One of S Group's values is to carry responsibility for people and the environment.Since S Group is a company owned by 1.9 million Finns and its decisions and policies affect the everyday life of almost all Finns in one way or the other, responsibility needs to be part of its everyday actions and decision-making.
The aim of all activities within S Group is to produce benefits and improved services for co-op members.Customers also expect humanly and environmentally mindful and responsible activities from S Group.Indeed, S Group wants to ensure that all services produced for co-op members are safe and healthy to use and that they are ethically manufactured.
Transparency and cooperation
Carrying responsibility as well as open and fair actions throughout the supply chain are necessities for such a big actor as S Group, as is the continuous renewal of operations and unceasing development of practices.It is impossible to keep up with the world's developments unless one is ready to change, learn and renew one's own practices.
However, the starting point for all this is financial stability and profitability.Without financially profitable and successful business operations, we would not have the secure stone base upon which the services of S Group are built today in our over 1,600 outlets.Aside from its secure financial standing, S Group is also a stable and safe employer which takes care of its personnel. The over 38,000 employees of S Group know this.
Shared goals
In S Group, responsibility-related issues are part of everyday life and normal leadership.The commonly agreed responsibility principles that guide the work have been formulated on the basis of S Group's values.
Strategic indicators relating to responsibility ensure that we share the same goals. S Group's every business area and chain applies the responsibility programme, and the results are monitored with indicators. The programmes continuously follow up on key figures pertaining to energy efficiency, reduction in the amount of waste and packaging materials as well as sales of eco-labelled products. Furthermore, some cooperatives have their own responsibility programmes.