Sustainability

İş Leasing addresses sustainability as a whole with all the economic, environmental and social aspects the concept embodies

İş Leasing acts with a dedication to create sustainable value for its customers, shareholders, employees and all other stakeholders, and integrates this approach in all of its ways of doing business. In keeping with its corporate culture and identity, İş Leasing addresses sustainability as a whole with all the economic, environmental and social aspects the concept embodies, and is committed to tackling sustainability-related matters in its operations together with all relevant laws and regulatory arrangements. As a part of the long-lived sustainability journey that it has started conscious of its responsibilities towards the society and the environment, İş Leasing took a major step with the Environmental and Social Risk Management System Project by year-end 2020. The Project focuses on sustainable growth and value creation, and is intended to ensure integration of leasing activities with environmental and social risk management issues.

In this framework, an Environmental and Social Risk Management System Project (ESMS) has been initiated, which is advised by ESCARUS. The Project objectives are to make sure that environmental, economic and social sustainability factors are pursued as a whole within the company management and product/service processes; to effectively manage risks and opportunities associated with these factors, and to create value through sustainable growth. With the Project that İş Leasing launched for the purpose of making business processes that will be erected upon sustainability foundation as a part of the corporate culture, it is aimed to devise a system pursuing also environmental and social sustainability in leasing processes, besides economic sustainability. The Project will be instrumental in the integration of İş Leasing’s financial leasing activities with environmental and social risk management matters. Hence, sustainability will be placed at the heart of the way of doing business through initiatives that will be carried out with the motive of social benefit, and it will become an important component of the strategy. Thus, all activities will be addressed holistically, and will be followed up within the frame of related policies and procedures. The Project will also increase leasing customers’ awareness of environmental and social issues, and total value will be created for sustainability.

As called for by its sustainability understanding, İş Leasing aims to be a part of the solution in the combat against all environmental issues. In this scope, the Company’s goals for the period 2020-2023 have also been set in accordance with sustainable growth and value creation principles. Under the sustainability approach, the Sustainability Committee was set up in 2020 in order to focus on the needs of the future, environment, operations and its human resources, and to take concrete steps; the related initiatives are carried on with the Environmental and Social Risk Management System Project. Within the scope of the Project in which various sub-headings including energy and climate change, financial inclusion, digital transformation, corporate governance, financial performance and profitability, diversity and inclusion, talent management, and environmental impact management will be placed at the focal point and will be reflected in work processes; İş Leasing will transparently disclose its management approach, strategy and performance in relation to environmental and social impacts, as well as its economic performance, in its Sustainability Report planned to be published in the second quarter of 2021, and targets to lead the sector in this respect as well.

It is among the key goals of İş Leasing to look out for the benefit of all of its stakeholders and contributing at the maximum extent to social life by conducting corporate social responsibility projects. In line with the Company’s environmental sensitivity, services targeted at energy efficiency and renewable energy investments are offered, and necessary measures are intended to be adopted for resource efficiency and energy consumption in a bid to help protect the natural balance. İş Leasing will uninterruptedly carry on with its sustainability initiatives that it has launched with the purpose of leaving a more livable world to future generations and to help build a sustainable and good future.

Corporate Social Responsibility

As it moves forward to achieve its goals in line with its “Sustainable, High-Quality and Profitable Growth” strategy, İş Leasing carries out various initiatives to contribute to the social life and the environment within the framework of its corporate social responsibility understanding.

As it aims to contribute at the maximum extent to social life, the Company believes that corporate social responsibility is a pivotal element in line with its policy to realize investments that will produce concrete benefits and serve as a model for all the segments of the society, the sector and the business world, while looking out for the interests of all its stakeholders.

Based on the fact that the society and the country cannot be served in the absence of social welfare, İş Leasing recreates the “quality” seal it prints on the services it renders on its social responsibility initiatives, and moves ahead solidly towards a sustainable future with the support of its stakeholders as well. In addition, the Company regards it as a main principle of its social responsibility understanding to support those in need through donations and aids in every area called for by social solidarity.

Pandemic Management at İş Leasing

Believing that human health is of the utmost importance, İş Leasing implemented a number of measures to protect its employees, customers and all other stakeholders and to minimize the risks ever since the emergence of the first COVID-19 case. Besides all swift actions taken during the COVID -19 pandemic, İş Leasing urgently delivered its support aimed at the protection of healthcare workers to the hospitals that had a need for them based on its commitment to corporate social responsibility.

Seeking to raise awareness in order to enhance the education level in Turkey and to make sure that all children have equal access to quality education and training, İş Leasing strives to contribute to the education of students through donations made to the Turkish Educational Foundation (TEV).

8 March International Women’s Day

İş Leasing, believing in the power of equal representation, attaches importance to reducing inequalities and to greater involvement of women in social and economic life to achieve inclusive and sustainable development, and plays an active role in balancing the number of women in the finance sector.

İş Leasing cares about our planet and cherishes our forests, one of the main sources of oxygen. Accordingly, the Company extended support to the reforestation drive to contribute to the reforestation efforts in the aftermath of the forest fire in Hatay in 2020.

Unused electronic devices that result from our upgrading investments compelled by the rapidly advancing technology are donated to underprivileged schools.

İş Leasing will not hold back but will spend every effort to fulfill its share of the responsibility to contribute sustainable value and benefit to all its stakeholders and the society on the back of policies and initiatives entailing plain and transparent corporate governance.

Social contribution

As it aims to contribute at the maximum extent to social life, the Company believes that corporate social responsibility is a pivotal element in line with its policy while looking out for the interests of all its stakeholders.