A new impetus to Solvay social and environmental responsibility.

For Solvay, responsible chemistry respects people and their environment. Solvay strives to offer employees a safe and secure working environment that encourages professional development.

Solvay aims to make its environmental footprint as neutral as possible for the planet. Priority is given to using renewable and recycled materials, with a constantly reducing consumption of energy and resources.

Solvay increasingly develops and supplies products that meet the sustainable development challenges its customers face today and tomorrow.

Solvay Way, an approach to progress backed by a demanding reference framework

Solvay Way is based on a continuous progress dynamic, divided in four levels of progress and, based on a reference framework of 48 practices that are part of 23 commitments which enable all Group entities to assess their sustainable development on an annual basis. This approach is structured by stakeholder and is in line with the ISO 26000 standard.

Concrete commitments to meet stakeholders’ expectations

The commitments of the Solvay Way reference framework aim to achieve an optimal level of responsibility towards stakeholders.

2013, a deployment year

The generalization of the approach, initiated in yearly 2013, promotes the integration of the new Solvay teams around unifying objectives.