Applying a combination of policies, management systems and tools contributes to addess social, business and environmental requirements.
These tools support the implementation of the Sustainable Development policy.

* Tools associated with the Responsible Care policy for health, safety and Environment 

Employees and subcontractors

Human Resources Management 

• Recruitment policy – Solvay
• Classification of jobs, and remuneration – Hay
• Training policy – Solvay
• Career management policy (succession planning, career development, Talent RoundTable, management of high-flying executives) – Solvay
• Employee performance management policy – Solvay
• Long-term benefits (pensions) – Solvay
• Sharing expertise:  X-fert – Solvay
• Charter “health & safety of employees” – Solvay/European Works Council
• Charter “social policy in joint ventures” – Solvay/European Works Council
• Charter “practices for subcontracting” – Solvay/European Works Council
• Measurement of employee engagement - Solvay People Survey – Solvay

Health & Safety 

• Management of employee health and safety – Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series: OHSAS 18001 – BSI
• Health at work: Good Practices – Solvay
• Occupational hygiene standards: TLVs and BEIs – American Conference of Governmental Industrial 
•  Hygienists; Solvay Acceptable Exposure Limits (SAEL) internal standards – Solvay
• Assessment of occupational exposure to hazardous substances at the workstation: EA-tool –Solvay
• Specific health policies: stress, Legionella, asbestos, etc. – Solvay
• Information system on accident follow-up – Solvay
• Information system on accident statistics - SISAS – Solvay
• Information system on medical and occupational hygiene - Medexis – Solvay
• Safety clauses in subcontracting – Solvay

Environment

• Environmental management system: ISO 14001 – ISO
• Best Available Techniques from an environmental perspective - BAT – EU
• Risk assessment of chemicals – EU, US-EPA & ICCA
• Characterization of soils – Solvay
• Dismantling closed-down production plants – Solvay
• Analysis and assay methods for effluents – Solvay
• Monitoring aquifers – Solvay
• Information system on releases into the environment - SERF – Solvay
• Information system on the state of soils - SIG – Solvay
• Animal care – Solvay
• Policy on traveling and videoconferences – Solvay

Safety at production plants

• Process Safety Management - PSM – OSHA/Solvay
• HAZOP hazard analyses – International Electro-technical Commission IEC 61882/European Process

Safety Centre/Solvay

• Safety in the design, construction and operation of manufacturing installations – Solvay
• Safety audits of installations - PSM - OSHA & Solvay
• Risk-Based Inspections of the physical integrity of installations – Solvay
• Safety Instrumented Systems – IEC 61511 standard/ Solvay
• Information system on safety recommendations from Property Insurance Program and from risk engineering audits – Solvay

Products

• Quality : Solvay Performance Model – Solvay, ISO 9001; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point  (HACCP); Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP); EFQM excellence model / Baldridge model – European Federation for Quality Management/Baldridge 
• Solvay Sustainability Screening (S3) to assess the sustainability of activities – Solvay
• Lifecycle analyses (LCAs) – Umberto®, IFEU, Heidelberg
• Product safety data sheets – Solvay/EU/OSHA
• Safety data sheets for suppliers’ products – NCEC/Solvay
• Risk assessments of chemical substances – EU/US-EPA/ICCA
• Information system on product safety: SACHEM – Solvay
• Pharmacovigilance system for pharmaceutical products – Solvay

Distribution

• Safety policy for distributors – Solvay
• Policy on transport by road – Solvay Chemicals Sector
• Level‑1 assistance in the event of an accident during distribution: Carechem24 – NCEC
• Safety data sheets for transport: Tremcards – NCEC/CEFIC
• Audits for loading and unloading hazardous materials –Solvay
• Audits for sea transport firms – Chemical Distribution Institute
• Audits for road hauliers and distributors: SQAS – CEFIC

Other policies

• Public reporting on sustainable development and societal responsibility:

Global Reporting Initiative GRI – UNEP

• Rules regarding public affairs – Solvay
• Trade and the Environment – ICCA
• Environmentally responsible marketing – Solvay
• Communication – Solvay
• Alert and crisis communication: SECOM – Solvay
• Financial reporting standards – IFRS
• Rules of good practice on the Internet – Solvay
• Good Neighbor Program – Solvay
• International audit for accounts certification – Deloitte
• Audits for health, safety and the environment in mergers and acquisitions (Due diligence) – Solvay