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Our goal is “A Sustainable World with Happy Employees”.

As Yeşilova Holding, our goal is “A Sustainable World with Happy Employees” in every field that we operate. We follow this motto, our values and principles as we move forward towards this goal. To reach our purpose, we adopt sustainability in all 3 aspects: Environmental, Social and Economic as our core strategies and integrate to the way we do business in all our companies and processes.

A Holistic Approach to Sustainability

Governance

Strategic planning
Risk management
Code of Ethics and Conduct
Supply chain code of conduct
Law-abidingness
Compliance with customer expectations

Social

Working conditions and human rights
Diversity and equal opportunity
Occupational health and safety
Stakeholder satisfaction
Employee loyalty
Information security
Product quality and safety
Social responsibility

Environmental

Efficient use of natural resources
Carbon emission and climate change effects
Energy management
Waste management
Water and wastewater management

Economic

R&D, Innovation, Job creation
Productivity
Supply chain management
Raw material supply and efficiency
Customer satisfaction

Our Sustainability Journey

01

2020

We became a participant in the "Family Business for Sustainable Development (FBSD)" Global Initiative, UNCTAD and the Family Business Network (FBN), the first of its kind between the United Nations and the Global Family Business community.

02

2021

We organised Strategic Transformation workshops. We integrated sustainability into our 3 core strategies and adapted it to all our business processes.

03

2022 First 6 Months

We have identified SDGs that we prioritise and our projects that are directly or indirectly related to those. We have determined our Business Ethics and Code of Conduct, Policy and Sustainability Roadmap. We participated in the Taider North Star Sustainability Assessment. Our work is crowned with 2 awards in the Corporate Governance and Employees category.

04

2022 First 6 Months

Committees and Working Groups started their activities in order to develop policies and practices in line with the strategies and targets of companies across our Group, to share information and to produce joint projects. As an example, the Sustainability Committee and the Energy Working Group have been developing policies in light of the Sustainable Development Goals and our priorities since 2022.

05

2022 Last 6 Months

Gender equality and human rights are among the most important issues in our Group’s policies. For this reason, our Group has been a signatory of the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and the UN Global Compact since 2022, in line with its sustainability goals.

06

2023 First 6 Months

We launched the Yeşilova Academy in order to contribute to the development of our colleagues, pave the way for their progress, and support their personal and professional development.

07

2023 First 6 Months

We published our first GRI-compliant Sustainability Report, which analyses the sustainability performance of all our Group’s operations and describes our best practices, goals and strategic priorities in this area.

08

2023 First 6 Months

Gender equality and empowerment of our female employees is one of the issues at the centre of our Group’s activities. We have gathered our priorities and commitments in this regard under the umbrella of the “Balance at Work” project.

09

2023 Last 6 Months

We won the second prize in the “Be a Part of Recycling” competition, which promotes the recycling of aluminium-containing wastes and sustainability in this field by Turkish Aluminium İndustrialists Association (TALSAD).

10

2023 Last 6 Months

As one of the 10 companies selected among 104 companies that applied to the UN Women From Promise to Action project, we continue to improve our perspective on gender equality and empowerment of our female employees, which we started with our Balance at Work project.

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2023 Last 6 Months

We have determined our road map and action plans for the net zero emission target.

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2023 Last 6 Months

As a result of the evaluation and analyses conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute, we were awarded the Great Place to Work certificate by meeting the criteria of a great workplace with a high trust culture.