Greenwest Ambalaj San. ve Tic. A.Ş.;
While holding a FSC certificate,
- Prevention of Child Labor: Within the framework of institutional respect for the protection of children from all kinds of abuse, their healthy development, and the right to education, not to have any employees under the age of 18, and to act in accordance with the procedures and principles of employing children and young workers,
- Prevention of Forced and Compulsory Labor: GREENWEST Ambalaj will eliminate all forms of forced and compulsory labor. Employment will not be compulsory nor indentured through contracts, and it will be on a voluntary basis,
- Ensuring and Sustainability of Occupational Health and Safety: Accepting people as the most valuable asset in all our activities, and to set as a priority goal to minimize any potential loss by creating a safer and healthier work environment; to provide training to ensure that all employees are aware of their individual responsibilities on the subject; to provide the necessary equipment in terms of Occupational Health and Safety; to comply with local laws, regulations and conditions regarding Occupational Health and Safety, taking into account GREENWEST Ambalaj Business Rules standards; to create a communication environment where all employees can work in accordance with Occupational Health and Safety rules, and to raise awareness about work being done on this subject; to identify the risks related to occupational health and safety hazards that may arise from the activities of our institution and to keep these risks under control by reducing them to acceptable levels,
- Education: The education level of employees determines the overall level of the company. With this logic, to raise employees’ awareness of occupational health and safety, to organize internal or external training to support their professional and personal development, and to ensure the continuous improvement of the company due to the development of employees through the organized trainings,
- Prevention of Discrimination: GREENWEST Ambalaj pays attention not to discriminate employees based on age, gender, race, religion, language, ancestry, ethnic and national origin, social class, sexual orientation, religious belief, marital, social or economic status, disability, political opinion, participation and membership in union activities, family responsibilities, illness, pregnancy or military service status or any other condition that may cause discrimination, and ensures that there is no discrimination in employment and profession.
- Employing Foreign Nationals: All personnel procedures of employees with foreign nationalities working at our company, from hiring to termination, are carried out in accordance with the applicable legal regulations. Under no circumstances can a worker be employed on a debt basis. The legal rights of foreign workers regarding employment matters are protected by the company.
- Human Trafficking: Our company may not employ illegal workers.
- Recruitment and Regular Employment: In order to ensure the continuity of social compliance requirements, compliance with company rules and the company’s social compliance conditions, as well as technical and professional knowledge will be considered as necessary and important criteria during recruitment and personnel selection, and that social security will be provided, GREENWEST Ambalaj respects the rights of employees to engage in or refrain from engaging in lawful activities related to establishing, joining or assisting a labor organization and does not discriminate against or penalize workers for exercising these rights.
- Discipline, Prevention of Harassment and Maltreatment: To take the peace of the working environment and the happiness of the employees as a basis; to respect the dignity and individuality of employees and not to impose corporate punishment; not to allow verbal, physical, psychological harassment, threat, or coercion.
- Communicating Wishes and Complaints: To create alternative methods through which each employee can convey their wishes and complaints, and to create a suitable working environment by providing timely and effective evaluation and feedback,
- Complying with Ethical Principles: As GREENWEST Ambalaj we commit to complying with all laws and regulations to which we are subject, to keeping transparent and up-to-date records in order to prove compliance with relevant regulations, not to tolerate any form of corruption and bribery in our Company, not to give or receive bribes and/or gifts in order to gain any benefits or facilitate business, to establish the necessary mechanisms and policies to combat corruption and bribery, to avoid situations that may create a conflict of interest, and to protect the intellectual property rights of business partners.
- Working Hours: Along with the principle of working productively, complying with the applicable laws and regulations in determining working hours and the principle of voluntary overtime,
- Rest Days and Holidays: Within the framework of their legal rights, our employees cannot be deprived of rest days and holidays. Although it varies from department to department, employees who work six days a week are given one day off, or employees who work five days a week are given two days off.
- Wages and Payments: Not to pay wages below the minimum wage, establishing the minimum wage to be paid to employees at a level to afford the minimum living standards at the location of the business, and to constantly improve the payment and applicable conditions,
- Compliance with Laws and Other Obligations: To follow the rules of international social responsibility organizations (ILO) along with the business partnership rules of our customers while adhering to the laws and regulations in force.
- Bribery and Corruption: Giving, receiving, or offering bribes / corruption and/or kickbacks not acceptable under any circumstances,
- Compliance with Customs Laws: To comply with all applicable local and international customs laws and take measures that are compatible with these legislations and prevent the illegal shipment of products,
- Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Issues: Our priorities include ensuring the safety of life, property and environment of all parties and our environment affected by our activities by minimizing the risks that they may be exposed to; meeting and improving legal requirements, raising awareness on this issue, and ensuring that our understanding of social responsibility is understood by the society, including our customers,
- Supply Chain Management: Evaluating suppliers from whom we purchase goods for social compliance, monitoring the reasonable and adequate measures they take resulting from the evaluation, and supporting a collaborative approach to continuously improve social compliance levels,
- Freedom of Association: To respect the right of all employees to become members of professional organizations and workers’ unions and to make collective agreements, to avoid precarious employment, to hire employees based on contracts documented in accordance with the law,
- Freedom of Assembly: Freedom of assembly is the freedom that allows individuals and institutions to gather to express their thoughts and to demonstrate by marching or other methods. It is evaluated within the scope of human rights and political freedoms. This freedom, which is one of the most prominent examples of fundamental rights and freedoms, has a complementary nature to freedom of opinion. The terms freedom of assembly and demonstration and freedom of association, which are sometimes used interchangeably, can be used to distinguish between the freedom to assemble in public places and the freedom to join an association. Freedom of assembly is often used in the context of the right to protest, while freedom of association is used in areas such as labor rights.
As GREENWEST Ambalaj we commit to the information declared above.
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