The report on our sustainability performance is provided within the framework of the Global Reporting Initiative  and has been integrated into our Annual Group Report 2009.

On 16 October 2009 SolarWorld was the first exclusively solar company worldwide to sign the “United Nations  Global Compact”. This voluntary economic initiative on the part of the United Nations is designed to make globalization more environmentally and socially compatible. By joining this initiative solarworld again shows its leadership role and vision in the area of corporate sustainability.

Within the context of the Global Compact the participating organizations undertake to publish annual progress reports (Communication on Progress, COP) in which the measures to implement the principles of the Global Compact are presented. We are integrating this Communication on Progress in the Report on sustainable corporate management This follows the internationally recognized framework of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) which in turn the UN Global Compact also recommends for its reporting.