BESIX celebrates World Water Day
Valuing water
This year’s theme is valuing water. The value of water is about much more than its price – water has enormous and complex value for our households, food, culture, health, education, economics and the integrity of our natural environment.
Did you know BESIX support this SDG n°6, along with 16 other SDGs, through numerous projects and initiatives? Keep on reading for some of the sustainable solutions we created for a better world:
Leuven: 200,000 m³ of water recycled on bicycling parking site in Leuven (BE)
Supplying more than 3.4 million people with drinking water
More environmental projects
BESIX’s European portfolio as well is filled with several environmental projects related to the water sector. Notably, the affiliate LUX TP and the BESIX Environment department have played an increasingly important role in this field in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having won several contracts together these past years. Among those, are the modernisation of the wastewater treatment plant in Mamer and Bous. And another affiliate, Socogetra, has more than ten wastewater treatment plants on the order book for 2021!
Read more about the subject here.
BESIX Foundation supports Young Water Solutions
BESIX Foundation equally does its part to contribute to SDG n°6. The Foundation recently signed, for instance, a significant new partnership with Young Water Solutions. This non-governmental organisation supports young local entrepreneurs who want to contribute to a better quality of sanitary life in developing countries. They develop innovative projects to provide solutions to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene problems, to meet the needs of the communities and the challenges of sustainable development. Candidate-entrepreneurs are supported at all stages, from the launch to the development of their project. This new partnership made the organisation of a national campaign possible in Ivory Coast, a country where Young Water Solutions was not yet active. Eight new projects are planned to be launched in 2021.