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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
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