Knowledge bank

Group of professionals engaging in a casual meeting in a stylish office lounge area with modern furniture and green plants.

Stefan Einhorn: “Focus on social sustainability is needed if humanity is to survive”

2024-10-25 10:46

Social sustainability is a complex concept that encompasses many elements. Ultimately, it is about giving people equal opportunities to live good and meaningful lives.

Smarter Worklife

Caroline Farberger in a white blouse smiling in an office setting with blurred background.

Caroline Farberger: “It felt like I threw off my mask"

2024-10-25 09:51

Board professional, venture capitalist, international speaker, wife - and father of three. Caroline Farberger's unique experience of leading a large company first as a man - and then as a woman - was a wake-up call. Since then, diversity and inclusion issues have been a top priority on her desk.

3D digital illustration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) concept with glowing red and blue schematic design of building structures

Shaping the future of real estate

2024-10-01 08:44

As partner to the Nordic PropTech Awards 2025, Coor is in the epicenter of today’s most groundbreaking innovations within property technology.

Innovation Property

One of Coor's janitors working at Attendo Care in Kuopio, Finland

The importance of effective property maintenance in a nursing home

2024-09-10 09:26

The smooth running of everyday life in a nursing home is a team effort, in which effective property maintenance plays a significant role.

Our customers Property

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Coor Achieves Silver Rating from Ecovadis

2024-07-17 13:01

In 2023, Coor was awarded a silver rating from Ecovadis, reflecting the company’s strong commitment to sustainability. This places Coor among the top 15 percent of companies globally in terms of sustainability performance.

Sustainability

"Sustainability is something that we have to work on together"

2024-04-29 15:08

Coor’s overall goal is to deliver on our financial targets without compromising on respect for people and the environment. Maria Ekman, Head of Sustainability at Coor, sums up our sustainability journey in 2023.

Sustainability

"Coor’s Carbon Insight shows where we can reduce our emissions"

2024-04-24 13:45

DSB is one of around 20 companies that tested Coor’s Carbon Insight service during the year. Aske Mastrup Wieth-Knudsen, Head of Sustainability at DSB, says that the service is helping DSB to identify areas for improvement and prioritise measures.

Sustainability Our customers

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We are building a stronger Coor for the future

2024-04-16 09:49

In 2023, we won a number of major new contracts, including Swedbank, and we extended a number of important contracts. We also saw a good level of activity in the market and a very positive trend in our TRIF rate, says Andreas Engdahl, CFO and IR Director, Coor.

Investor relations

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2023 - The safest year in Coor's history so far

2024-03-07 10:00

In 2023, we had the lowest number of work-related injuries so far in our company's history. Since 2021, we have reduced the number of injuries that occur during working hours by 40%. The success factors include not performing tasks that cannot be performed in a safe way, systematically reporting risk observations and continuously strengthening our safety culture.

Safety Sustainability

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SmartDrone - Providing new smart ways of working

2023-12-19 14:27

Coor SmartDrone is not only an innovative solution for inspecting our customers' facilities, but also a powerful tool for our employees to perform our services more efficiently.

Property Smart solutions Innovation

Illustration of a person enjoying a hot air balloon ride above a futuristic landscape with geometric shapes and a circuit pattern design on the balloon.

Riding the AI wave to an exciting future

2023-12-13 09:18

AI has existed in our imaginations for a long time. The dream of an automated world that redefines the boundaries of what is possible has driven our visions of the future and triggered endless curiosity. But how close are we to a paradigm shift in the working world?

Smarter Worklife Workplace

Woman wrapped in warm scarf eating soup.

When you're sick, eat foods that make you feel good!

2023-12-06 15:12

Eating is perhaps the last thing you feel like doing when you are sick. But it is important that you get energy, nutrition and fluid in order for your body to be able to heal and get healthy.

Food & Beverage Wellbeing

Smiling man with glasses and beanie holding a pug with LEGO toys and a Transformers collector's item in a cozy home office setup.

Curiosity on the job pays off

2023-11-15 09:57

You don’t have to paint the walls pink or install slides between floors to instill a creative, playful and inquisitive culture in the workplace. But you do need an open atmosphere and diverse teams, says Magnus Göransson, lecturer on corporate culture and playfulness.

Smarter Worklife Workplace

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Net-Zero 2040 validated by third party

2023-10-26 08:55

In February 2023, Coor committed to achieving net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by no later than 2040. The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) has reviewed Coor’s plan and validated that the initiatives correspond to evidence-based requirements for reaching the target.

