1.2. Highly material aspects
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Units |
Trends |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
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Energy |
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Primary energy consumption |
Petajoules low heating value (PJ) |
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130 |
138 |
175 |
179 |
181 |
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Secondary energy purchased |
Petajoules low heating value (PJ) |
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49 |
53 |
63 |
– |
– |
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Total energy sold |
Petajoules low heating value (PJ) |
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22 |
23 |
26 |
– |
– |
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Fuel consumption from non-renewable sources |
Petajoules low heating value (PJ) |
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100 |
104 |
107 |
100 |
101 |
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Fuel consumption from renewable sources |
Petajoules low heating value (PJ) |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
– |
– |
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Energy efficiency index – Baseline 100% in 2012 |
% |
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94 |
94 |
96 |
99 |
99 |
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Air quality |
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Nitrogen oxides emissions – NOx |
Metric tons |
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9,466 |
11,098 |
12,210 |
12,679 |
10,980 |
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Nitrogen oxides intensity |
Kg per € EBITDA |
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0.0042 |
0.0058 |
0.0063 |
0.0071 |
0.0068 |
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Sulfur oxides emissions – SOx |
Metric tons |
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4,598 |
5,395 |
6,563 |
6,620 |
10,336 |
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Sulfur oxides intensity |
Kg per € EBITDA |
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0.0021 |
0.0028 |
0.0034 |
0.0037 |
0.0064 |
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Non-methane volatile organic compounds emissions – NMVOC |
Metric tons |
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4,949 |
4,968 |
6,781 |
7,158 |
7,464 |
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Non-methane volatile organic compounds intensity |
Kg per € EBITDA |
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0.0022 |
0.0026 |
0.0035 |
0.004 |
0.0046 |
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Water and wastewater |
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Freshwater withdrawal |
Million m3 |
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328 |
491 |
537 |
535 |
554 |
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Freshwater withdrawal intensity |
Cubic meters per € EBITDA |
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0.15 |
0.26 |
0.28 |
0.3 |
0.34 |
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Chemical oxygen demand (COD) |
Tons O2 |
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5,526 |
7,539 |
8,834 |
9,652 |
9,715 |
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Chemical oxygen demand intensity |
Kg per € EBITDA |
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0.0025 |
0.0040 |
0.0045 |
0.0054 |
0.006 |
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Waste and hazardous materials |
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Non-hazardous industrial waste |
1,000 Metric tons |
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1,643 |
1,463 |
1,453 |
1,637 |
– |
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Hazardous industrial waste |
1,000 Metric tons |
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101.7 |
194.2 |
202 |
194.6 |
– |
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Total industrial waste |
1,000 Metric tons |
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1,745 |
1,657 |
1,655 |
1,831 |
– |
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Industrial hazardous waste not treated in a sustainable way in absolute volume |
1,000 Metric tons |
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41.8 |
50.3 |
47.1 |
49.7 |
– |
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Industrial hazardous waste not treated in a sustainable way intensity |
Kg per € EBITDA |
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0.0187 |
0.0265 |
0.0241 |
0.0279 |
– |
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Substances of very high concern (SVHC) according to REACH criteria present in products sold |
Number |
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35 |
20 |
20 |
25 |
23 |
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Percentage of completion of Analysis of Safer Alternatives program for marketed substances |
% |
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49 |
18 |
5 |
– |
– |
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Diversity and inclusion |
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Total Headcount |
Headcount |
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24,459 |
27,030 |
26,350 |
25.909 |
27,146 |
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Percentage of women in the Group |
% |
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23 |
23 |
22 |
22 |
20 |
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Senior Manager |
headcount |
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396 |
428 |
428 |
428 |
456 |
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Middle Manager |
Headcount |
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2,898 |
3,026 |
2,819 |
2,731 |
2,727 |
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Junior manager |
Headcount |
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5,090 |
5,348 |
4,491 |
4,186 |
4,126 |
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Non-manager |
Headcount |
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16,075 |
18,228 |
18,612 |
18,564 |
19,837 |
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Solvay’s workforce under 30 years old |
Headcount |
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2,765 |
3,242 |
– |
– |
– |
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Solvay’s workforce between 30-49 years old |
Headcount |
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13,578 |
15,107 |
– |
– |
– |
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Solvay’s workforce 50 years old and older |
Headcount |
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8,116 |
8,681 |
– |
– |
– |
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Customer welfare |
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Solvay’s Net Promoter Score (NPS) |
% |
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36 |
27 |
24 |
14 |
– |
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Management of the legal, ethics and regulatory framework |
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Total claims made |
Number |
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83 |
65 |
– |
– |
– |
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Total claims closed including cases for which there was insufficient information or cases that were misdirected or referred |
Number |
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71 |
62 |
– |
– |
– |
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Unsubstantiated claims among resolved cases |
Number |
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38 |
28 |
– |
– |
– |
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Substantiated claims among resolved cases |
Number |
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19 |
29 |
– |
– |
– |
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Process accident and safety |
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Percentage of product lines having a risk analysis updated in the last five years |
% |
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77 |
65 |
69 |
64 |
58 |
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Number of "Risk Sheets Level 1" at the end of the year |
Number |
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56 |
46 |
94 |
217 |
11 |
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Percentage of level 1 risk situations resolved within one year |
% |
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100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Risk level 1 situation resolved |
Number |
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48 |
98 |
232 |
23 |
111 |
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Sites with required Process safety management systems practices in line with their level |
% |
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79 |
90 |
84 |
– |
– |
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Process incidents with a Medium severity |
Number |
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281 |
259 |
215 |
– |
– |
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Process incidents with a High severity |
Number |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Process safety rate |
% |
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0.9 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
– |
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Medium severity incidents with environmental consequences |
Number |
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59 |
40 |
46 |
55 |
– |
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Medium severity incidents with environmental consequences in which the limits of the operating permit were exceeded |
Number |
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27 |
26 |
26 |
– |
– |