To anticipate conflicts of use in water stressed areas, which could have significant repercussions (adverse environmental effects due to reduced water availability, change in ecosystem functioning, change in relations with stakeholders due to economic and social impacts), and to comply with a developing regulatory framework, the Group is continuing its efforts in this direction through more thorough assessments of its energy-consuming activities, by establishing less water-dependent processes, and by considering the recycling of its industrial water to target zero water withdrawals by water during the manufacturing process.