Standing for Better
Our Values
People and planet first
Re-branding a company image has little meaning without a believable Vision for its people. At Solo, we undertook a journey to discover the meaning of our why, the real purpose that gets us out of bed every morning and what values are important to us. We believe that we have a responsibility to do all we can to ensure our whanau have a better tomorrow.
Solos Purpose
Our Big Picture
What gets us out of bed every morning.
What
We design, build and install plastic piping solutions for the infrastructure of New Zealand.
Why
Fabricating for a better tomorrow.
How
By protecting the future of our people and our planet through truly sustainable manufacturing.
Kaitiakitanga
Climate action. Good health and Wellbeing. Decent work and economic growth. Responsible consumption and protection.
Solo’s Why, our Vision is “Fabricating for a Better Tomorrow”
To achieve this better tomorrow (our How and our Mission), we do this by ensuring that we work to protect our People and our Planet by applying truly Sustainable Manufacturing. The ‘truly’ is important to us at Solo. Anyone can turn the lights off at night and claim they are doing better. That isn’t enough for us. Standing for better means acting as true guardians and applying our values to everything we do.
KAITIAKITANGA
Our Values as Guardians
Kaitiakitanga describes the concept of acting as guardians for the environment. At Solo we have developed this concept into two sets of values, one to conserve and protect our planet and one to care and watch over our people. We then aligned these values with four of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and have developed three strategies for each Goal
Our Values
Planet
Responsible Consumption & Production
Our strategies to meet this goal:
- Purchasing and Supply Chain
- Circular Economy Approach
- Supporting Local Community
Climate Action
Our strategies to meet this goal:
- Waste, Pollution and Energy Reduction
- Investment in Clean Energy
- Carbon Offsetting Objectives
Our Values
People
Decent Work & Economic Growth
Our strategies to meet this goal:
- Youth and Gender Diversity
- Upskill, Training and Technology
- Pay a Decent Living Wage
Good Health & Wellbeing
Our strategies to meet this goal:
- We all go home safe every day
- Wellbeing Programs
- Work/Life Balance
HE WAKA EKE NOA
At Solo, ‘He waka eke noa’ is a saying at the heart of everything we do. “To get to where we want to be, we must paddle as one” It reminds us always that we are a team, a whanau and we are all in our waka together. We work in unity and we leave no-one behind.