Sustainability

Podcaster Andrew D. Huberman gives his best tips: How do you optimize your work and workplace?

2023-10-02 11:03

Many of us struggle to streamline our work and get the most out of our days. Smarter Worklife talked to the expert, Andrew D. Huberman, an American neuroscientist and professor at Stanford University, who admits to having difficulty focusing in busy environments and at messy desks. Here are his tips for an optimized workday.

Smarter Worklife Smarter Worklife

Bio-based architecture

2023-09-25 10:12

Offices built in symbiosis with nature, focused on outdoor environments, enhance performance and well-being. That’s what the Japanese architect agency Kengo Kuma & Associates says. They are behind the design of the biophilic office project Welcome, Feeling at Work in Milan.

Smarter Worklife Property Wellbeing

Man sitting by a desk, watching a computer screen, from the movie The Severance

Offices on the silver screen

2023-09-22 15:06

From the cult series The Office to the immortal classic Wall Street – what goes on in offices in popular culture? Here are Smarter Worklife’s favorites, which all portray to some degree the thing we’re all passionate about—the workplace.

Smarter Worklife

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The office for all of the 5 senses

2023-08-28 16:36

All of our senses can be “hacked” to reduce stress, boost productivity and create a sense of well-being in the workplace, says Charles Spence, professor and researcher in psychology at Oxford University. Here are his best hacks.

Smarter Worklife Wellbeing Workplace

Scents that make an impression

2023-08-28 16:11

Working with aromas in workplaces and associating a brand with a particular scent is becoming increasingly popular. “We can use aromas to make a good impression in commercial contexts,” says Yaroslav Shevchenko, CEO of Aroma Marketing Sverige. “And we want to take it a step further, to where we can influence visitors, customers and employees through scent. It gives us a whole world of opportunities.”

Smarter Worklife Wellbeing

AI - Mindfulness for everyone

2023-08-25 15:04

With AI technology backed by neuroscience, the German sound company Endel is transforming the workplaces of the future.

Workplace Smarter Worklife

"Psychology is a tool to manage mental abilities in the workplace."

2023-07-07 11:19

Just as one gets a computer to be able to do their job, one should also receive tools to manage their mental abilities in the workplace. This is the view of psychologist Sofia Viotti, who urges managers to think beyond and lead by example.

Workplace Wellbeing

Are outdoor offices the future?

2023-07-04 16:27

Spending time outdoors has become trendy. Several studies are now underway on the possibility of bringing the benefits of spending time outdoors to our workplaces. Regular outdoor office work can contribute to healthier employees who feel more alert, more present and less stressed.

Workplace

A grown up person and a child raises their arms in front of windmill park in sunset.

Increased focus on sustainable energy for all

2023-06-26 13:34

Coor has adopted the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In recent years, we have mainly focused on eight of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These are still highly relevant for us and we are now also adding goal seven to our most prioritized SDGs.

Sustainability

With smarter properties as a common goal

2023-06-19 15:15

Together with Yanzi, we offer Coor SmartSpaces, an efficient sensor solution for workspace management. We will soon offer a new version of the service, which will make it possible to optimize entire facilities rather than office areas. But the road to success has not been straight. Thanks to a mutual openness, our collaboration has grown stronger, and survived both a bankruptcy and a pandemic.

Property

The food experience helps to create well-being and sustainable employees

2023-06-14 17:24

Eating at work affects our working days more than we think. "A good food experience can determine whether we want to work from the office or not," says Carl Fernholm, VP Service Development Food & Beverage at Coor.

Food & Beverage Workplace

We share ownership of successes as well as challenges

2023-05-12 16:24

They spend the whole working day together, cover for each other and strive towards the same goal – but have different employers. Ludvig Karlsson from Coor and Eddie Wennerstrand from Ica talk about the success factors behind Coor’s delivery at Ica’s central warehouse in Västerås.

Our customers Property

Sustainable IT requires efforts at multiple levels

2023-03-10 09:15

IT-related emissions currently represent approximately 2% of total carbon dioxide emissions—the same as the aviation industry. We work broadly and continuously with small and large scale initiatives in our operations that allow us to work smarter with IT and to reduce our digital footprint.

Tech@Coor Sustainability

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Culture is key to create sustainable offices

2023-01-16 08:54

Discussions about sustainability in the workplace often stay in the meeting room, which means ideas and suggestions quickly become forgotten. At Coor, we believe it is critical to provide sustainable options that support your colleagues to build a culture that really makes a difference to the offices of the future.

