We are a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. Our innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems.
Our Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities.
Solvay around the world
€8.9bn
Net sales
+23,000
Employees
110
Industrial sites
20
Major Research & Innovation Centers
64
Countries
- Europe
- North America
- Latin America
- Asia & Rest of the world
Net Sales
Employees
Industrial sites
Major Research & Innovation Centers
Research & Innovation
1,950
Employees
€291M
R&I effort
15%
New sales ratio*
77%
of expected R&I revenue from “Sustainable solutions”**
* % of products / applications < 5 years,
** according to our SPM methodology
Solvay strategic objectives
- Financial indicators (2020 versus 2019)
- Social and Environmental Indicators
(2020 versus 2018) - Climate
- Resources
- Better life
Underlying EBITDA
1,945
In € million
–13.9% organic basis1
Greenhouse gas emissions5
10.1
Million tons C02eq.–20% constant scope
Sustainable solutions (SPM)
52%
% of Group sales+2 pp
Free cash flow to Solvay shareholders from continuing operations2
963
In € million
+58.8%
Solid fuels
27
Petajoules–18%
Non-recoverable industrial waste
70
Thousand tons–27%
Pressure on biodiversity6
107
–12%
Intake of freshwater
313
Million m3–5%
ROCE3
6.9%
–1.2 pp
Dividend
3.754
In € per share
Stable
Circular economy7
5%
% of Group sales based on circular raw materials or energy+1 pp
Medical treatment accident rate8
0.40
Per million hours worked–26%
Women in mid & senior management
24.6%
+0.9 pp
1: Organic growth excludes forex conversion and scope effects.
2: Free cash flow to Solvay shareholders is the free cash flow after payment of net interests, coupons of perpetual hybrid bonds and dividends to non-controlling interests. This represents the cash flow available to Solvay shareholders, to pay their dividend and/or to reduce the net financial debt.
3: Return on Capital employed,
4: Recommended to the Shareholders meeting on May 11, 2021,
5: Total greenhouse gas emissions, scopes 1 and 2,
6: in number of animal or plant species potentially impacted in one year. ReCiPe method for biodiversity impact assessment,
7: Circular economy indicators are still in the development phase, in the frame of the Circulytics® approach, co-developed with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation,
8: Rate of accidents with medical treatment, with or without work stoppage; employees and contractors