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MAPFRE and sustainable environment

Taking active roles in environ- that they had been conducting their activities by adopting sus-
ment-related topics and con- tainable environmental policies with a huge responsibility and
ducting several tasks in energy rigor. “We continue working on climate change management,
efficiency and climate change, energy saving and environmental protection, while creating a
MAPFRE Sigorta received corporate culture that complies with environmental sustainabil-
Green Office certificate thanks ity. Our head office building was already LEED Gold certified,
to practices implemented and but we wanted to do more and took part in Green Office pro-
awareness activities conducted gram by WWF, which focuses on savings and improvement in
in cooperation with WWF as offices. In this respect, we have developed many actions to re-
a part of “Green Office Move- duce paper, water, and electricity consumption in the office. We
ment”. Moreover, MAPFRE have completely got rid of plastic bottles and carried out a lot of
Sigorta had also applied for communication campaigns encouraging recycling and right use
ISO 14001 Environmental of air-conditioners. We have created a serious awareness in our
Management System within teammates and other stakeholders with recommendations that
the scope of their global en- can also be implemented at their homes,” she said.
vironmental approach. As a
result, MAPFRE Turkey be- MAPFRE Sigorta is the 9th among other MAPFRE
came the 9th country to receive ISO 14001 certification among companies to be certified with ISO 14001
45 countries where MAPFRE Group operates globally.
“MAPFRE Sigorta conducts significant activities towards in-
MAPFRE Sigorta continuously conducts awareness activities creasing environmental awareness and encouraging waste recy-
within the scope of Green Office practices; and has achieved an cling. Within the scope of activities we had been conducting for
energy efficiency of 24 percent as a result of projects conducted ISO 14001 Environmental Management System since the be-
to save paper, electricity, heat and water in the office. The com- ginning of 2019, we completed our efforts towards controlling
pany directs its employees towards reducing their consumption and sorting waste, and sending them to related organizations.
to avoid waste and provides recycling trainings; installed com- In December 2019, we completed our internal examinations
munication signs and notice boards about savings all around the and were ready for certification audit. After being audited by
office area. After conducting projects to create awareness within an independent audit company for our documentation and field
the scope of Green Office Movement, the company achieved an status, we applied to the certification institution and were final-
energy efficiency of 15 percent. ly certified with ISO 14001:2005 Environmental Management
System in January 2020. Among other MAPFRE companies
“Sustainability lies at the heart of all our business pro- worldwide, MAPFRE Sigorta has been the 9th company to have
cesses” received this certificate. We value this to a great extent. As
MAPFRE Sigorta, we are coding sustainability in our DNA. We
Pınar Gökgöl Gümüş, Corporate Communications Manager at will keep managing our business processes with this approach,”
MAPFRE Sigorta, commented on the certificates and stated said Tuncay Kebeli, Chief Security Officer at MAPFRE Sigorta.

Maher Holding Insurance Group expands to Europe

diately following the decision of BoD this week. Maher Holding
owns Quick Sigorta, which quickly took over leadership position
in the market in different insurance products after starting their
activities three years ago, and Corpus Sigorta, which continues
to grow rapidly. The company has decided to establish an insur-
ance company in Europe. CEO Levent Uluçeçen stated that they
started researching for it after deciding in principal, and add-
ed: “As a result of a one-year research by our team, our Board
of Directors decided to found an insurance company in Europe.
This is a first for Turkey, and our entire team is working vigor-
ously to make it real. As you know, we already bought a foreign
insurance company, as the first company to do so in Turkey, and
Board of Directors of Quick Sigorta, celebrating their 3rd an- named it Corpus. In that sense, we will keep working towards
niversary this year, decided to establish an insurance company breaking new grounds. We will establish this new company in
in Europe after studies and researches that took one year. Lev- Europe with the support of our entire insurance group, and the
ent Uluçeçen, CEO of Maher Holding, gave a statement about operation will be led by Quick Sigorta. We have achieved success
the new development; stating that they continued their research in Turkey, and we aim to repeat it in Europe. I wish this will
after deciding in principal, and started working effective imme- bring all the best for Turkey and our market,” he said.