Ekovar Policies
Sustainable use of energy and natural resources can be achieved with a rational and holistic waste management. As EKOVAR, we offer permanent solutions to waste producers in line with our experience and international experience, our trained and expert personnel, and our comprehensive licenses obtained from the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.
Our Occupational Health and Safety Policies
Our Quality Policies
Our Environmental Policies
Our Occupational Health and Safety Policies
- To comply with the legal regulations regarding occupational health and safety in all our activities,
- To comply with the current OHS legislation and the conditions of the organizations we are a member of,
- To train and raise awareness in order to ensure the health and safety of all our employees,
- To ensure that all our employees, suppliers, subcontractors and visitors comply with the OHS rules,
- To detect and eliminate in advance the factors that may cause work accidents and occupational diseases in our enterprises,
- To measure the performance of the OHS management system and to work to increase the performance,
- To follow technological developments in occupational health and safety and to direct our investments accordingly,
- We are committed to ensuring the participation of our work and our suppliers in all our processes and to continuous improvement.
Ekovar's Understanding of Environment
- To comply with the legal regulations regarding occupational health and safety in all our activities,
- To comply with the current OHS legislation and the conditions of the organizations we are a member of,
- To train and raise awareness in order to ensure the health and safety of all our employees,
- To ensure that all our employees, suppliers, subcontractors and visitors comply with the OHS rules,
- To detect and eliminate in advance the factors that may cause work accidents and occupational diseases in our enterprises,
- To measure the performance of the OHS management system and to work to increase the performance,
- To follow technological developments in occupational health and safety and to direct our investments accordingly,
- We are committed to ensuring the participation of our work and our suppliers in all our processes and to continuous improvement.
Human Rights Policy
Ekovar A.S. We work with the principle of contributing to economic, environmental and social sustainability. It is our goal to observe basic human rights in all business processes. We aim to provide a work environment that respects human rights, in line with international standards, where employees can develop themselves, express their opinions freely and not be subject to discrimination. While preparing Ekovar Human Rights Policy (Policy), Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations (UN) Global Compact, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions, OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, UN Business Life and Human Based on the Human Rights Guiding Principles and national laws. This policy determines the principles of responsibility and responsibility for human rights in Ekovar’s activities and business relations and covers all activities of Ekovar.• We respect fundamental human rights within the scope of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and we carry out our activities in accordance with these principles. We take care and implement the principles of non-discrimination, non-child labor, non-forced labor, the right to collective bargaining and freedom of association set out in the Declaration of Principles and Rights, and to fulfill the requirements of international agreements on human rights and social justice to which Turkey is a party. It complies with the principles of non-discrimination, non-child labor, non-forced labor, the right to collective bargaining and freedom of association set out in the Declaration of Fundamental Business Principles and Rights of the Organization, and the requirements of international conventions to which Turkey is a party on human rights and social justice. We take care and implement the issue of fulfilling the requirements.• The principles of non-discrimination, not employing child labor, forced labor, right to collective bargaining and freedom of association set forth in the Declaration of Fundamental Labor Principles and Rights of the International Labor Organization, and to which Turkey is a party on human rights and social justice issues. We pay attention to and implement the requirements of international conventions.
• We respect and implement the rights recognized by law in our activities.
We do not take any action that may result in a crime or violation of rights in our activities, and we expect our managers and employees to work in the same direction.
• Without discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, religion, race, nationality, age, physical capacity, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, union membership, political opinion and similar issues in processes such as recruitment, education, career, wage management and in the work environment. we have an equal attitude, we do not tolerate discrimination. We manage these processes transparently, depending on the qualifications, experience and performance of our employees.
• We respect the freedom of expression of all our employees within the framework of legal regulations. We do not discriminate in any way and we do not put pressure on our employees who exercise these rights.
• Our goal of “zero accident” forms the basis of our occupational health and safety (OHS) approach. We attach importance to providing a safe working environment to our business partners and employees, we take care to take all necessary measures within the scope of OHS Legislation and that our employees have the necessary knowledge.
• We are committed to providing our employees with a safe working environment away from all kinds of ill-treatment, discrimination, intimidation and harassment in the workplace. If they encounter such situations, we encourage our employees to report the situation by exercising their right to freedom of expression.
• We comply with the working hours and overtime provisions determined by laws and regulations in our activities.
• We convey the rules covering all working areas determined by international human rights policies to our employees in annual trainings. • We develop our purchasing processes to select our suppliers in accordance with the Policy.
• We identify possible human rights risks that may arise with our activities and carry out studies to reduce them.
• We identify the human rights problems that may arise with our activities and the groups that will be most affected by these problems.
• If we have a negative impact on human rights, we try to eliminate these impacts.
• We develop formal and informal complaint mechanisms to compensate for the violations of rights by the company.
OUR EXPECTATIONS FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS
• Compliance with the Policy by our managers, employees and those acting on behalf of Ekovar; they are also required to report any violations or possible violations to their respective managers and/or report them through company complaint channels.
• We expect our suppliers and business partners to act in accordance with the Policy.
• We encourage our stakeholders to provide feedback on the Policy.
PRINCIPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION The policy is an integral part of Ekovar’s Sustainability Approach and is communicated to all employees. This Policy has been accepted and put into effect by the Board of Directors. The policy is reviewed by the Board of Directors at least once every five years and the progress of the implementations is followed. In case of feedback from the stakeholders, the Board of Directors reviews the Policy without waiting for the above period. For significant service changes, the review is performed without waiting for the above period.