1. Our Sustainability Vision
To use projects that will accelerate the development of our country's real estate sector and add value to our country, to contribute to the economy, environment and society, to create permanent value for our stakeholders, to be a competitive institution on a world scale with sustainable profitability and efficiency principles.
2. Our Sustainability Goal
To further improve the position and competitiveness of our Company in the sector, with corporate sustainability practices to be implemented within the scope of this policy.
3. Our Sustainability Approach
Our approach to sustainability is shaped by our responsibilities as a company providing investment services, our obligations to the environment and society, and our duties as an employer.
• Ziraat Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı (Real Estate Investment Trust) is a strong, leading and trusted company. We wish to carry this success in the field of economic sustainability to the future by supporting it with a long-term environmental and social sustainability perspective.
• We consider environmental and social issues and the potential risks associated with them with a careful and meticulous approach in our decision-making processes and in managing our resources and service infrastructure.
• We consider environmental sustainability as well as climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy as an important agenda item in our investments.
• As an employer, we believe in the importance of human-oriented working conditions. We attach importance to providing equal opportunities to all our employees within our business model, and we see the differences in our workforce as the wealth of our Company and we support them.
• We see investor focus and satisfaction at the heart of everything. Our goal is to present real estate investment to all our investors in practical, understandable and accessible formats and to enrich the sector with new model practices.
• As a business partner, we are determined to develop our relations with suppliers within the framework of mutual respect, responsibility and fair sharing. We support the success of our suppliers with the projects we have completed as business partners.
• We are determined to continuously develop and implement projects with the aim of integrating the universally accepted principles of sustainability with our business model.
• Taking part in sustainability initiatives and cooperation platforms and taking an active role is extremely important to us.
In view of these basic points, we are focused on disseminating, developing and sustaining sustainability throughout our value chain.
4. Our Sustainability Structure
Our sustainability plan, which is structured under the auspices of our Board of Directors, has been put into practice within the scope of a simple and effective organizational structure.
• Sustainability practices are carried out under the leadership of the General Manager in our company.
• The Corporate Governance Committee undertakes the coordination of sustainability activities.
• Sustainability activities are followed-up by the Investor Relations Department.
5. Our Communication with Our Stakeholders
The long-term success of our company depends on the trust and continuous preference of its stakeholders. The sustainability projects we will implement will play an important role in further strengthening this trust and loyalty.
• Our employees are one of our most important stakeholder groups. We support our employees in adopting our Company's sustainability approach and commitments and in taking initiatives.
• We consider the training and improvement of our employees as an important element of the steps we aim to take in the field of sustainability. We aim to continue our investments in training for the continuous improvement of our human resources.
• Our investors are our constant reason for existing. Our goal is to achieve high returns in our country and global markets and to continue to improve investor satisfaction and loyalty with investments with high value creation power of Ziraat GYO.
• Another priority of the company is to improve our mutually beneficial relationships with our suppliers. We attach importance and encourage our suppliers to adopt universally accepted principles and practices on sustainability issues.
• We aim to establish open communication based on mutual respect with our stakeholders. In stakeholder communication, we focus on sharing our economic performance as well as the developments we have made in environmental and social issues with a transparent approach.
• We believe that the success of corporate sustainability practices will increase our Company's performance in sustainability indices.
6. Ziraat GYO and Environment
Within the scope of our aim to control our direct and indirect impacts on the environment, to manage our impacts with the right strategies and technologies and to continuously improve them;
• We will continue to carry out activities to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated during our investment and project development activities.
• We try to structure the real estates that make up our investment portfolio under the principle of efficient use of all natural resources, especially energy.
• In addition to full compliance with the legally established environmental standards in Turkey, we hope that global best practices and standards will become widespread as well, and we aim to continue to carry out activities on this subject within the scope of multi-faceted dialogues with our stakeholders.
• We attach importance and encourage our investors and suppliers to increase their environmental awareness and to expand their efforts that will add value to environmental sustainability.
7. Ziraat GYO and Contribution to Society
We will continue to add value to our cities by creating high-quality spaces worthy of modern people and contemporary cities, and to support social development with a multi-faceted approach, with endeavors that will create widespread social impact.
In brief;
In the light of the general framework established in the sustainability policy, Ziraat GYO is determined to continue its growth as a competitive and strong company with sustainable profitability and efficiency. To this end, we move forward in the field of corporate sustainability by constantly improving our company's sustainability performance with the principles of transparency, accountability, compliance with the law, adherence to ethical principles and risk management.