Sustainability
Our passion is to produce as much good as possible.
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Greenstep started its systematic sustainability work in the spring of 2019.
Our goal-oriented sustainability work started with our first very own Sustainability Officer. We created the core ethical principles of our business into the Code of Conduct in collaboration with our employees from different cities, services, teams, and age groups.
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We publish annual Sustainability Reports
The latest Sustainability Report was published in June 2024, summarizing the sustainability work's results of last year and objectives for the following year. We have systematically lowered and reduced the carbon emissions of our operations from 2019 onwards.
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At Greenstep, sustainability is part of the whole organization and everyone's work
It's reflected in everyday activities and everything we do, such as procurement, travel, safer work community principles, recruitment, skills development, and investments. The work can be genuinely impactful only when sustainability is at the heart of all activities.
Our values can be seen in everything we do
Equal and healthy working community
Our success is based on our experts, and their well-being is vital to us. We promote our employees’ well-being by supporting active lifestyles through employee benefits and annual well-being challenges and ensure an open and communal work atmosphere.
Equality and appreciation of other people are also strongly linked to Greenstep's fundamental values. We act according to the safer work community principles and monitor how equality is practiced through our annual employee satisfaction surveys.
Our community spirit and employee satisfaction levels are high and surveyed weekly. Our eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) is 72, which is an excellent result.
It ensures that our business practices are ethical and that we're trustworthy of our customers.
High-quality competence development
The will to reinvent and develop ourselves is one of Greenstep’s values and a promise of quality we give to our customers. We support our experts in developing themselves through customer projects and internal training. Greenstep Academy provides versatile and high-quality topical training events and longer training paths for every Greenstep member.
Competence development is also part of our social responsibility, and we participate in various collaboration projects with, for example, universities. On top of that, our subsidiary Carestep was founded to develop competence.
Carestep provides high-quality cleaning services to its customers and uses 100 % of its profits on its employees' education and career counseling.
Environmentally sustainable choices
We make environmentally sustainable choices in all business areas and are committed to being carbon-neutral from 2022 onwards. We systematically reduce and avoid greenhouse gases in all our functions by using renewable energy and purchasing CO2-compensated products and services. Unavoidable emissions are compensated using Compensate Credits.
We have named the environment as one of our stakeholders and discussed environmental sustainability expectations at Greenstep with the Baltic Sea Action Group. From an environmental standpoint, pro bono work and investments can also make an effective difference.
That's why in 2021, Greenstep decided on a significant investment for the climate: it announced it would invest at least 10 % of its result in renewable energy in the next five years. The first investment of €3 million was made at the end of the year in Ålandsbanken's Wind Power Fund Non-UCITS fund. The fund invests the assets in wind farms in Finland and other Nordic countries.
You can read more about our stakeholder discussions and environmentally sustainable choices in our Sustainability Report 2021.
Economic sustainability and governance
Economic responsibility produces sustainable well-being, and our operations generate not just economic value added but also social and environmental impacts. Our offices in different locations support the business development of our local customers and local innovation, employment, and growth.
We want to acknowledge that everyone at Greenstep is an integral part of our company's success and can enjoy the results of success. Therefore, we decided to establish an annual “Together” bonus scheme where we distribute 10% of the Greenstep group's operating profit directly to the personnel.
We are also proud taxpayers, and we do not practice aggressive tax planning. We contribute to building a prosperous society by paying our taxes in total in each country we operate in. We have calculated our tax footprint, which you can find in our Sustainability Report of 2021.