Taking our responsibilities, acting with our stakeholders.

• Equal opportunities in the context of the workplace and the absence of any discrimination (age, race, sex, skin color, religion, political opinion, nationality, sexual orientation, social origins, affiliation with a trade union)
• Promotion of diversity as an ethical step forward and a real source of development at an individual level. Cultural diversity is especially important as well as the support given to the employability of disabled people.
• Freedom to choose a job and prohibiting child labor or forced labor. Concerning the minimum age of recruiting, the Group respects, at the minimum, the provisions of the Convention of the International Labour Organization or the legal existing requirements when they are stricter.
• Social dialogue with employees and employees representatives in the framework of the freedom of association, the protection of the right of organization and the collective bargaining.

Corporate citizenship and philanthropy initiatives

Support for scientific research 

Solvay is an active member of the International Institutes for Physics and Chemistry of the University of Brussels, founded by Ernest Solvay.
The Group has supported the Nobel Week held in Brussels in May 2010 and continued support of SolVin exploration's of biodiversity, this time in Mozambique and Madagascar.

Support for science and technology education and training

A Solvay's training program was organized for German teachers on fuel cell technology.
The 'science truck' XperiLAB.be, funded by Solvay for the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium, is dedicated to youngsters aged 10 to 14. It helps young people to try out real scientific experiments and understand the role that science plays in everyday life.

Support to humanitarian and development actions 

Solvay Shared Services in Brazil gives help to disadvantaged young people in Guarituba and is partner with the city of Curitiba to provide clothing and auxiliary heaters for the elderly.

In  Haiti, Solvay America (USD 100,000) supports the reconstruction and the shipment of 300 refurbished computers to the same country.

The continuation of the Coral project in Thailand using PVC structures for establishing of new corals, or the 'Earth Home Cultural Center', which is helping tsunami victims in the province of Phang-Nga (Thailand).

We are also active partners in networks and associations, including the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the International Council of Chemical Association (ICCA), the Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and CSR EUROPE.