Corporate

• Solvay´s ¨narrative¨ description

This more inspirational description is to be preferred anytime is possible when promoting/communicating our Group during any event.

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. Our purpose - we bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress - is a call to go beyond, to reinvent future forms of progress and create sustainable shared value for all through the power of science. In a world facing an ever-growing population and quest for resources, we aim to be the driving force triggering the next breakthroughs to enable humanity to advance while protecting the planet we all share.                                                            
We bond with customers and partners to address today and tomorrow’s megatrends. As a global leader in Materials, Chemicals and Solutions, Solvay brings advancements in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, water and air treatment, to solve critical industrial, social and environmental challenges. You can count on our innovative solutions to contribute to a safer, cleaner and more sustainable future.

• Solvay´s institutional description

This version has to be used if asked for a more official Group description.

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 21,000 employees in 63 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet roadmap crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering a better life. The Group’s 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. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.1 billion in 2021. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels and Paris (SOLB). 

Learn more at www.solvay.com.

• Purpose: We bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress.
• Vision: At Solvay, we create sustainable shared value for all.

Depending on your offerings and market focus, you can display messages on Solvay One Planet and its three pillars Climate, Resources, Better life, or focus on a single one.

Content 1 - Solvay One Planet (SOP):

• Extended:

2030 Solvay One Planet: our bold and holistic approach towards sustainability

1. Climate: we bond with customers and suppliers to reduce emissions
2. Resources: we bond across the value chain to enable true circularity
3. Better life: we bond to improve everyone's quality of life.

• Shorter:

Solvay One Planet roadmap: 10 goals to fight climate change, preserve natural resources and create a better life. 

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Content 2 - Pillars Specific Messages:

1. SOP Climate Specific Message: 

     Solvay One Planet - Our Climate Pillar

     We reduce the environmental footprint of our operations at planetary scale to protect climate and biodiversity.

2. SOP Resources Specific Message:

    Solvay One Planet - Our Resources Pillar

    We preserve the resources of our planet by accelerating the transition toward circular business and operations models.

3. SOP Better Life Specific Message:

     Solvay One Planet - Our Better Life Pillar

     We put our expertise at the service of the one planet we share to improve the quality of life of millions of people. 

4. Partnership Specific Message:

     We bond with our customers and suppliers to protect resources and create end-to-end sustainable solutions.

5. SPM Specific Message: 

     SPM - Sustainable Portfolio Management

     Our best-in-class solutions´ assessment tool to build a new model of sustainable chemistry

Our success Today comes from our strong legacy. Feel free to use the proposed Ernest Solvay quotes and visuals to illustrate what has been driving us for more than 160 years. 

• Quote 1: 

From science will derive the progress of mankind.

• Quote 2: 

There are no limits to what science can explore. 

Click here for some Ernest Solvay Pictures

Since 2016, we pursue this historic partnership as a partner of the World Alliance for Efficient Solution created by the Solar Impulse Foundation. The Alliance targeted the identification of "#1000Solutions to change the world" that help improve the quality of life on earth. ​​​​​Among those labelled solutions, there are several solutions from Solvay. Everyday we develop clean technologies and it is a new opportunity to demonstrate how science and research bring profitable and sustainable solutions to tackle the world’s environmental and health challenges.

Content

• Extended:
  The bonds we create enable us to change the world.
  We are members of The World Alliance for Efficient Solutions, established by the Solar Impulse Foundation. Together we bring clean and profitable solutions for protection of the environment.
  Together we can create a sustainable and shared future.
• Shorter:

We partner with the Solar Impulse Foundation to bring clean and profitable solutions for the protection of the environment.

Strategic Partners of the EMF are companies that are leading the way towards a circular economy. In 2018, Solvay signed its partnership agreement as the only multinational chemical company. Known for its expertise and work with businesses, governments, and academia, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation helps foster the economy’s transition from a take-make-dispose model to a more sustainable and economic one. Solvay’s role is crucial since it supplies most other industries and chemical science is a powerful enabler for material transformation.

Content 

• Extended:

The bonds we create keep the planet's resources in circulation.
We are creating solutions and partnerships which help move us towards a circular economy, where all waste can be transformed back into value or materials.
Together we can create a sustainable and shared future.

• Shorter:

We partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to move towards a circular economy.