Responsibility

• +200 bed
• 5 star camping
• For groups
• catering
• activities
• Pet friendly
  

Responsibility

• Responsible actions are taken into consideration in all of Santalahti’s decisions, and improvement keeps continuing
• 95% of the buildings have a heating system of geothermal heating and air-source heat pump
• We use electricity produced from renewable energy
• The cottage area and the campsite have solar panel systems that are connected to the electricity grid, any surplus will be sold on
• The buildings have an energy-saving automatized home/away-control for heating, ventilation and water
• The energy efficiency of the building has been improved by thermal insulation on the past few years
• Indoors and outdoors lighting has been updated to energy-saving led technology
• Water consumption is under surveillance, the regular water monitoring has started in 1995
• Recycling is being improved within possibilities
• Customers are supported to waste management and recycling
• Unnecessary textile changes are reduced to save water
• Environmentally harmful chemical usage is minimized
• Local products and services are supported
• Our customers are given a possibility for environmentally friendly transportation by renting bicycles
• Our employees have the opportunity to work remotely when possible
• Our business partners are expected to work responsibly

Financial responsibility

• Santalahti Resort’s financial responsibility is primarily based on profitable business, which enables the payment of salaries to employees, making investments and increasing year-round jobs.
• Profitable business also enables the realization of environmentally and socially responsible goals

Social responsibility

• Santalahti Resort’s social responsibility is based on compliance with laws and regulations
• We are a 100% family business and pay taxes to Finland
• We use local services and products and hire local staff where possible
• We strive to develop year-round business and increasing year-round jobs supports our corporate social responsibility
• We demand equal acceptance and treatment of people
• We do not accept racism in any form and we support absolute equality and gender equality

Location

• Only a bit over an hour’s drive to the Helsinki metropolitan area
• Good public transportation from other cities to Kotka by using busses or trains
• Santalahti Resort is about 6 km from Kotka Center, the whole way has good non-motorized traffic routes
• Both Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and Lappeenranta Airport are about an hour away, no need for continuation flight or long travels by land

Waste management and recycling

• Kymen Vesi offers modern sewage management and high quality drinking water
• Kotkan Energia offers a modern waste incinerator and power plant
• Closest RINKI waste management stations for sorting waste is 3 km away