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Paris, 26 May 2020

Construction industry: safe and gradual resumption of work on construction sites

HESUS and SUEZ are developing reprenonsleschantiers.fr,

a comprehensive system to support professionals

During lockdown, thousands of construction sites were shut down in France. While professionals in the sector would like activities to quickly resume, they cannot do so without implementing the necessary protective measures for their teams working on sites. For this reason, in order to perfectly meet the expectations of professionals, HESUS and SUEZ are proposing a set of tools adapted to the sanitary constraints, with in particular, logistics, technological and cleaning & sanitizing solutions.

This activity resumption package makes it possible to limit physical contact between workers on the same site as much as possible. It also offers construction sites the opportunity to be part of an innovative process and to take advantage of basic new trends in the construction sector, whether digitalisation or the circular economy.

This activity resumption package includes the following solutions:

• The advice and assistance of SUEZ Consulting to support construction sites in accordance with the health guide drafted by the OPPBTP1, environmental and health management and the digitalisation and sharing of site data.
• The "SANIT'Air" solution, developed by SUEZ, to ensure a safe resumption of activity due to 3 complementary elements: detection of the presence of viruses on surfaces and in the air, sanitizing and cleaning adapted to worksite offices and prevention by continuous air treatment in worksite offices.
• Digitalisation of flows related to land and worksite waste management. The HESUS UBYSOL system is composed of digital sensors associated with each truck, which, using IoT technology, enable the traceability and real-timemonitoring of soil excavated from a site right up until the treatment process. All information is provided on-siteusing digital devices, leading to the creation of a Transport Document or a fully digitalised Hazardous Waste Manifest. This is then automatically sent by email to the carrier and the chosen treatment sector. Traceability is thus totally digitalized, where physical contact was previously essential. HESUS UBYSOL is provided free of charge during the sanitary crisis.
• 1 m3 big bags for sorting and recycling waste on worksites, whether related to construction or implementation of sanitary measures due to the Covid-19 crisis (PPE, masks, wipes);

1 Professional organisation for the prevention of accidents in construction and public works

• And finally, the online rental of skips for the disposal, monitoring and treatment of worksite waste.

These offers will be developed in the coming weeks in order to further support construction industry companies in the current situation.

The activity resumption package is available on the website www.reprenonsleschantiers.frfrom 26 May 2020. To get pricing details on part or all the offers presented, companies can fill out an online form specifying their request or directly order a service on the website.

Emmanuel Cazeneuve, Founder and CEO of HESUS: "The resumption of construction sites is a major challenge for the national economic recovery, and a vital necessity for our clients, which are construction companies. This is why HESUS has joined forces with SUEZ, a leading company in sustainable development, to develop solutions adapted to each one and precise responses in the form of a Single Window: a single point of entry, contact and information to ensure a sustainable and secure resumption of construction sites. The package is initially deployed in France, then, depending on needs, it may be offered in Europe."

Diane Galbe, Executive Vice-President of the SUEZ Group in charge of Strategy and the Smart & Environmental Solutions Global Business Unit: "In the context of the sanitary crisis and post-lockdown,SUEZ's experience in environmental and health management, as well as in digitalisation, combined with the know-howof HESUS, will contribute to the success of the gradual resumption of construction sites under the best possible conditions. With this common system, SUEZ and HESUS also wish to continue to support their industrial customers in a green recovery of their activity with more circular solutions: depollution, recycling, reuse, traceability of land and construction waste."

Press Contacts:
HESUS (Havas Agency)	SUEZ
Arielle Schwab	Isabelle Herrier Naufle / Elodie Vandevoorde
06 62 01 00 00	06 83 54 89 62 / 06 78 36 19 52
[e-mail]	isabelle.herrier.naufle @suez.com/[e-mail]

About HESUS

Founded in 2008 by Emmanuel Cazeneuve, HESUS is a Greentech company specialized in the disposal, recovery and supply of construction industry rubble which works with construction sites. With extensive experience in all recovery, storage and land and rubble decontamination sectors, it works in Europe with around 900 treatment centres and more than 150 carriers to offer each of its customers a reliable and cost-effective turnkey solution, guaranteeing traceability and regulatory compliance due to its digital platform Hesus-Store. In 2019, it generated a turnover of 29.5 million euros and currently employs 50 people in France, the UK and Poland.

About SUEZ:

Since the end of the 19th century, SUEZ has built expertise aimed at helping people to constantly improve their quality of life by protecting their health and supporting economic growth. With an active presence on five continents, SUEZ and its 90,000 employees strive to preserve our environment's natural capital: water, soil, and air. SUEZ provides innovative and resilient solutions in water management, waste recovery, site remediation and air treatment, optimizing

municipalities' and industries' resource management through "smart" cities and improving their environmental and economic performance. The Group delivers sanitation services to 64 million people and produces 7.1 billion m3 of drinking water. SUEZ is also a contributor to economic growth, with more than 200,000 jobs created directly and indirectly on an annual basis, and a provider of new resources, with 4.2 million tons of secondary raw materials produced. By 2030, the Group is targeting 100% sustainable solutions, with a positive impact on our environment, health and climate. SUEZ generated total revenue of €18.0 billion in 2019.