is to accelerate a circular plastics economy by manufacturing 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) plastic and polyester fiber, and SK Geo Centric (“SKGC”), subsidiary of South Korean group SK, today announced that the Chemesis industrial platform in Saint-Avold, located in the Grand Est region of France, has been selected as the site for their planned manufacturing facility in Europe.

SUEZ together with its partners won the engineering, procurement and construction contract for Wanhua Chemical Group’s Penglai sea water reserve osmosis desalination plant. The project will contribute to preserving local freshwater resources, while protecting the ecological environment, helping Wanhua and its industrial partners¹ move along their ecological transition. This is the largest desalination project won by the Group since February 1st 2022 and the first one for an industrial customer.

SUEZ has unveiled today its new sustainable development goals for 2027 and beyond, through 24 commitments revolving around three pillars: climate, biodiversity and social responsibility.

VHS Benešov, in which SUEZ owns a 50 % stake, signed at the very end of 2022 a new 10-year contract with the newly established voluntary association of municipalities "Společná voda". With a cumulative turnover of 200 million euros, this contract covers the treatment and distribution of drinking water and the collection and treatment of wastewater for 17 municipalities in the Benešov and Vlašim regions. It will provide water and wastewater services for 50 000 inhabitants of the region.

• • “Go SUEZ 2022”, SUEZ’s 1st employee shareholding plan as a private company.
• • Highest participation rate ever achieved by the Group in terms of employee shareholding.
• • Participation rate of 40% on average and 59% internationally.
• • More than €140m collected, exceeding the targeted budget of €118.4m.

SUEZ and the Municipality of CZERNICA signed a 33-year contract on December 21^st, 2022, for the building and management of the city wastewater treatment plant. By signing the contract, worth €90 million, the city of Czernica entrusts SUEZ to design, build, finance the new wastewater treatment plant within 3 years, and operate the newly built infrastructure for 30 years.

In early November, SUEZ and Waga Energy commissioned a new Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) production unit at the Madaillan landfill in Milhac-d’Auberoche (southwestern France). This project is further evidence of SUEZ’s commitment to recovering biogas sourced from waste, an entirely green energy that is produced and distributed locally in a short cycle. This is the fifth unit to be commissioned jointly by SUEZ and Waga Energy.

SUEZ announces that it has completed the acquisition from Veolia of its former waste management assets in the UK ("SUEZ recycling and recovery UK"). With an annual turnover of more than £900 million and a leading position on the UK market, one of the major businesses acquired by Veolia is now back with SUEZ.