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take action to reinforce the price of carbon

In keeping with its commitments to the climate, in July 2016, SUEZ decided to incorporate an internal carbon price in the business plans of its investment projects, based on prices derived from national and/or European regulations (e.g., 30/tCO2e in 2030 in the European Union, according to the New Policies scenario of the International Energy Agency).

At the same time, the Group has adopted a second, and deliberately higher, internal carbon price for the business plans of the low- carbon solutions that are currently being developed as part of its R&D programme ( 50/tCO2e, with immediate effect). Finally, the decision was taken to systematically calculate the carbon goodwill associated with its solutions, in order to raise awareness amongst the group s employees and customers of the carbon performance of circular economy solutions and their underlying economic impacts.