Social Compliance Policy

As Kastamonu Integrated Wood Industry & Trading Co., we commit:

Ensuring and Sustaining Occupational Health and Safety: To carry out a work system that prioritizes the general health of the employees, in line with the legal regulations on Occupational Health and Safety and the TS ISO 45001 standard, to effectively improve OHS practices according to technical developments and innovations,

Protection of Environment: To comply with the current environmental legislation and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System requirements, to prevent and reduce environmental pollution at its source based on environmental dimensions and impact assessment, to use energy, water and other natural resources efficiently as a result of our continuous improvement efforts, to minimize our impact to the environment by applying environmentally friendly policies and standards, and to apply the principle of continuous improvement in this regard,

Prevention of Child Labor: Not to employ employees under the age of 18 within the framework of institutional respect for the protection of children and young workers from all kinds of abuse, their healthy development and right to education; to comply with the legislation on the procedures and principles of employing children and young workers,

Prevention of Forced and Compulsory Operation: That work cannot be carried out in response to obligations under the contract or in exchange for debt, and work will be on a voluntary basis

Respect for the Right to Freedom of Association and Representation: To respect for the right of employees to become a member of non-governmental organizations, and the right to representation in a free and democratic manner through employee representatives

Prevention of Discrimination: To employ employees based on their ability to do the job, not based on race, color, language, religion, ethnic origin, political opinion, marital status, age, pregnancy or gender; also to carry out payments, social assistance, promotion, dismissal and discipline practices in this direction,

Recruitment, Regular Employment: That compliance with company rules and social requirements, as well as technical and professional knowledge, will be considered as necessary and essential criteria during recruitment and personnel selection in order to ensure the continuity of social compliance requirements; that policies to prevent discrimination, harassment, and ill-treatment will be valid in the remuneration, performance and employment contract processes starting from the recruitment stage; that regular employment and social security of employees will be ensured,

Discipline, Prevention of Harassment and Abuse: To base on the peace of the working environment and the happiness of the employees; to respect the dignity and personality of the employees, not to allow verbal, physical, psychological harassment, pressure, threat or coercion,

Raising Awareness of Employees: To inform employees about social compliance requirements during the recruitment phase and at certain periods during the working period believing that the basis of social compliance is conscious employees,

Submission of Wishes and Complaints: To establish communication channels through which each employee can convey their wishes and complaints, to establish a suitable working environment by carrying out timely and effective evaluation and feedback, and that no discrimination or ill-treatment will be made against the employee's request and complaint notification,

Working Hours: To determine working hours in a decent way based on the laws and obligations in force, to ensure that the overtime working periods comply with the legal periods, to comply with the applicable laws and regulations in determining the working hours, together with the efficient working principle,

Wages and Payments: Not to pay wages below the minimum wage, to calculate and pay the overtime wages as stipulated by the law; to take into account the minimum standard of living in the region where the enterprise is located, while determining the minimum wage to be paid to the employees,

Compliance with Laws and Other Obligations: To act in accordance with applicable local laws and regulations and relevant international regulations,

Bribery and Corruption: That giving, receiving or offering bribery / corruption and / or commissions will not be accepted under any circumstances, and will be treated within the framework of the determined and announced Hayat Holding ethical rules,

Supply Chain Management: To comply with the responsible supply chain principles stipulated by the labor legislation in our purchasing activities, to support a cooperation approach in which our suppliers, which we prioritize, exchange information in order to take reasonable and adequate measures regarding the practices within the social compliance rules,

Social Compliance Management System: To carry out social compliance policy and activities in an integrated manner with applicable laws and regulations, corporate code of conduct and other applicable management systems; to carry out continuous improvement activities and to review them periodically, to provide the financial, infrastructure, working environment and human resources needed for all these studies.