Esteemed Stakeholders,
We are proud and happy to share our sustainability activities and performance through our second sustainability report this year.
The State of the Global Climate 2023 Report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones caused misery and mayhem in 2023, upending everyday life for millions and inflicting many billions of dollars in economic losses. The climate crisis, the greatest challenge facing humanity, and the ever-increasing environmental risks stipulate that everyone takes responsibility. At IC Holding, we are pulling out all the stops to fulfill our duties despite all these crises. We take concrete steps in our sustainability journey by developing meaningful collaborations to leave a better environment and a more prosperous society for future generations.
In the light of international developments and in the fight against the effects of the climate crisis, we are aware that the way to make sectoral success permanent crosses through green transformation. To that end, we keep strengthening our work in sectors with different dynamics through the deepening efforts we have implemented following our centralization process. We aim to take our next step, namely localization, by replicating the deepening efforts we have completed in construction and tourism sectors this time in the infrastructure and energy sectors in 2024.
At IC Holding, we cooperate with civil society organizations (CSOs) and public institutions to become a part of social change and development and to deliver projects with ever-expanding impacts.
Since 2022, the IC Sustainability Team has been carrying IC Holding forward with an agile perspective and follows the latest developments in sustainability. In addition, we continue our efforts to sustainably manage natural resources by adopting the circular economy model in every sector we operate. We were deemed worthy of an award in the ‘Green Transformation’ category for recycling wastes and contributing to the environment, a major indicator that we are reaping the fruits of our efforts. In addition to our green transformation efforts, we are also actively working to protect existing plant and animal species in our project regions as part of biodiversity management.
At IC Holding, we are moving forward uninterruptedly with our efforts to provide a fair and inclusive working environment for our employees, the main source of our success and a most valuable stakeholder group. We pay utmost attention to increasing the satisfaction and motivation of our co-workers and creating a sustainable workplace.
We care about keeping sustainability, which is an integral part of our corporate governance approach, at the heart of our activities. With support from our stakeholders, we integrate this sustainability awareness into our large-scale way of doing business. To this end, we continue working to create value for our country and the world, which we committed to in our sustainability report prepared for the second time this year as well as our 2022 report. I would like to express my gratitude to our stakeholders who have not left us alone on this path for 55 years.
Sincerely,
Murad Bayar
Executive Board Member