Innovating for the future

The creation of secondary raw materials is at the heart of the new circular economy. It’s a way of coping with the increasing scarcity of natural resources and rising raw materials costs. We’re innovating to accelerate recycling and offer real world solutions to our customers.

In 2018, the WHO warned that nine people out of 10 worldwide breathe polluted air, and that the inhabitants of the world’s megacities are particularly exposed. SUEZ is rising to this challenge, which is one of the major concerns of local authorities and industry, by developing innovative solutions that improve air quality by using new technologies and drawing inspiration from nature. 

The environmental transition, new diets, demands for traceability, demographic growth, the need for protein... All these challenges will determine the future of agriculture at a time when the transition to a circular economy is vital.

SUEZ is innovating to provide farmers will global and integrated solutions that will improve the management of the resources.

As the population grows and urbanisation continues, the pressure on water resources is increased. We’re addressing this by developing innovative solutions, like the artificial aquifer recharge, desalination and the reuse of waste water technology.

Digital technology is an efficient way to approach the environmental issues facing our customers around the world. We constantly innovate, to support their initiatives to improve the performance of their facilities.

Climate change, rampant urbanisation and ever stricter regulations, the management of water has become more complex than ever.

On the strength of our expertise, we work to develop new solutions capable of monitoring water networks in real time to continuously improve the quality of the water delivered.

Every year, we invest in research and innovation projects to improve the quality of water supplies and work hand in hand with the French and international regulatory authorities. We develop new technologies to eliminate emerging pollutants in our dedicated research laboratories.

At SUEZ, we’re combating climate change by developing innovative solutions to reduce our customers’ greenhouse gas emissions, to optimise their energy consumption and to encourage the use of high-potential renewables.

With our worldwide network of research and expertise centers, we offer advanced technical and scientific know-how in water and waste that is capable of solving the new challenges facing our customers.

SUEZ Ventures is the Group's investment fund. We work alongside promising young innovative companies as an investor and industry partner.

We adopt a partnership-based approach with third-party companies through technological tests. These tests ensure that innovative solutions, regardless of whether they are provided by partners that are
start-ups, large groups or small to medium-sized enterprises, are tested under industrial conditions.

We maintain long-term privileged relationships with numerous high-level scientific and technical players from different backgrounds: academic partnerships (University of Barcelona - Spain, Chinese Academy of Science etc.), international network (Global Water Research Coalition, Climate-KIC etc.) and French innovation and skills networks.