Our Purpose
Advancing Life Around the World by Building Healthy Sustainable Environments
We shape livable, lovable cities for a sustainable future by delivering safe and efficient water supplies, enhancing sanitation and hygiene, building climate-resilient urban spaces, and optimizing building performance.
Climate change is a mission-critical issue, and cities are feeling its impact more than ever. Climate adaptation in urban areas is essential for a sustainable future. To create livable and lovable cities where we feel safe and at home, every decision we make now must support urban resilience. Together with customers, partners, and citizens, our solutions can future-proof cities globally. This is our home — let's protect it together.
Creating a safe and efficient water supply for today and tomorrow
Future generations face a 40% shortfall between water supply and demand, so cities must update aging infrastructure. Promoting rainwater reuse, embracing digitalization and smart technologies, and installing legionella-preventing solutions can transform water management. Given that deteriorating drinking water quality poses significant health risks, immediate action is essential to safeguard our water sources for future generations. When decision-makers are ready to adopt a new water approach, we're ready to supply the products and solutions.
Raising the bar: Innovations for better sanitation and hygiene
Urbanization and population growth are overwhelming sewer systems globally. To prevent blockages and combat malfunctions caused by clogs, we must move away from outdated and reactionary repairs. Many of them are available as low-carbon alternatives.
Instead, we need to embrace the next generation of sanitation solutions. These long-lasting, durable and flexible plastic pipe alternatives can effectively update vast sewer networks without digging up urban areas.
Rethinking approaches and priorities to build climate resilient cities
As climate change intensifies, urban solutions need to be smarter and more connected to solve five core challenges:
• Flood protection
• Drought prevention
• Heat stress reduction
• Biodiversity boost
• Rainwater harvesting.
Water management solutions are vital to creating greener cities. From tree root tanks to road gullies, rainwater tanks, and digital tools, these solutions safeguard city sewer systems and prevent flooding while delivering ancillary benefits like irrigation.
Design approaches for more sustainable buildings
Buildings consume 40% of the world’s energy, so it’s time to find the most energy-efficient solutions to provide residents with optimal comfort. Solutions include energy-efficient heating, cooling, ventilation, noise reduction, and underfloor heating. Underfloor heating distributes heat more evenly, reduces energy consumption, and is a simple way to optimize a building’s energy performance.
I am your city - will citizens listen to my voice?
Cities face two core challenges: climate resilience and urbanization. In the video ‘I Am Your City’ we have given cities a voice, expressing the challenges they’re facing and how they need us, as citizens, to prepare them for the future.
Where do our solutions make an impact?
With our focus on water supply, sanitation, climate resilience, and building performance, where exactly do you see our solutions making an impact? Our systems and solutions play a vital role in our private homes, our buildings (the collection of our homes), and our cities (the collection of our buildings). Have a look and click the link below.