Shanghai World Expo
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The Shanghai World Expo will be open from May 1 to October 31, 2010. The theme is “Better City, Better Life” with five sub-themes:
- the mix of diverse cultures in the city,
- economic prosperity in the city,
- technological and scientific innovations in the city,
- remodeling of communities in the city,
- the interaction between urban and rural areas.
The Group’s challenges
- Increase awareness of its businesses in China
- Make it presence and prospects in China known
- Present its urban planning projects
A strong Group presence
The Group will be represented at World Expo through:
- partnerships,
- skills sponsorship,
- its businesses (the site’s purification station and pavilion planning).
Two national pavilions
- The French Pavilion (GDF SUEZ and SUEZ Environnement)
- The Belgian-European Union Pavilion (GDF SUEZ and its subsidiaries)
Two regional pavilions in the "Best Urban Practices" Zone
- The Paris Île-de-France (Paris Region) Pavilion
- The Rhône-Alpes Pavilion
The French Pavilion
France’s pavilion is located on an exceptional 6,000 m2 site along the river. The building is iconic and innovative, not only its design and the materials used in its construction, but its content as well. It is a reflection of the vitality of France and its art of good living.
It is also a tangible display of France’s capacity for innovation in sustainable development and cultural influence.
GDF SUEZ and SUEZ Environnement have been working closely with COFRES, the company responsible for the design of and the events in this “sustainable” building. In the context of its expertise sponsorship, the Group is providing expertise via its subsidiary ETC, which is building the pavilion’s interior walkways, equipped with a unique multi-media management system.
The Belgian-European Union Pavilion
GDF SUEZ is represented in the Belgian-EU Pavilion through two sponsorships of expertise:
- the Magritte Museum, which opened to the public in June 2009; GDF SUEZ was the founding sponsor along with its subsidiaries Axima, Electrabel and Fabricom GTi,
- the Princess Elisabeth Station, the first zero-emission polar base, in which the Group participated with its subsidiaries Electrabel and Laborelec.
The International Polar Foundation (IPF) will be introducing the polar station in the Ice Cube, a structure representing an iceberg. The IPF’s goal is to convey to visitors the importance of the polar regions and polar science in understanding climate change, and to encourage them to take action and move towards a “zero-emission” way of life.
The Paris Region Pavilion
This is the first time that the Paris Region will have a pavilion at a World Expo.
The region will display its innovations in sustainable planning in an exhibit titled “A River, a Region, a Lifestyle”, highlighting the region’s ability to blend a dynamic economy with quality of life.
The exhibit focuses on the international image of the Paris Region, which combines well-being, quality of life, romanticism and heritage. The staging showcases innovation, design, technology and eco-design.
In the Paris Region Pavilion, visitors are led into and through a moving image: they travel to each loop of the river, across the Paris Region, and discover its lifestyle. It is a circuit in motion: a moving river of people encountering the River Seine. This “River” was produced by Group subsidiary ETC, which is in charge of all of the pavilion’s audiovisual engineering.
GDF SUEZ will be represented in the Paris Region Pavilion from June 19 to 26.
The Group is also involved in the week of seminars on the theme of Sustainable Development, to be held in the Paris Region Pavilion from July 12 to 17.
Paris Region Pavilion web site
Rhône-Alpes Pavilion
The Rhône-Alpes Pavilion enjoys a prime location at the center of the Best Urban Practices Area. With a surface area of more than 3,000 m² on four levels, the Pavilion spotlights the skills of the region’s industries and businesses in the field of sustainable construction.
The Rhône-Alpes Pavilion will be running a series of themed weeks during which businesses and economic players can exchange and enhance their expertise in such areas as new energies and eco-construction, architecture, urban and water planning, and urban services.
As an active partner of the Rhône-Alpes region, the Group makes a valuable contribution to the development of innovative processes to make cities more sustainable, in particular through its involvement with the region’s competitiveness complexes: Axelera, of which GDF SUEZ was a founding member, Tennerdis, Trimatec and Minalogic.
GDF SUEZ will be represented at the Rhône-Alpes Pavilion on September 14 and 15.
GDF SUEZ in China
GDF SUEZ has been actively operating in mainland China, Macao and Hong Kong for more than three decades. GDF SUEZ manages revenues of €750 million, an increase of 7% compared with 2007.The Group has operated in China for more than 30 years and has approximately 7,000 local employees. It has a solid position in the country through its Environment business line and has created 28 strategic joint ventures that combine stability and profitability in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao.
In the energy sector, GDF SUEZ is expanding rapidly, especially with the post-merger opening in 2008 of a sales office in Beijing and the appointment of representatives for both the Group and its Energy Services and Energy International business lines.
