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Solvay Way of Working

1. Offering experiences that matter to our People

SWoW as motor

to align People’s daily EXPERIENCES with Solvay ONE ambitions

• Engaging interactions, fair treatment, comfortable and flexible working environment, digital solutions, …
• When experience doesn’t match company messages, belief & engagement drop

SWoW program enables holistic experience:

4B ecosystem (bricks, bytes, behaviors & branding)

2. To unleash Group’s potential

Towards a collaborative,

flexible, competency based organization

to respond quicker to market opportunities

CONNECT PEOPLE

Cross-team collaboration and broaden network 

Exposure (managers & employees)

Welcoming and inclusive working environment

SUPPORT EFFICIENCY

Digital tools & solutions adapted to needs 

Activity based and comfortable working environment

Speed of decision making through eased exchanges

RESPONSIBILIZATION

Performance drive (target oriented instead of process/org chart mindset)

Free to self-organize, in good connection with team dynamic

Continuous learning, stretch of comfort zone

(SWoW) ? This Wikipage  is for you ! 

Step by step, our Solvay sites are transforming towards SWoW. Discover in these pages what that means and how you can contribute to make it a great experience !

Why SWoW ? 

In cohesion with our Purpose ‘We bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress”, the future of our workplace aims to translate our culture into a living reality. 

The Solvay Way of Working’s ambition is to :

• enable bonding & boost collaboration beyond silos to be more efficient
• foster innovation for our customers thanks to agility, partnerships & co-creation
• experience a lively and vibrant work environment, with performance & well-being at its heart
• grow our people, attract talents and make us proud

With the new Mobile Working Policy, the employees can work from home or on site, taking into consideration constraints and wishes. 

Thanks to a reinforced trust and continued dialogue with the manager and within the team, it increases motivation to work and boosts performance.

So in a nutshell, SWoW : be flexible to work where you can be at your best

On site, employees are offered a large choice between different working positions, shared and organized by area (collaboration, in-between and focus).  They choose a place that suits best their task and needs. 

SWoW only becomes a reality by relying on the "4Bs", both the “Bricks” (nature or configuration of the building), the “Bytes” (digital environment), the “Behaviors” (adapted behaviors) and the “Branding” (environment that reflects our identity).

SWoW and Mobile Working also aim at supporting our One Planet and Fuel for Growth ambitions such as lowering mobility and office footprints, adapting our habits towards working paperless, standardizing and simplifying our tools catalogues etc.

NWoW being adopted by all main consultancy / strategy firms 

& by top performing tech/industrial companies

to keep competitive advantage

To address ageing office environments :