Circular economy

SUEZ is testing Circulytics, a new tool for assessing circular economy policies created by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has developed an innovative tool to evaluate circular economy practices and their results. SUEZ is the only environmental company so far that has put it to the test.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has created an innovative tool known as Circulytics, which aims to assess the reality of an organisation’s transition towards the circular economy, regardless of its industry, complexity and size. It reveals the extent to which a company has achieved circularity across its entire operations. Circulytics uses a wide set of indicators: corporate strategy, innovation policy, staff knowledge and skills, excellence in operational practice and the involvement of all stakeholders, as well as the company’s products, services and facilities.

Shaping a circular economy is a central part of SUEZ’s purpose. Convinced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s expertise and educational approach to the subject, the Group decided to test the tool.

According to Jean-Marc Boursier, Group Senior Executive VP in charge of the France region and Group Chief Operating Officer:

Many companies, including ours, deploy circular strategies to achieve economic benefits and meet global challenges such as climate change. Tools such as Circulytics help us improve our practices and innovate to create new circular solutions.
Jean-Marc Boursier , Group SEVP - France Region and COO
As a result of the assessment, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation highlighted the following points as very positive: the SUEZ 2030 strategy, the group’s sustainable development road map, the stakeholders’ association (employees, customers, suppliers, decision-makers, investors etc.) and the digitalisation of solutions that fully incorporate the goals of the circular economy. 

SUEZ, a committed, active supporter of the circular economy

Faced with population growth, climate change and both social and geographical inequalities, it is vital to preserve and restore the essential elements of our environment – water, soil, air, waste – using concrete, resilient solutions. At SUEZ, examples of these solutions include the Farfana wastewater treatment plant in Santiago, Chile – which preserves the aquatic environment, generates energy and has a positive social impact thanks to improved access to services – and our plastic recycling plant in Thailand, the first in Asia, which has a capacity of 30,000 tonnes a year.

CircularChain, the circular economy blockchain launched by the Group, is another perfect illustration of SUEZ’s commitment to the transition towards the circular economy. This blockchain encourages the reuse of materials by providing greater transparency for material flows and strengthening trust between the players in a waste recovery chain.

In addition, SUEZ has chaired the ISO Circular Economy committee since its creation in 2019. The fact that all the countries where the Group operates, not just in Europe, are involved provides powerful leverage to mitigate our economy’s impact on climate change and the environment in general.


The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy that goes beyond the linear economic model. It works with business, academia, policymakers and institutions to mobilise systems solutions at scale, globally. SUEZ is a member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation stakeholders’ committee.

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