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STANDING FOR BETTER
Our Values
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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.
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.
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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
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OUR VALUES – PLANET
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Responsible Consumption and Production
Our strategies to meet this goal:
• Purchasing and Supply Chain
• Circular Economy Approach
• Supporting Local Community
![Hands protecting a sapling illustrating the pro-environment stance of Solo pipes](https://solo.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Climate-action.jpg)
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Climate Action
Our strategies to meet this goal:
• Waste, Pollution and Energy Reduction
• Investment in Clean Energy
• Carbon Offsetting Objectives
OUR VALUES – PEOPLE
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Decent Work & Economic Growth
Our strategies to meet this goal:
• Youth and Gender Diversity
• Upskill, Training and Technology
• Pay a Decent Living Wage
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Good Health and Wellbeing
Our strategies to meet this goal
• We all go home safe every day
• Wellbeing Programs
• Work/Life Balance
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