(GRI) “The coverage of the topics and Indicators should be sufficient to reflect significant economic, environmental, and social impacts and enable stakeholders to assess the reporting organization’s performance.
“Boundary” refers to the range of entities (e.g., subsidiaries, joint ventures, sub-contractors, etc.) whose performance is represented by the reporting”

The Solvay Group has 178 production sites, including 58 for the joint ventures PipeLife (plastics pipes and fittings) and Inergy Automotive Systems (vehicle fuel systems), in a total of 37countries (2007 figures).

Our sustainability reporting concerns the companies of which the Solvay Group owns at least 50%.

• The quantitative data for environmental parameters relate to the 112 production  sites – including those operated by the joint ventures – where production involves significant releases into the environment (excluding PipeLife activities). The internal reporting and consolidation system for environmental data has been verified when it has been set up.
• The quantitative data relating to safety refer to all the operation for which Solvay is in charge of the technical management, amounting to 154 sites.
• Human resources management and policies in this field relate to all of the management units including (except in respect of staff training policies) the joint ventures where Solvay has a majority shareholding.