Company
Solvay
Date of signature
25 November 2008
Signatories
President of the Executive Committee of Solvay Group, Secretaries of the European Works Council
Key objectives
“In this context, Management of the Group and the Members of the European Works Council wish to state through this Charter the principles and the guidelines expressing their common will to contribute in Europe, by way of a regular dialogue to the exercise of Social Corporate Responsibility within the framework of its commitment “Towards Sustainable Development:
• in order to support their appropriation and their implementation by all the employees of the Group through voluntary commitments, concrete and verifiable within the framework of an amplification of the dialogue relating to the main issues of Sustainable Development with its various stakeholders: customers and suppliers, collaborators and their representatives, shareholders and the financial world, local communities of our sites, and representatives of the civil society: authorities, educational and academic world, NGOs, media, (...)
• and to identify in a realistic way and in the interest of all, the expectations, constraints and future objectives, their implementation modalities, as well as the means of contributing to the political and legislative choices regarding economic, social and environmental issues intrinsically linked to Sustainable Development.”
Duration
Indefinite
Applicable law
Not defined
Implementation and dissemination
Not defined
Review and monitoring
Not defined
Dispute settlement and sanctions
Not defined
Related texts
Group’s practices on Subcontracting (1999)
Charter on Health and Safety of the Staff (2002)
Guidelines on Social Policy in Joint Ventures (2003)
Main topic
CSR and Sustainable development,
Secondary topic(s)
ethics, forced labour, child labour, social dialogue, equal opportunities, diversity and non discrimination, skills development, anticipation of change, restructuring (job security), fair wages, health and safety.