SO Responsibilityreport_2018

SOL Palvelut
was the first in
Finland’s hotel
cleaning business
sector to be
awarded the Swan
label.
plastics are now used as a new material in the rubbish
bags SOL uses.
This is an amazing thing for us and the consumers,
since the plastics consumers recycle will really be returned
into use and this in turn encourages customers to keep on
recycling plastic.
The material also saves considerably CO2 emissions.
The products are collected in Finland, they are recycled
and reworked into raw materials and finally produced into
products in Finland.
Multiple-use rubbish bags
We are currently using some 2,000 permanent garbage
bags. The use of permanent garbage bags has seen steady
growth. We carried out several campaigns related to
the use of permanent garbage bags at our service districts
in 2018.
11 plastic bottles are used to make one multiple-use
garbage bag. A total of 58,850 plastic bottles have been
used to make all the multiple-use waste sacks in SOL’s use.
6.5.6 Eco-labelled cleaning equipment and
towels
We invest in eco-labelled cleaning textiles. All of the mop
strings and microfibre towels we use carry the Swan label.
6.5.7 Storage inventories
Inventories were established as part of our daily
philosophy of getting it right the first time and the development
of our in-house operations. The inventories were
carried out electronically for the first time and the results
were available to the districts in real time. A total of 1,000
inventories were carried out at our customer locations in
2018.
6.5.8 Responsible choices
The entire staff works for and towards SOL’s responsibility.
This year, responsibility is a strong element in work
clothes choices. SOL’s whole Finland personnel will in the
future work in clothes made of responsible materials. Over
350,000 recycled plastic bottles have been used as the raw
materials of the clothes.
SOL and the Finnish work clothes manufacturer
TouchPoint Oy want to take care of our shared planet. The
harming environmental impacts of the clothing industry
are many and decreasing them is our shared goal.
Work clothes made of responsible materials are suitable
for different working environments. The products
of the SOL collection are designed so that they can be
matched together and layered as the changing working
and weather conditions require. Working clothes made of
ecological materials ensure a comfortable user experience
for the whole work day.
The clothes collection gives also a strong outward
message of responsibility. Every piece of clothing has a
‘sustainable choice by SOL’ label and the product also
tells the amount of plastic bottles used in it. A yellow sun
shines from the collection, spreading positive energy.
In cooperation with TouchPoint, we have produced
mop bags and work clothes for the hotel sector out of
plastic bottles. The total impact was over 500,000 recycled
bottles.
6.5.9 Waste management and energy
efficiency at SOL headquarters
At SOL City, the headquarters of SOL, waste management
has been organised in line with circular economy. The
energy utilisation rate of our waste is now 41% and the
material utilisation rate is 59% at our headquarters and
property (including tenants of the property). As energy
efficiency measures, our headquarters have had the following
changes:
- reformation of district heating heat exchangers
- a part of the lighting has been changed into
LED technology 1, 2, 3
floor corridors and stairways
- ventilation equipment and building automatisation
improved after the space changes
- a solar panel system has been installed on
the roof of the property, the system generates
a part of the property’s electricity.
6.5.10. Societal influencing
The general secretariat of the committee of sustainable
development held on Wednesday May 30 in the Finlandia
Hall the State and future of sustainable development
event for stakeholders and also the celebration reception
of the committee of sustainable development’s 25 anniversary.
Decision-makers and agents of government, organisations,
business and science meet in the annual event.
During the day the agents who have committed to the
procedures of sustainable development are also given the
time to speak. SOL’s representatives attended the event.
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