Putting sustainability at the core of our business strategies, we are committed to contributing to the sustainable development of our country, reducing the economic, environmental and social impacts and related risks resulting from our operational activities, creating permanent value for our stakeholders and handing on a sustainable world to future generations.
Our sustainability policy involves the basic principles that drive our sustainability activities in accordance with our vision of transition to a low-carbon economy and green transformation. The holistic framework established through our sustainability policy, together with other complementary governance approaches, is increasingly having a greater impact each year on defining the sustainability roadmap for our industry.
Our sustainability policy, published in 2022 with the approval of our Board of Directors, is regularly reviewed by our Sustainability Committee at least once a year, focusing on changes in current requirements and the conditions of our operations. After the approval of the Chairman of the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of our Sustainability Committee, required updates/revisions come into force. Our policy is made accessible to all our stakeholders through our corporate website, as well as to all our employees via our corporate intranet site, QDMS.
The principles and principles of EAE Aydınlatma A.S. Corporate Social Responsibility Policy are presented below:
- By integration of our management approach, operational activities and future goals with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, relevant sub-goals and European Green Deal achievements and operating in accordance with international corporate sustainability guidelines and sustainability taxonomies, we ensure compliance with global sustainability standards and ESG criteria.
- We make efforts to maximize our sustainability performance in line with our vision, mission and values.
- We identify and monitor all our sustainability activities in an effective, transparent and participatory manner, through the democratic decision-making mechanisms in our Sustainability Committee, which is entitled to direct representation and voting on our board of directors, and the activities associated with the issues that focus on sustainability are carried out by sub-working groups and task force groups.
- Through sustainable investments, we adopt a growth strategy focusing on green transformation, and aim to enable responsible production, which respects the environment and society, by reduction of our economic, environmental and social impacts and risks resulting from our operational activities.
- Our vision of becoming the leading company in the lighting industry aims to ensure world-class product quality and safety, create long-term value for all our stakeholders, develop R&D-oriented, safe, sustainable products with energy-saving and high quality, through innovative technologies and methods, and to be ready for green transformation.
- “As part of our goal of Net-Zero Emission and 1.5°C, we measure the carbon footprint of our products and conduct life-cycle analysis. We carry out carbon neutralization studies to reduce the impacts of our products on climate change.
- We contribute to the sustainable development of the lighting industry through the employment opportunities we provide and our domestic and foreign trade volume.
- We exercise due diligence on stakeholder engagement and the needs and expectations of our consumers/customers, with the aim to maximize consumer/customer satisfaction.
- We take a fair, honest, transparent and objective approach, which respects human rights, by setting sustainability as a criterion in the supplier selection.
- We integrate sustainability and green transformation into our corporate culture, and we strive to make these concepts widespread across our value chain.
- Our approaches, which respect human rights, advocate equal opportunity and are inclusive, diverse, participatory and fair, aim to raise the awareness of not only our employees but also our suppliers, customers and all our stakeholders on sustainability.
- We integrate risk management into all our business processes in a holistic manner, and assess any and all kinds of financial, operational, strategic, legal and external risks.
- We consider the impacts of climate change on economic, environmental and social welfare, and the associated risks and opportunities, and contribute to the global struggle to transition to a low carbon economy.
- We intend to increase our investments in energy/resource efficiency, renewable energy, recycling and recovery in line with our country’s goal of net-zero emission by 2053, green development vision and circular economy principles.
- We exercise zero tolerance to any conduct contrary to human rights and anti-competitive behaviours, as well as bribery and corruption throughout our operations and the operations across our value chain. We act in accordance with our policies in such situations.
- Paying regard to the satisfaction of our employees, we offer an inclusive working environment, which respects human rights, provides equal opportunities and is participatory, diverse and fair, and we exercise zero tolerance to any discrimination, as required by our ethical principles. Our fair rewarding and performance system aims to support the success of our employees.
- We adopt national, international, and sectoral regulations in the field of Occupational Health and Safety, provide a healthy and safe workplace environment for our employees, implement regular training and informational activities, and take the necessary precautions.
- We aim to provide added value to society by developing social responsibility projects supporting sustainable development.
- We follow the sustainability efforts of national and international initiatives closely and attach importance to taking a part in such cooperation platforms. We exchange experiences with our stakeholders, particularly with industry representatives, universities, public institutions/organizations and non-governmental organizations.
- We share our sustainability performance with all our stakeholders in a transparent manner on our corporate website, and take notice of all the opinions and suggestions.
- In order to ensure that our reporting activities, developed in accordance with the international standards regulating global trade and financial markets, expand across our value chain, to align them with ESG criteria, to maximize our corporate sustainability performance and to ensure our compliance with international sustainability standards, we carry out regular sustainability reporting activities, and submit our reports to our stakeholders through active communication channels.
- We strive to reduce the amount of water used and the amount of waste water discharged, on the basis of resource, and to improve efficient water use.
- As part of sustainable packaging management, we make efforts to reduce the amount of packaging waste and the weight of packaging materials resulting from the products we introduce to the market, and to increase the recycling rate.
- As part of R&D and eco-design studies, we prioritize sustainable product design.
- We follow innovations and developments in information security closely and improve our processes continuously. We attach importance to the confidentiality and protection of private information of our employees, consumers/customers and stakeholders during our activities and in our business connections.