SO Responsibilityreport_2018

2Description
of the organisation’s background
SOL is a business owned by a Finnish family.
SOL’s management is guided by values where
economical, social and environmental responsibilities
are at the centre. The SOL Group comprises
the parent company SOLEMO Oy and its
five wholly owned subsidiaries in Finland and
five international subsidiaries. We offer cleaning and facility
services in St. Petersburg and Moscow in Russia and
in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden. Retail laundry
services are offered in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Estonia
as part of a cleaning and facility management company.
The dry cleaning shop concept of laundries began in
Finland in 2001. Last year, Finland had 61 serving laundry
shops. New laundry shops were established in Easton
shopping centre and Järvenpää. International laundry
operations were launched in Estonia in 2008, St. Petersburg
in 2010 and Moscow in 2011. In 2009, we began to
offer temporary staffing and recruitment services to our
customers in Finland. In Russia, we were in the temporary
staffing business from 2013 to 2015.
2.1 The SOL companies
Solemo’s Finnish subsidiaries include SOL Palvelut Oy, a
provider of cleaning and facility services, property services
and security services. SOL Henkilöstöpalvelut focuses on
temporary staffing and direct recruitment services. SOL
Pesulapalvelut Oy provides laundry services to private
individuals, businesses and public sector entities.
Group companies:
• SOL Palvelut Oy, Helsinki
• SOL Pesulapalvelut Oy, Helsinki
• SOL Henkilöstöpalvelut Oy, Helsinki
• SOL Baltics OÜ, Eesti
• OOO SOL, Venäjä
• OOO SOL Sp, Venäjä
• OOO SOL DC, Venäjä
• Solreneriet AB, Ruotsi
• Tekniclean A/S
• Goldcup 17817 AB
• Reneriet Estonia OÜ, Eesti
• Consultor Finland Oy
2.2 SOL is a Solar
System – outstanding
partnership and quality
SOL is a Solar System consisting of the Solar Centre,
personnel services, property services, laundry services,
cleaning services, facility services and security services. We
want each of the services to represent the absolute top in
its field and provide our customers with positive experiences.
We act responsibly, respecting the environment and
providing the best customer service. We are quick and
cost-efficient. We want to be a superior partner in all of
our services and service solution packages.
In addition to SOL’s Management Team and task-specific
development groups, the entire personnel works for
and towards SOL responsibility. The work of a responsible
corporation involves us all. The operational organisation is
structured so that all the services, marketing and sales as
well as development and administrative operations support
the operative activities throughout the Group. The
backbone of the operations is the line organisation, which
serves locally and with uniform quality in accordance with
the SOL Operating System. The Group’s development
activities focus on establishing and developing service
concepts and processes. Procurement and logistics are
also under development..
14 Responsibility 2018 | www.sol.fi