ACT 4 U

Pioneering for a sustainable personalization industry

Engaged with the whole value chain

The SOLO Group envisions a maturing industry of fashionable textiles and promotional items when it comes to value creation and sustainability,

The company is perfectly positioned in the value chain to make a lasting difference in terms of carbon footprint and social engagement.

Leading the industry

The SOLO Group aims to strengthen its leading market position as being one of the first to commit to Paris Agreement (COP21) to fight climate change

The company has already a head-start in terms of sourcing sustainable products through socially certified factories.

U ARE THE PLANET

Drastically reduce our carbon footprint all along our supply chain.

U ARE THE PEOPLE

Set ambitious social standards over the whole supply chain.

U ARE THE PROMOTER

Contribute to promote sustainable practices in the promotional industry.

U ARE THE CHANGE

Conduct our sustainability strategy throughout the whole organization.

U ARE THE PLANET

SOLO midocean today’s footprint

SOLO Group and midocean have emitted together 317 kt CO2 in 2022 representing the annual emissions of a 40 000 people  town

SOLO has emitted 183 kt CO2 in 2022

Top 3 impacts:

  • 89% is due to Purchased goods (S3)

  • 5% to upstream transport & distrib (S3)

  • 3% end of life treatment (S3)

midocean has emitted 134 kt CO2 in 2022

Top 3 impacts:

  • 80% is due to Purchased goods (S3)

  • 10% to upstream transport & distrib (S3)

  • 5% Electricity consumption (S2)

Objective : reduce CO2 emissions to be in line with SBTi “Well Below 2 °C” trajectory for Scope 3

SBTi Net Zero Targets

Near-Term Target
(between 2028-33)

Solo aims to reduce emissions to keep warming below 1.5 °C for Scope 1 & 2 (-42%) and 
well below 2 °C for Scope 3 (-25%)

-25% by 2030*

Long-Term Target
(2050 at the latest)

Solo aims to reach net-zero GHG emissions across

Scope 1, 2, and 3 by 2050

-90% by 2050*

*Mixed sector pathway with 2022 base year

U ARE THE PEOPLE

Our social ambition can be divided in 2 main categories

Our people

Develop well-being, respect for diversity and inclusion, health and safety.
Reinforce collaboration between entities

Our suppliers

Strengthen exemplarity on the management of the supply chain.  Increase proximity with the suppliers to develop transparency and collaboration opportunities.

Collaboration and improvement, 2 core values of SOLO

Sharing and Co-creating

Best practices sharing between our
1 500+ colleagues:

  • Build transversal teams

  • Co-create ad-hoc solutions for a more powerful impact

Continious improvement

Each collaborator can suggest improvements:

  • Idea box in the break room

  • Open question in the wellbeing survey

  • Question asked during the annual interview

U ARE THE PROMOTER

Solo’s key actions for advocacy in 3 main themes

  1. International Standard
    Leverage on SBTi for Climate and ambition and trajectory

  2. Certifications (Corporate & product)

    Use certifications to demonstrate and valorise the achievements

  3. Collaborations & visibility

    Keep connecting and collaborating with organisations