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Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik Publishes Its First Sustainability Report
Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, which maximum attention to the efficiency of its operations and reduc-
continues its activities unabated es resource consumption as much as possible. Our greenhouse
for a sustainable future, has pub- gas emissions, which are the result of our operational activities,
lished its first Sustainability Re- which are also affected by the epidemic process, decreased by
port. Explaining the details of the 42% in 2020.”
report, Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik
General Manager Yılmaz Ertürk “We will continue to keep sustainability at the heart of
stated that they have taken their our business model”
financial and sustainability per-
formances to the highest levels in Expressing that Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, which has a wide
a difficult year and will continue range of products and services that its customers will need, has
to report their activities in this accelerated its efforts to improve its technical infrastructure in
field on an annual basis. order to meet the expectations of its customers by increasing
the variety of its products that can be accessed through digi-
Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, which tal channels, Ertürk said: “We are taking steps to reduce our
continues its activities in the sus- energy and paper consumption resulting from our activities by
tainable future journey at full tracking our waste amount. Digitalization is also one of these
speed, has published its first Sus- steps. We are carrying out numerous projects related to digital
tainability Report. The report de- transformation with the work initiated on expanding the scope
tails the company’s sustainability performance, strategic per- of digital channels, robotic process automation (RPA) and arti-
spective and financial results. The report, prepared to cover the ficial intelligence and automation of processes. We will continue
activities of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in 2020 in to keep sustainability at the center of our business model in all
accordance with the basis of the standards, also sheds light on our activities.”
the company’s vision and goals for the future. Anadolu Hayat
Emeklilik General Manager Yılmaz Ertürk drew attention to the “We contribute to sustainable development with our
fact that 2020 is a year in which developments due to the COV- products developed for different socioeconomic segments
ID-19 epidemic, the effects of which we continue to feel today, of society”
have affected the whole world and said: “During this period,
when all countries were struggling with an epidemic on a global Stating that inclusion and diversity, which are among the most
scale, the growth of the world economy was also negatively af- important issues for sustainable development, have a special
fected by this situation. The COVID-19 pandemic has once again place for Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, Ertürk said: “Our social
made it clear how important sustainability is for companies.” responsibility project, which started in 2007, has participat-
ed in the ’Frames from Life with a Woman’s Eye’ photogra-
“We have become the first company to be accepted to the phy competition with more than 23 thousand female pho-
Borsa Istanbul Sustainability Index from the insurance tographers and more than 88 thousand photos to date. Our
and pension sector” contest, which aims to contribute to the social, cultural and
social development of women, also has the feature of being
Stating that they place sustainability at the center of their the first and only women-only photo contest in Turkey. In
business models, Ertürk said: “We continue to create economic, 2018, our company became a signatory of the Principles of
environmental and social value for the long term by observing Women’s Empowerment, one of the most important global
the responsible investment approach for the sustainable future. initiatives of the private sector, created in partnership with
In 2020, when we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we became the United Nations Gender Equality and Women’s Empower-
the first company from the insurance and pension sector to be ment Unit. As of the end of 2020, our female employee ratio
included in the BIST Sustainability Index, which includes 58 is 62 percent and our female customer ratio is 51 percent,
companies with high corporate sustainability performances and which is higher than the industry average. We contribute to
traded on Borsa Istanbul.” sustainable development by serving our customers consist-
ing of different socioeconomic segments of society through
“Our greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by 42 percent” special products that we have developed for women, disabled
Emphasizing that they are aware of the importance of tackling people, young people and children.”
global climate change in order to achieve sustainable develop-
ment, Ertürk stated that they have been neutralizing greenhouse Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik 2020 Sustainability can be reached
gas emissions from their activities since 2016 by supporting re- at www.anadoluhayat.com.tr/surdurulebilirlik .
newable energy projects. Ertürk said: “Our company also pays