SUEZ, environmental integration solutions for the City Port territory

From air quality and water management to mitigating the environmental impacts of port activity, and more, there are a host of challenges when it comes to guaranteeing the residents of our port cities a high quality, healthy living environment, as recommended in Goal 9 of the AIVP 2030 Agenda. The Suez Group is a signatory to the AIVP Agenda. Several of our Goals overlap with Suez’s area of action. In particular, Suez has developed a range of projects and played an active role in some very relevant initiatives aimed at making Goal 9 a reality. So we decided to talk to them, to get SUEZ’s views and learn about their innovative solutions for tackling the challenges posed by Goal 9. SUEZ has been a member of AIVP since 2013 AIVP - Marina developments are often included as part of waterfront regeneration projects. Your subsidiary, Marinov, develops solutions to protect the environment in marinas. Can you tell us more about them? And can they be replicated in commercial inland or seaports? Gerald de Maleville, Development Director, Public-Private Contracts, SUEZ – SUEZ and its subsidiary Marinov are particularly committed to protecting the port environment and developing relations between the port and city. To that end, SUEZ offers practical solutions to the sustainable development challenges faced by local communities and the changing expectations of port users (local residents, businesses, tourists). We also aim to integrate these solutions and developments, to make them true "living spaces". The "Presqu’Ile en Seine" project, which includes three marinas downriver from Paris, is a good illustration of this new approach to developing infrastructures and services for all (users and the general public). SUEZ and Marinov help local authorities and public-sector organisations to manage and protect the environment, using effective, dedicated solutions. That may involve carrying out environmental diagnostic assessments of ports and coastal areas, or monitoring the quality of aquatic environments (GenSpot, rainwater impact, models, real-time monitoring, etc.). We also carry out pollution clearance and cleaning of water courses, including in emergency or crisis situations. Restoring biodiversity is actually one of the services we provide. It includes installing artificial habitats on maritime infrastructures to provide breeding grounds for fish (with our solutions ReFISH® or CYSTORE™). These solutions apply to the port bay in general, not just marinas. AIVP - Your water quality and environmental protection projects, such as those you have carried out Bordeaux or Marseilles (France), are often complicated by their scale and the resulting territorial implications. They involve a wide range of stakeholders, as is generally the case in port cities. Given that, how can port cities anticipate the risk and…