Home » Industrial relations » Transnational industrial relations » Solvay: renewal of global framework agreement with IndustriAll Global Union boosts group’s social and diversity policy Solvay: renewal of global framework agreement with IndustriAll Global Union boosts group’s social and diversity policy The global framework agreement between Solvay and IndustriAll places greater social demands on the chemical company, such as having more women in leadership roles by 2020, integrating the OECD’s guidelines on multinationals, or indeed stricter demands on contracts with suppliers as regards the respect of workers’ rights. Signed on 3 February by Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, chief executive officer of Solvay, and Valter Sanches, IndustriAll’s general secretary, the new framework agreement will have a prolonged timeframe of five years and places greater emphasis on the role of the chemical group’s forum for international social dialogue (Solvay Global Forum), which is now in charge of making sure the agreement is correctly applied. Through . Published on 03 February 2017 à 17h17 - Update on 04 February 2017 à 18h46 Resources Hailing the agreement, after it was singed on 3 February in Brussels, Solvay CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu said: “For Solvay, the five-year renewal is testimony of the relationship of trust we’ve successfully developed with IndustriALL for more than a decade now. We advocate an open, challenging and constructive dialogue with our employees and their representatives. This dialogue is part of our sustainability commitments and a contributor to our overall performance.” The fact that this agreement is satisfactory to both parties is shown by the fact that it will be binding for five years,… Global Framework Agreements Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels