Corporate social responsibility

Ecological and ethical values are important to us. Technopolis aims to improve evironmentally-friendliness, employment, employee wellbeing, and the openness of its operations. Technopolis steers its responsibility by developing corporate social responsibility reporting according to GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) principles.

 

Corporate social responsibility at Technopolis involves investments in financial, social and environmental responsibility. Of these three, our social responsibility is comprised of the development of the well-being and competence of our personnel, respect for human rights and equality, and responsibility in our relations with stakeholders. We support the growth, development and networking of companies. With our Talent Match-service we also help international professionals seek employment in the surrounding community. Read more about Talent Match.

 

The environmental impact of the national building stock is significant. Technopolis aims to reduce its ecological footprint and has set demanding environmental targets for 2011-2015 Read more about environmental strategy. We make green investments annually to existing buildings. Furthermore, possibilities for energy efficient solutions and the use of renewable energy sources are being studied in new construction projects already in the planning phase. Read more about energy piles_linkki. Technopolis pursues also environmental labels and building ratings Read more about LEED and Green Office.

 

So far, one LEED platinum and two gold level certifications for new construction projects, and nine Green Office labels for Technopolis own offices have been achieved.

 

Improving a building’s environmental performance has positive impacts. It maintains the building’s condition, enables increasing of building’s value and managing the development of operational and maintenance fees. In addition to the employee health services offered on our campuses, our healthy and safe premises have positive impacts on health, well-being and comfort, and thus our customers’ productivity. Professional building maintenance and management and functional technical systems ensure good indoor air quality and uninterrupted operation for our customers in our premises. This may also impact positively on tenant satisfaction and vacancy rates.

 

 

GRI reporting

The corporate social responsibility report is an assessment and communications tool that allows an organization to tell its stakeholders how it supports sustainability. Reporting focuses on three dimensions: economic, social and environmental sustainability. The Global Reporting Initiative network (GRI) has created corporate social responsibility reporting guidelines for this purpose, and it can be used by all organizations regardless of size, industry or geographical location. Reports composed in accordance with the GRI reporting framework can be used for a range of purposes:

 

comparing and evaluating an organization’s corporate social responsibility with regard to legislation, standards, regulations and voluntary initiatives

 

showing how an organization’s corporate social responsibility goals influence its operations and vice versa

 

comparing an organization’s operations with regard to its own and other organizations’ operations