Solvay
2019 Annual Integrated Report

 

 

Units

Trends

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

 

Sustainable business solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product portfolio assessed

%

87

87

88

84

88

Solutions

%

53

50

49

43

33

 

Neutral

%

27

30

31

33

39

 

Challenges

%

7

7

8

8

16

 

Not evaluated

%

13

13

12

16

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and innovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and innovation staff

Headcount

2,100

2,200

2,100

2,340

2,390

 

Intellectual property agreements and cooperation agreements

Number

1,900

1,500

1,660

1,300

1,530

 

First patent filings

Number

240

264

284

240

256

 

New sales ratios

%

18

19

18

15

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greenhouse gas emissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greenhouse gas intensity

Kg CO2 eq. per € EBITDA

5.17

5.51

5.53

5.86

7.26

Direct and indirect CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2)

Mt CO2

10.0

9.8

10.0

10.9

11.6

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

Mt CO2 eq.

2.00

2.44

2.31

2.45

2.61

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

Mt CO2 eq.

12.0

12.3

12.3

13.4

14.2

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.

8.58

7.96

7.92

8.43

8.76

 

Total direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1)

Mt CO2 eq.

10.59

10.35

10.2

10.9

11.4

 

Total indirect CO2 emissions – Gross market-based (Scope 2)

Mt CO2

1.4

1.9

2.1

2.5

2.8

 

Total indirect CO2 emissions – Gross location-based (Scope 2)

Mt CO2

1.5

2.0

2.1

2.3

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee health and safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fatal accidents of Solvay employees and contractors

Number

0

0

1

1

0

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

Accident per million hours worked

0.44

0.54

0.65

0.77

0.77

 

Medical Treatment Accident Rate for Solvay employees (MTAR)

Accident per million hours worked

0.44

0.58

0.63

0.73

0.65

 

Medical Treatment Accident Rate for Contractors (MTAR)

Accident per million hours worked

0.43

0.48

0.7

0.86

0.94

 

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

Accident per million hours worked

0.66

0.65

0.65

0.76

0.75

 

Lost Time Accident Rate for Solvay employees (LTAR)

Accident per million hours worked

0.73

0.71

0.7

0.69

0.67

 

Lost Time Accident Rate for Contractors (LTAR)

Accident per million hours worked

0.51

0.52

0.52

0.9

0.85

 

Injuries

Number

34

42

50

68

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee engagement and well-being

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solvay engagement index

%

 

76

75

77

75

 

Coverage by collective agreement

%

100

100

100

87.8

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Societal actions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solvay Group donations, sponsorship, and own projects

€ million

3.61

3.92

3.92

7.38

5.25

Employees involved in local societal actions

%

47

33

33

23

20