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Sustainable Development
The new river port at the
Rheinberg (Germany) plant
for transporting caustic soda is an
example of moving transportation
off the roads.
Solvay’s commitment
to Sustainable Development
“
Sustainable Development
poses a major challenge
to society. The Solvay
Group fully recognises and
accepts this challenge.
We commit ourselves to
take into account, in a
way that is comprehensive
and integrated in all our
activities, the triple demand
of economic, societal and
environmental sustainability.
This commitment of
widened responsibility as
“good citizen”:
Sustainable
Development
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A company present
and active in Society
Solvay Indupa (Mercosur)
is among the companies, NGOs
and individuals supporting the
Instituto Trata Brasil,
which is seeking to coordinate
a national mobilization around
programs to improve the health
of the population, preserve the
environment and create jobs.
The “Essentiality of
Chemicals” program continued
in 2007 with seminars explaining
the various Solvay professions.
Solvay in France
awarded prizes to
students in a competition on the
environment and innovation. Prizes
were awarded to three projects
from among those presented by
45 students.
In 2007, in the United States,
Solvay Pharmaceuticals
offered 100 two-year
scholarships to students
suffering from cystic fibrosis.
Solvay Pharmaceuticals is also
continuing its support for the
Patient Assistance Program (PAP)
set up in the USA in 1993
to distribute medicines to lowincome
patients.
• is applied to the entire
lifecyle of our products.
This encompasses their
design, their manufacture,
their applications and
also the consumption of
resources that they entail,
including the societal
impacts of their
manufacture or use;
• resides in the desire to
innovate and to make
progress by conducting a
permanent and in-depth
dialogue on these
challenges with all
concerned stakeholders
and all our specific
partnerships. „
Solvay Global Annual Report 2007