Cooperativa B - Solaris Lavoro & Ambiente

What Cooperativa B - Solaris Lavoro & Ambiente does

Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente is an Italian Type B social cooperative (Cooperativa Sociale di tipo B) headquartered in Triuggio, Monza Brianza, Italy. It was founded in 1984 as Cooperativa Solaris and formally reconstituted in 1993 following Italian Law 381/91, which established the framework for social cooperation. The cooperative's mission is the labor integration of people with disabilities and disadvantaged individuals, with the workforce predominantly composed of professionally trained workers registered in protected categories. The organization holds UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 certification for its vocational training programs and is registered as a Social Enterprise (Impresa Sociale) in the RUNTS registry under entry No. 10582 (March 2022). It operates as a non-profit cooperative owned and controlled by its worker-members, with no venture capital or institutional investor participation.

The cooperative delivers a diversified services portfolio organized under two principal divisions: Solaris Verde, the founding green-services arm, and Solaris SmartLab, the technical-building services arm. Solaris Verde covers garden design and creation, private and public green space maintenance, sports field construction and care (natural grass, synthetic turf, clay courts for football/rugby/cricket/baseball/golf), and large public works including naturalistic engineering for terrain consolidation and slope protection. Solaris SmartLab provides heating system management, energy accounting, and smart building solutions. Additional service lines include vehicle decoration, drywall construction, and communication campaign design. Underlying technology is standard professional tooling - AutoCAD, GIS, and photographic rendering for landscape design - with no proprietary platform.

The revenue model is professional-services based across multiple streams: direct green maintenance and creation contracts, Articolo 14 work conventions under Legislative Decree 276/03 (which allow client companies to fulfill Law 68/99 mandatory disabled-worker hiring quotas by outsourcing work to the cooperative), heating system management contracts, vehicle decoration, drywall works, communication design, and tax-deductible donations plus 5x1000 tax-allocation campaigns. Customer segments are tripartite: public institutions (over fifteen Italian municipalities visible on the homepage including Comune di Monza, Vimercate, Brugherio, Cesate, Rescaldina, Bresso, Bollate, plus Città Metropolitana di Milano and Aeronautica Militare), corporate clients (Siemens, STMicroelectronics, Roche, Delpharm, Renault Trucks, Stanley Black & Decker, Star, Arco Spedizioni), and private individuals. Go-to-market is direct and sales-led, with dedicated email contacts per service line and primary marketing through the company's website, social media, and 5x1000 donation campaigns. Five operational sites support the footprint: Triuggio (HQ), Solaro, and three locations in Cesano Maderno (Solaris SmartLab, Laboratorio Creativo, Vecchia Stazione).

Name

Cooperativa B - Solaris Lavoro & Ambiente

Legal name

Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente Società Coop. Soc.

Website

https://lavoroambiente.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Italian Type B social cooperative founded in 1984 and based in Lombardy, integrating protected-category workers into professional employment across green space maintenance, sports field services, heating systems, drywall works, and corporate Law 68/99 compliance via Articolo 14 conventions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social cooperative green space and work-integration services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Construction & Hardscaping (Patios, Retaining Walls, Outdoor Structures) (IMAIAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Outdoor Kitchens & Living Space Build-Out (Softscape Integration) (HSAIABAH)

Keywords

• Green space maintenance
• Landscape design services
• Sports field maintenance
• Social work integration
• Heating system management

Headquarters

HQ city

Triuggio

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Green Space Maintenance and Creation Services: Core services including garden creation and maintenance, public green maintenance, sports field construction and care, delivered directly to private individuals, businesses, and public institutions.
2. Articolo 14 Conventions: Work conventions with companies required to hire protected-category workers under Law 68/99, allowing businesses to outsource work to the cooperative which employs disabled workers and counts toward the company's hiring quota.
3. Heat System Management: Building heating system management services.
4. Vehicle Decoration and Drywall Works: Vehicle decoration services and drywall construction/realization works.
5. Communication Campaign Design: Design of communication campaigns.
6. Donations and 5x1000: Tax-deductible donations from individuals and businesses supporting work integration projects for protected-category workers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente is a Type B social cooperative that delivers green space maintenance and creation, sports field construction and care, public green works, heating system management, vehicle decoration, drywall construction, and communication campaign design to businesses, public institutions, and private clients. Its workforce is primarily composed of protected-category workers, and the cooperative also operates Articolo 14 conventions (Legislative Decree 276/03) that allow companies to fulfill mandatory disabled-employment quotas (Law 68/99) by outsourcing work to the cooperative.

