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Suez
Type Public (Euronext: SZE, NYSE: SZE, LuxSE: LYO)
Founded 1858
Headquarters Paris
Key people Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman & CEO
Industry Environmental services and Energy
Products Water
Energy
Gas
Waste management
Revenue $55. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc Euronext NV is a pan- European Stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse de Luxembourg is a Stock exchange based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Gérard Mestrallet (born 1 April 1949 in Paris) is a French Businessman. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Physics and other Sciences energy (from the Greek grc ἐνέργεια - Energeia, "activity operation" from grc ἐνεργός In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life. In Physics and other Sciences energy (from the Greek grc ἐνέργεια - Energeia, "activity operation" from grc ἐνεργός This page is about the physical properties of gas as a state of matter Waste management is the collection Transport, processing, Recycling or disposal of Waste materials In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 2 billion (2004)
Employees 160,700 (2004)
Website www.suez.com

Suez (Euronext: SZE, NYSE: SZE, LuxSE: LYO) is a leading French-based multinational corporation, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Euronext NV is a pan- European Stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse de Luxembourg is a Stock exchange based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life. Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, Waste management is the collection Transport, processing, Recycling or disposal of Waste materials It is the result of a 1997 merger between the Compagnie de Suez and Lyonnaise des Eaux, a leading French water company. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar In the early 2000s Suez owned some media and telecoms assets, but was in the process of divesting these.

According to the Masons Water Yearbook 2004/5, Suez serves 117. 4 million people around the world.

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History

Suez is one of the oldest continuously existing multinational corporations in the world, with one line of corporate history dating back to the 1822 founding of the Algemeene Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter begunstiging van de volksvlijt (literally: General Dutch Company for the favouring of industry) by King William I of the Netherlands (see Société Générale de Belgique). Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the William Frederick (William I, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau ( The Hague, 24 August 1772 - Berlin, 12 December 1843 was a Prince of The Société Générale de Belgique ( Dutch: Generale Maatschappij) was one of the largest companies that ever existed in Belgium. Its current form is the result of nearly two centuries of reorganisation and corporate mergers. Its current name comes from the involvement of one of its several founding entities - the Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez - in building the Suez Canal in the mid-19th century. The Universal Suez Ship Canal Company ( French: Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, or simply Compagnie de Suez for short was the French The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Beginning of 2006, Suez announced a merger with Gaz de France. Gaz de France (GDF was a French company which produced transported and sold Natural gas around the world especially in France its main market

Environmental Record

The Suez Group has most notedly been involved in water and waste services and reclamation. Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing Contaminants from Wastewater, both Runoff ( Effluents Recently the company partnered with Chongqing Water Group. The Suez Group is invested in helping the Chinese corporation in its efforts to maintain a healthy environment through its business practices. The Suez website and press release offers information on the demonstration of their concerns and support for work to conserve the environment. [1]In the contract signed for the China water deal, The Suez Group will construct two water plants that will control pollution. In addition, an incineration plant will also be used to transform waste into energy in a environmentally efficient undertaking. [2]

The Group's Environmental protection practices are worldwide, reaching wastewater plants in China as well as Qatar. The Suez Group is contracted with Marubeni to design, construct, and operate a new plant. The largest treatment plant (near Doha) in Qatar treats and reuses the water for over 500,000 people in the area. [3]

With the production of electric power plants, The Suez Group remains environmentally conscious. Their Electrabel will use hydraulic power in the new plant in Fos-sur-Mer, France. The plant will be a GT26 Combined Cycle power plant with “reliability” a promise for low environmental impact due to the technology that will rely on hydraulic, wind, and nuclear resources for power generation. A combined cycle is characteristic of a power producing engine or plant that employs more than one Thermodynamic cycle. A mentioned effect of this is the reduction of CO2 emission made possible by the implementation of these systems. [4]

Merger with Gaz de France

On February 25, 2006, French Prime minister Dominique de Villepin announced the merger of Suez and Gaz de France, which would make the first world liquefied natural gas company. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Dominique de Villepin (born Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (dɔminik də vilpɛ̃ &mdash) on 14 November 1953 in Rabat, Morocco Gaz de France (GDF was a French company which produced transported and sold Natural gas around the world especially in France its main market Not to be confused with Natural Gas Liquids (NGL Liquefied natural gas or LNG is Natural gas (primarily Methane, CH4 [5] The revenue of GDF is about 22. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 4 billions euros in 2005, compared to 41. 5 billions for Suez. The CGT trade-union called the merger a "disguised privatization. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The General Confederation of Labour ( French: Confédération générale "[6]

On 3 September 2007, Gaz de France and Suez announced agreed terms of merger. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The merger would be on the basis of an exchange of 21 Gaz de France shares for 22 Suez shares via the absorption of Suez by Gaz de France. The French state would hold more than 35% of shares of the merged company, GDF Suez. [7] As a consequence of the conditions posed by the European Commission with regadrs to allowing the merger, on 29 May, 2008 Suez sold its Belgian gas supplier Distrigas to the Italian Eni. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. Eni SpA () is an Italian multinational oil and gas company with a presence in 70 countries currently Italy's largest industrial company with

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Suez are: Edmond Alphandery, Antonio Brufau, René Carron, Gerhard Cromme, Étienne Davignon, Paul Desmarais, Jr., Richard Goblet D'Alviella, Jacques Lagarde, Anne Lauvergeon, Gérard Mestrallet, Jean Peyrelevade, Thierry de Rudder, Jean-Jacques Salane, and Lord Simon of Highbury. Étienne Viscount Davignon (born October 4, 1932) is a Belgian Politician, Businessman, and former vice-president of the Paul Desmarais Jr, OC, MBA (born July 3, 1954, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian businessman in his hometown Anne Lauvergeon (born August 2 1959 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France) is a French Businesswoman, and president of Gérard Mestrallet (born 1 April 1949 in Paris) is a French Businessman. David Alec Gwyn Simon Baron Simon of Highbury CBE (born 24 July 1939) is a British businessman

Major subsidiaries

References

  1. ^ SUEZ Environnement - Water and Waste treatment
  2. ^ WaterWorld - Bumper crop of contracts for SUEZ Environment in China
  3. ^ DEGREMONT, SUEZ Group, win a USD 260 million contract to design, build and operate a wastewater treatment plant in Qatar
  4. ^ Alstom Wins Second Contract with Suez Group's Electrabel for a GT26 Combined Cycle... | Reuters
  5. ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3234,36-745348,0.html (subscription)
  6. ^ GDF-Suez petits arrangements avec la vérité. Sita ( S ociété I ndustrielle des T ransports A utomobiles is a major French based world wide Waste management company and Electrabel is a Belgium -based Energy Corporation, with Power plants and Customers across Europe. Fluxys ( is a Belgium -based company, mainly acting as a Natural gas operator United Water Resources, founded as Hackensack Water Company in 1869, has grown into one of the United States 's largest water services companies Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a humanite. fr. Retrieved on 2006-09-25. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France
  7. ^ "Suez, Gaz De France Agree To New Merger Deal", RTT News, 2007-09-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Retrieved on 2007-09-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself  

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