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ABOUT THIS REPORT
SOLVAY
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2015 COMPLEMENTARY ANNUAL REPORT
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1. CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
1. CONTENT
AND STRUCTURE
1.1
External reporting guidelines
Under the GRI Content Index Service, the GRI has verified the accuracy of
the GRI Content Index. This Complementary Annual Report on Sustainable
Development informations is published in accordance with the Core option
of the Global Reporting Initiative (G4) guidelines.
Solvay communicates progress on the UN Global Compact principles in
accordance with the GC Advanced Level. The GRI Content Index from p. 124
to p. 132 provides information on GRI indicators for topics relevant to the
Global Compact principles and its 21 Advanced criteria.
This symbol indicates information relevant to the implementa-
tion of the ten principles and on the 21 Advanced criteria. If it
appears at the beginning of a chapter, the entire content of the
chapter is relevant.
Solvay supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The
SDGs icons indicate important information for the reader. The sec-
tions with SDG icons show how they are implemented by Solvay.
To ensure reliability and credibility of its extra-financial reporting,
Solvay has commissioned one of its statutory auditors, Deloitte,
to verify a selection of sustainability information. This verification
process aims to provide a limited assurance report on a targeted
selection of sustainable development information. The audit
scope has been reviewed this year to cover entire sections of this
report marked by the audit sign, instead of a list of indicators
and assertions.
A selection of indicators from published in the section “Extra-fi-
nancial statements” Solvay’s annual report has also been audited.
This verification process involves the following steps: a review of the reporting
scope and analysis of the organization, protocols and reporting tools, a test
of the reliability of the information at site level (audit sample), a review of
the implementation of controls during consolidation steps and verification
of the published information.
For more details on the Assurance report, the reader is referred to the Addendum
section of this report.
1.2
Social and environmental
consolidation scope
Unless otherwise stated, all social and environmental indicators are reported
at the financial perimeter. The extra-financial reporting is fully consistent
with the Group’s financial consolidation scope which includes 145 sites and
26,350 employees (25,540 full time equivalent). CYTEC is not included in this
consolidation scope. The 2015 financial consolidation scope is available from
page 202 to 2013 of the 2015 Solvay Annual Report. The Chemlogics entity,
acquired in 2013 (3.3% of the turnover in 2015) has not been integrated in
the reporting of environment and Energy & CO
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indicators.
Where relevant, data are also reported at the operational perimeter, which
consolidates all activities under operational control even if not financially
consolidated. Unless specifically stated, CYTEC is not included in the indi-
cators reported.
Remark on historical emission figures
For past years (2012-2014), figures related to environmental emissions may
differ from figures published in Solvay’s 2014 reports. This is due to correc-
tions aimed at improving the fit with the financial perimeter. In particular,
environmental data from SolVin and Chlorchemicals were re-introduced in
the 2012 totals, and consolidation of the 2 plants in Devnya (Deven, Sodi,
Bulgaria), were slightly modified for all years.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are reported in accordance with the World
Business Council for Sustainable Development “Guidance for Accounting &
Reporting Corporate GHG Emissions in the Chemical Sector Value Chain”.
EMISSIONS
TYPE
SCOPE
DEFINITION
Direct
emissions
Scope 1
Emissions from operations that are
owned or controlled by the reporting
company.
Indirect
emissions
Scope 2
Emissions from the generation of
purchased or acquired energy such as
electricity, steam, heating or cooling,
consumed by the reporting company.
G4-18
G4-23
G4-22