Workplace Sustainability

Environmental sustainability in the workplace

2023-01-12 09:49

Real change is required to make the workplace environmentally sustainable. Coor's workplace expert Trine Hagfors explains why successful sustainability work will be crucial in the future.

Workplace Sustainability

Recycled fish nets instead of disposable shoe covers

2022-12-19 14:03

At many Nordic industrial facilities, it is a challenge to prevent or minimise dirt from ending up in the premises. A common solution is to use disposable plastic shoe covers, a solution that is far from optimal. Together with our customer Equinor, Coor has tested an entrance solution with fixed mats made of recycled fish nets that absorb the dirt. The test resulted in a cleaner impression, but even more importantly - less climate impact, lower costs and reduced risk of falls.

Cleaning Sustainability

Let there be (adjustable) light!

2022-12-16 14:04

How important is lighting in the office, and what should we think about to improve it? Martin Svensson, Lighting Solutions Manager at Coor, gives his perspective.

Property Wellbeing Workplace

Alex - our friendly cleaning robot at Kårstø

2022-12-08 11:44

Since Alex Lionsbot started working for Coor at Equinor's site Kårstø in Norway, the floors are cleaner and the laughs have increased. This robot colleague, or cobot, is not only working hard, but also spreading joy by rapping and telling jokes wherever he scrubs.

Cleaning Tech@Coor Our employees

No two days are alike for Rebel the Robot

2022-11-23 16:48

Rebel the Robot is one of Coor's strongest and most tenacious employees. Together with her closest colleagues, she provides up to 100 deliveries per hour at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Stockholm. We met with this reliable team player to ask some questions.

Property Tech@Coor Our employees

Three smart steps towards preventing energy thieves in properties

2022-11-04 11:37

Numerous energy thieves lurk in our workplaces and facilities, including machinery that remains operational after working hours and premises that are heated unnecessarily. This implies significant savings potential from making the properties more energy-efficient. Digitalization and smart technology can help with this.

Property Energy

A cup of coffee for the climate

2022-11-03 16:06

Coor Denmark has started a partnership with the coffee producer Slow, which grows coffee that benefits the climate.

Food & Beverage Sustainability

Experiences give the workplace a boost

2022-10-22 14:38

The receptionist welcomes you with a smile, the meeting rooms have been cleaned and the coffee machines provides you with a great cup of coffee as usual. Sounds like the ideal start to the working day for most of us – but what was the experience really like? XLA, or Experience Level Agreements, provide a method that helps companies to monitor the user experience in the workplace.

Workplace

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Trying out tomorrow’s food in Deloitte’s staff restaurant

2022-09-21 14:56

Consumers have little knowledge of the connection between climate challenges, sustainability and food. A joint project between Coor and several partners in the food sector is looking to change that. Among Coor’s customers, Deloitte was one of the first to get on board.

Experiences are key in the workplace of the future

2022-09-02 14:52

In the workplace of the future, individual specific services, known as drainpipe services, are a thing of the past. The experience – a total concept of services making everyday life easier, inspirational design and technical solutions that allow people to work smart – is the future.

Workplace

"The workplace of the future should be a Mecca for boosting people"

2022-09-02 11:41

Just a few years ago, the workplace was where you had your desk, your computer and your documents, and where you went every day to complete your tasks. The workplace of the future needs to meet new needs. Coor’s experts define the way forward.

Workplace

AnnaCarin Grandin, President and CEO at Coor

Coor grows through diversity

2022-06-28 10:39

Diversity makes us stronger as a company and we value the different personalities, backgrounds, experiences and expertise of our more than 13,000 employees.

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Coor's short-term climate goals validated by the SBTi

2022-05-09 09:39

Coor’s short-term climate goals have been validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). “We’re proud that our climate goals have been verified as scientific in line with the Paris agreement,” commented AnnaCarin Grandin, CEO and President at Coor.

Coor commits to Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions

2022-03-14 16:12

Coor, the Nordics’ leading facility management company, has committed to Net-Zero emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the Science Based Targets initiative. In addition, the company has developed several climate analysis tools that are already being used for measurement, follow-up and producing supporting data relating to sustainability decisions.

Sustainability

The CX Challenge

2022-02-22 15:01

The "CX Challenge" is an Innovation challenge where Coor employees across the Nordic region pitch their innovations for creating better service experiences and prosperous workplaces. The best ideas have the potential to receive seed funding.

Customer Experience Innovation

Together we create truly sustainable laundry

2022-02-10 15:56

Mimbly´s mission is to make laundry as sustainable as possible. Coor´s mission is to help our customers in creating as attractive, efficient and sustainable workplaces as possible. Together we create innovations, for a more sustainable world.

