Science and Governance
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Launched December 2025:
ResponsibleGlass
As founding members, WE Soda is pleased to announce the launch of ResponsibleGlass.
ResponsibleGlass will set sustainability standards and certification for the glass value chain.
Founding members and supporters include:
Evidence Book
Sponsored by Alan Knight
This Evidence Book is one part of a trilogy of documents that shapes WE Soda’s approach to sustainability.
This document presents the robust research and data-backed foundation underpinning WE Soda’s Sustainability Plan and broader value proposition. It focuses on the evidence that substantiates two key principles that are core to our business – that soda ash makes a meaningful contribution to sustainable development, and that our natural soda ash has important and unique sustainability virtues.
The Role of Natural Soda Ash in Building a Sustainable Future
Despite not being a household name, soda ash serves as an essential enabler of everyday modern life. Beyond its importance in daily consumer products, soda ash is a fundamental input into a wide range of industries that directly and indirectly support sustainable development. It underpins cleaner technologies, supports resource efficiency, and, in doing so, contributes to environmental, economic, and social progress.
Case for Change
Sponsored by Alan Knight
Case for Change, part of a trilogy of documents shaping WE Soda’s approach to sustainability, provides an overview of how global trends shape, and will continue to shape, WE Soda’s product offer and operating context.
The global trends of climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, resource circularity, social inequality and geopolitical instability are interconnected and escalating challenges with far reaching consequences that have shaped, and will continue to shape, the soda ash industry and society more broadly. Staying abreast of the latest science is essential to safeguard and extend our competitive advantage. It also forms the basis of our double materiality assessment.
Double Materiality
Materiality, i.e. focusing on what matters, is a fundamental concept of corporate and financial functions, and the absence of its consideration in decision making often gives rise to inefficiencies and limited progress.
Our approach to Double Materiality is to plot each of the 47 trends onto what we call 'dartboards'. WE Soda created ‘dartboards’ for each of our 5 Ps. The closer the issue came to the centre of the dart board, the more material the issue is. The results of our findings can be seen in Case for Change.
Our sustainability governance framework
Our Sustainability Committee plays a critical role in ensuring that WE Soda’s sustainability strategy is integrated with our core business strategy.
Membership and full details of our sustainability committee can be found within our Annual Report.
Our CEO has overall responsibility for sustainability and is supported by our Chief Sustainability Officer in the design and delivery of our sustainability strategy.
Our local sustainability teams oversee the execution of our sustainability strategy and are responsible for the coordination of our strategic working groups across our operations, who design, develop, and implement projects across our operations to deliver against our sustainability targets.
Image: Rosalind Kainyah, Sustainability Committee Chair
Our 2024 Report
To help us realise our purpose, we aim to operate in accordance with 'best-in-class' global sustainability frameworks and standards.
As part of our commitment to transparency, we have reported in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiatives Sustainability Standards, and we have reported in accordance with the recommendations of the TCFD. We will continue to report in alignment with these frameworks on an annual basis.
We continue to monitor the reporting expectations of our stakeholders and the evolving reporting landscape, which we continue to evaluate, including the TNFD, ISSB, and the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
As members of the European Soda Ash Producers Association (ESAPA) we work with experts in a wide range of fields, ensuring we maintain our competitive edge, monitor legislation, and keep up to date on environmental priorities. We also encourage best practice across our business and beyond, sharing our expertise with governments, institutions, and industry.
Benchmarking our performance
WE Soda holds a comprehensive set of ESG certifications with internationally recognised third-party organisations.
Our accreditations demonstrate our commitment to best practise and outstanding environmental performance, communicates transparent and comparable information about the environmental impact of our products and production processes, and supports our sustainability targets.
