A worldwide leader

As an expert in water and waste for 150 years and present on the five continents, SUEZ is dedicated to working for the efficient and sustainable management of resources. Our company works with its customers to restore and conserve the planet's fundamental elements of water, air and soil.

A worldwide leader

Our ambition: Preserving and restoring the planet’s natural capital

With a history in the water and waste sectors stretching back over 150 years, SUEZ is working on all five continents in the service of smart and sustainable management of resources.

Our purpose

For 160 years, water, sanitation, waste collection and recovery activities and services have been essential. SUEZ draws on the expertise it has been developing since the late 19th century to help people constantly improve their quality of life by protecting their health and supporting economic growth.

>> Find out more about our purpose on our global website (www.suez.com)

Our ambition

Demographic and urban growth, global warming and natural resources shortage have all prompted a worldwide drive to shift towards a growth model that consumes fewer resources. Shaping a sustainable environment now is at the very heart of our strategy.

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Our strategy

The ambition of SUEZ is to be the worldwide leader in environmental services. We want to be the preferred partner of our customers, employees and stakeholders – and to work together with them to restore and conserve the fundamental elements that are water, air and soil, starting right now.

>> Find out more about our strategy on our global website (www.suez.com)

Our global footprint

We have 89,352 employees passionate about the environment. On all five continents, SUEZ supports local authorities and industries in the efficient, innovative and sustainable management of their resources.

>> Find out more about our worldwide presence on our global website (www.suez.com)

Our history

For more than 150 years, SUEZ has supported the great revolutions that have transformed our societies – from the construction of the Suez Canal through the revolutions in hygiene, public health and urban development – to now build on our pioneering history and culture of innovation to announce a new ambition: to shape a sustainable environment, now, with cities, industries and citizens.

>> Discover our history on our global website (www.suez.com)

89,352

employees

worldwide

€18

billion

revenue in 2019

+450,000

industrial and business customers

7.1

billion

m³ of drinking water produced

2.1

billion

m³ of alternative water produced

1.3

billion

m³ of reused wastewater

35.2

million

people benefiting from waste collection services

3.4

million

tonnes of hazardous waste trated worldwide

4.15

million

tonnes of secondary raw materials produced

8.7

TWh

of renewable energy produced

10.22

billion

tCO₂e avoided