Cleaning Sustainability

Offices through the ages

2022-02-04 14:45

From the organization of the Roman Empire to the hybrid solution of today, we bring you the history of the office.

Workplace

“Digital meetings will never trump physical ones”

2022-02-04 13:46

The pandemic has changed our daily lives and the way we work. Lunch with coworkers and business trips have been replaced with digital coffee breaks and Zoom meetings. But are the new routines here to stay? Psychologist Niklas Laninge predicts what trends will remain after the Covid era and which we will just want to forget.

Workplace

10 voices on 2026

2022-02-03 12:31

They say we’re at the verge of a paradigm shift, and that evolution is accelerating more and more. Smarter Worklife asked ten experts to gaze into their crystal balls and tell us how the world will look in 2026.

Smarter Worklife

Coor awarded gold rating by EcoVadis

2021-09-21 13:44

We are proud to announce that Coor has been awarded the gold rating in EcoVadis’ annual international ratings. EcoVadis is an independent analyst that analyzes and evaluates companies sustainability work annually.

Sustainability

More sustainable offices if Vasakronan gets to decide

2021-09-01 15:55

The remodeling of Sergelhusen in Stockholm was a huge challenge—but also a dream project. “We’re incredibly proud. Two of the three architects we consulted initially recommended that we demolish the buildings and start again,” sustainability manger Anna Denell explains.

More sustainable cleaning through exciting collaboration

2021-08-23 18:36

Cleaning with microbiology may sound like an oxymoron—how can bacteria make things clean? Research has shown that it is not just as efficient, but can even be more efficient compared to regular cleaning. Coor’s new collaboration with biotech company Novozymes creates several winners, and the environment is the biggest.

Coor included in unique project on plant-based proteins

2021-08-23 17:50

From food production to wellbeing—how are the environment and humans affected by plant-based proteins? These are questions that the research center PAN Sweden, alongside institutes of higher education, companies and public bodies, want to answer. And for Coor, it is only natural to make a contribution.

Food & Beverage Sustainability

Less microplastics in the sea with Mimbly

2021-07-14 13:31

Start-up company Mimbly’s business idea is to make the lifecycle of clothes and textiles less resource-intensive and more sustainable.

A Coor survey: This is how we want to work

2021-07-02 13:03

The office will continue to play an important role in the future, with flexible hybrid solutions that encourage creativity and collaboration that strengthen corporate culture. There will be fewer desks and increased focus on wellbeing. This is what Coor’s survey of just over 500 Nordic companies found in 2021.

Workplace

Young woman cleaning a modern lamp in an office environment.

Hygiene hosts – counteracting invisible dirt

2021-06-14 12:17

We have been aware of and removed dirt, stains and dust in the workplace for a long time. But what about invisible dirt?

Cleaning

How Coor and Mimbly gain a competitive edge

2021-03-26 14:28

A great idea and early stage product brought Mimbly and Coor together when they won the Kommersialiseringspriset in 2019. Beginning this pilot project at such an early stage allowed both companies to gain a competitive edge and further develop a more sustainable way to do laundry.

Hand holding a plant symbolizing sustainable growth

Coor links bonuses to sustainability goals

2021-03-03 09:47

In addition to financial targets, non-financial sustainability targets will need to be met to receive variable remuneration in future.

“Working with customer experience is a mindset – not a short-term project”

2020-11-18 16:30

Delivering great customer experiences is something that most companies have realized is critical for being competitive and able to attract and retain customers. Customer Insight, customer-centricity and agility are some of the key words required to be successful. But why do some companies succeed better than others, and what are the key factors to achieving success?

Customer Experience

Volvo's Corporate Campus

2020-09-05 14:23

The corporate campus phenomenon has existed since the 1940s, and has gained momentum in the new millennium thanks to companies like Google and Apple. Now the Volvo Group is making a big investment in bringing as many units and employees as possible together in a single location: Campus Lundby on the island of Hisingen in Gothenburg.

Smarter Worklife

Into the future with BIM

2020-09-04 10:50

The future has arrived in the construction and property sector. Over the coming ten years, digitalization will turn the sector upside down.

Property

Sick Indoor Syndrome

2020-09-04 10:26

When Aki Soudunsaari suffered from "sick indoor syndrome", he began to develop a way to clean the indoor environment. The result was Naava.

Cleaning Property Wellbeing

Work smarter digitally

2020-09-04 09:35

We’re hearing more and more voices proclaiming that the new technology is making us stupider and our memories poorer. But the problem isn’t the technology itself — it’s how we use it, says psychologist and author Siri Helle.