Product overview

Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente is a type B social cooperative operating as a multi-service provider organized into two main divisions: Solaris Verde (green services) and Solaris SmartLab (technical and smart services). Solaris Verde, the founding division from 1984, specializes in garden creation and maintenance, sports field construction and care, and large-scale public green works. Solaris SmartLab provides heating system management and energy accounting services. The cooperative also offers Articolo 14 conventions enabling companies to meet mandatory disabled employment quotas. All services prioritize labor insertion for protected-category workers and can be delivered under Article 14 convention arrangements for corporate social responsibility compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solaris Verde (Green Services Division) Founding green services division of Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente, providing landscape design, garden creation, public green maintenance, sports field construction and care, and large-scale green works for private clients, corporations, and public institutions.
• Campi Sportivi (Sports Field Construction and Care) Construction and maintenance of sports fields (natural grass, synthetic turf, and clay courts) for football, rugby, cricket, baseball, and golf, including phytfortification plans, cleaning, brushing, and repair of synthetic fields.
• Creazione Giardini (Garden Creation and Maintenance) Garden design, creation, and maintenance for private residences, condominiums, corporate spaces, hotels, and religious institutions, using AutoCAD and GIS landscape planning, rendering, irrigation systems, lighting design, and indoor plant installations.
• Grandi Opere (Large-Scale Green Works) Public green space maintenance and large-scale landscape works including naturalistic engineering for terrain consolidation, hydraulic works, slope protection, playground area design, installation and maintenance, and tree climbing pruning operations.
• Solaris SmartLab (Heating System Management and Smart Building) Technical services division specializing in heating system management, energy accounting, and smart building solutions for citizens, property managers, and surrounding areas; operates from Cesano Maderno (MB).
• Laboratorio Creativo (Creative Laboratory) Creative laboratory space combining creativity and local (Km0) production for various client projects, located in Cesano Maderno (MB).
• Convenzione Articolo 14 (Law 68/99 Compliance Convention) Labor-insertion framework under Legislative Decree 276/03 enabling companies to fulfill mandatory disabled-employment quotas (Law 68/99) by contracting work to Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente; the cooperative employs the disabled worker and counts them toward the company's compliance obligation.
• Percorsi di inserimento lavorativo (Work-Integration Pathways) Professional training and work-integration pathways for people with disabilities and disadvantaged individuals, developed since 1993; centers on the worker through inclusion and training paths guaranteeing a positive and productive work environment aimed at autonomy.

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Consorzio CGM: One of the largest consortia of Italian social cooperatives, active across multiple service lines including green services and work integration; comparable as a Type B cooperative ecosystem with national scale that dwarfs Solaris's regional footprint.
• Manutencoop: Italian cooperative offering facility management and building services across Italy; comparable as a cooperative-structured provider of facility/grounds services to enterprises and public institutions, but at significantly larger scale.
• CNS – Consorzio Nazionale Servizi: Italian cooperative consortium providing integrated facility, environmental, and administrative services to public and private clients; comparable as a cooperative-structured competitor in the broader facility-services space.
• Coopselios: Large Italian social cooperative group delivering integrated facility, environmental, and social services; comparable as a cooperative peer operating in work-integration and outsourced facility services across Northern Italy.

Direct peers

• Alisei Società Cooperativa Sociale: Italian social cooperative delivering work-integration and facility services; comparable as a Type B cooperative serving public institutions and private companies with similar compliance-driven offerings.
• Il Gabbiano Società Cooperativa Sociale: Northern Italian social cooperative offering green maintenance, cleaning, and work-integration services; directly comparable on Type B cooperative structure, green services focus, and protected-category employment model.
• La Cascina Cooperativa Sociale: Milan-based Type A/B social cooperative active in training, work integration, and facility-related services; comparable as a Lombardy-based social cooperative pursuing similar work-integration missions for disadvantaged workers.
• Verde Verticale: Italian landscaping and green-design company specializing in green infrastructure and vertical gardens; comparable on core landscape design/creation capabilities, but operates as a conventional (non-cooperative) firm rather than a social enterprise.
• Sol.Co. Solidarietà e Cooperazione: Consortium of social cooperatives in Lombardy; directly comparable as a regional social-cooperative network operating under the same Law 381/91 framework with overlapping service lines including green services.

Regional players

• Peverelli Giardini: Lombardy-based landscape architecture and garden creation firm; comparable on landscape design and garden-construction services in the same region, though serving a higher-end private/corporate clientele without the social-cooperative structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solaris-lavoro-e-ambiente

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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