Units

 

Trends

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

Sustainable business solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product portfolio assessed

 

%

 

 

88

 

84

 

88

 

 

 

Solutions

 

%

 

 

49

 

43

 

33

 

 

 

 

Neutral

 

%

 

 

31

 

33

 

39

 

 

 

 

Challenges

 

%

 

 

8

 

8

 

16

 

 

 

 

Not evaluated

 

%

 

 

12

 

16

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greenhouse gas emissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greenhouse gas intensity

 

Kg CO2 eq. per € EBITDA

 

 

5.53

 

5.86

 

7.26

 

8.08

 

8.84

 

Direct and indirect CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2)

 

Mt CO2

 

 

10.0

 

10.9

 

11.6

 

11.7

 

12.0

 

Other greenhouse gas emissions according to Kyoto Protocol (Scope 1)

 

Mt CO2 eq.

 

 

2.31

 

2.45

 

2.61

 

 

 

Total greenhouse gas emissions according to Kyoto Protocol (Scopes 1 and 2)

 

Mt CO2 eq.

 

 

12.3

 

13.4

 

14.2

 

14.4

 

14.7

 

Other greenhouse gas emissions not according to Kyoto Protocol (Scope 1)

 

Mt CO2 eq.

 

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

 

Carbon dioxide – CO2 (Scope 1)

 

Mt CO2 eq.

 

 

7.92

 

8.43

 

8.76

 

 

 

 

Total direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1)

 

Mt CO2 eq.

 

 

10.2

 

10.9

 

11.4

 

 

 

 

Total indirect greenhouse gas emissions – Gross market-based (Scope 2)

 

Mt CO2.

 

 

2.1

 

2.5

 

2.8

 

 

 

 

Total indirect greenhouse gas emissions – Gross location-based (Scope 2)

 

Mt CO2.

 

 

2.1

 

2.3

 

3.0

 

 

 

 

Fuel and energy-related activities

 

Mt CO2.

 

 

0.7

 

0.8

 

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

Mt CO2.

 

 

1.7

 

0.8

 

2.5

 

 

 

 

Purchased goods and services

 

Mt CO2.

 

 

6.6

 

7.2

 

7.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee health and safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fatal accidents of Solvay employees and contractors

 

Number

 

 

1

 

1

 

0

 

2

 

2

 

Medical Treatment Accident Rate for Solvay employees and contractors (MTAR)

 

Accident per million hours worked

 

 

0.65

 

0.77

 

0.77

 

0.97

 

1.06

 

 

Medical Treatment Accident Rate for Solvay employees (MTAR)

 

Accident per million hours worked

 

 

0.63

 

0.73

 

0.69

 

0.82

 

0.96

 

 

Medical Treatment Accident Rate for Contractors (MTAR)

 

Accident per million hours worked

 

 

0.70

 

0.86

 

0.94

 

1.25

 

1.26

 

Lost Time Accident Rate for Solvay employees and contractors (LTAR)

 

Accident per million hours worked

 

 

0.65

 

0.76

 

0.75

 

0.98

 

0.80

 

 

Lost Time Accident Rate for Solvay employees (LTAR)

 

Accident per million hours worked

 

 

0.70

 

0.69

 

0.67

 

 

 

 

Lost Time Accident Rate for Contractors (LTAR)

 

Accident per million hours worked

 

 

0.52

 

0.90

 

0.85

 

 

 

 

Injuries

 

Number

 

 

50

 

68

 

66

 

92

 

101

 

 

Occupational illness frequency rate (short/mid-latency)

 

cases per one million hours worked

 

 

0.06

 

0.08

 

0.17

 

0.09

 

 

 

Total Long-latency occupational diseases

 

Number

 

 

10

 

20

 

21

 

17

 

26

 

 

Total Short/mid-latency occupational diseases

 

Number

 

 

3

 

4

 

9

 

5

 

6

 

 

Total occupational diseases

 

Number

 

 

13

 

23

 

30

 

22

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee engagement and wellbeing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solvay engagement index

 

%

 

 

75

 

77

 

75

 

 

72

 

Coverage by collective agreement

 

%

 

 

100

 

87.8

 

77

 

82.2

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Societal actions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solvay Group donations, sponsorship, and own projects

 

€ million

 

 

3.92

 

7.38

 

5.25

 

 

 

 

Employees involved in local societal actions

 

%

 

 

33

 

23

 

20