Workplace

Coor signs new IFM agreement with OP

2020-05-04 11:24

Coor and OP have signed a new nationwide IFM agreement. Coor is responsible for delivering services for OP locations around Finland. Coor provides workplace services and cleaning and property services with a team of nearly 100 employees.

Investor relations Our customers

Telia: at the forefront of occupational health

2019-11-26 18:48

If you ask Telia, the answer includes enlisting the help of wellbeing coaches and bicycle mechanics. We meet health and wellbeing specialist Vibeke Stadling at Telia to find out how a major company can prioritize its employees’ health.

Our customers Workplace Wellbeing

Smart and sustainable public properties

2019-06-18 14:38

Prisons, court houses and schools can be a challenge to an FM manager trying to make them green and smart. Sara Jägermo from Vacse tells us how to develop smart and sustainable public properties that are regulated by civil law.

Why does a building need to become sustainable?

2019-06-18 14:38

Taking responsibility for sustainability means taking responsibility for your building as well as your employees. Coor talked with sustainability consultant Eleftherios Zacharakis, Sweden’s first WELL expert, on what it means to make a building green and what type of responsibility businesses must take to make their companies future-proof.

Property Sustainability

The art of making a good first impression

2019-05-20 15:51

Seven seconds. That’s how long researchers at New York University say it takes for us to decide what we think of a person or a company. That means that the first seconds you meet a business contact are at least as important as the meeting afterwards. But how do you take control of that first impression?

Smarter Worklife

IFM or Single Services? Let us guide you!

2019-04-15 11:21

Facility Management (FM) is of increasing importance for companies today. Needs for FM services have developed over the years, and suppliers have adapted to a changing and volatile industry. Coor examines what type of FM solution is most suitable for your company.

Integrated Facility Management

Knowledge bank

Insights from Coor

Stefan Einhorn: “Focus on social sustainability is needed if humanity is to survive”

Caroline Farberger: “It felt like I threw off my mask"

Shaping the future of real estate

The importance of effective property maintenance in a nursing home

Coor Achieves Silver Rating from Ecovadis

"Sustainability is something that we have to work on together"

"Coor’s Carbon Insight shows where we can reduce our emissions"

We are building a stronger Coor for the future

2023 - The safest year in Coor's history so far

SmartDrone - Providing new smart ways of working

Riding the AI wave to an exciting future

When you're sick, eat foods that make you feel good!

Curiosity on the job pays off

Net-Zero 2040 validated by third party

Podcaster Andrew D. Huberman gives his best tips: How do you optimize your work and workplace?

Bio-based architecture

Offices on the silver screen

The office for all of the 5 senses

Scents that make an impression

AI - Mindfulness for everyone

"Psychology is a tool to manage mental abilities in the workplace."

Are outdoor offices the future?

Increased focus on sustainable energy for all

With smarter properties as a common goal

The food experience helps to create well-being and sustainable employees

We share ownership of successes as well as challenges

Sustainable IT requires efforts at multiple levels

Culture is key to create sustainable offices

Environmental sustainability in the workplace

Recycled fish nets instead of disposable shoe covers

Let there be (adjustable) light!

Alex - our friendly cleaning robot at Kårstø

No two days are alike for Rebel the Robot

Three smart steps towards preventing energy thieves in properties

A cup of coffee for the climate

Experiences give the workplace a boost

Trying out tomorrow’s food in Deloitte’s staff restaurant

Experiences are key in the workplace of the future

"The workplace of the future should be a Mecca for boosting people"

Coor grows through diversity

Coor's short-term climate goals validated by the SBTi

Coor commits to Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions

The CX Challenge

Together we create truly sustainable laundry

Offices through the ages

“Digital meetings will never trump physical ones”

10 voices on 2026

Coor awarded gold rating by EcoVadis

More sustainable offices if Vasakronan gets to decide

More sustainable cleaning through exciting collaboration

Coor included in unique project on plant-based proteins

Less microplastics in the sea with Mimbly

A Coor survey: This is how we want to work

Hygiene hosts – counteracting invisible dirt

How Coor and Mimbly gain a competitive edge

Coor links bonuses to sustainability goals

“Working with customer experience is a mindset – not a short-term project”

Volvo's Corporate Campus

Into the future with BIM

Sick Indoor Syndrome

Work smarter digitally

Coor signs new IFM agreement with OP

Telia: at the forefront of occupational health

Smart and sustainable public properties

Why does a building need to become sustainable?

The art of making a good first impression

IFM or Single Services? Let us guide you!

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