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SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH

SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
NUROL CONSTRUCTION PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE GEOGRAPHIES IT WORKS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. IT We are committed to transform sustainability into a business

CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION conduct, embrace it within our organization and make it an integral
part of our culture. We adopt and implement sustainability as a
OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORTING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE business model for all levels starting from our management style to
our stakeholders. Our Board of Directors is liable at the highest level
PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IRRIGATION AND INCREASING THE starting from our responsibilities towards Nurol Holding to our
performance, from our responsibilities towards all our stakeholders
OPPORTUNITIES OF TOURISM AND TRADE. IT SUPPORTS UNIVERSAL AND to the establishment and internalization of our corporate culture.
FAIR ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS FOR RELIABLE AND Therefore, Nurol Construction Board of Directors lead and serve as
model for our company’s economic, social and environmental
PURCHASABLE DRINKING WATER FOR EVERYONE. BESIDES REALIZING approach, doing the business in ethical way, configuration of
e ective and reliable governance systems. Our Board of Directors is
THOSE PROJECTS OF OURS, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BRING OUR primarily responsible from transparency, management and
performance of sustainability e orts.
CONTRIBUTIONS INTO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; Nurol Construction complies with legal and other required
WE FOCUS ON SOUND GOVERNANCE, PROTECTION OF THE ECOSYSTEM procedures quintessentially to its vision and policies.
In countries where Nurol has active businesses, on top of meeting
AND STRENGTHENING SOCIAL ASPECTS. legal requirements, we have principles aiming to surpass
environmental and social necessities in the countries where legal
requirements are insu cient. Therefore, local community opinions
As Nurol Construction, we care about the value of our projects on society and the world, and we are taking bigger steps day by day to ensure the are taken into consideration and their needs, expectations and
sustainability of this value. For this purpose, we focus on a good governance infrastructure, activities based on protecting the ecosystem, our complaints are identified. This is the way of enhancing service
social impacts on society and the world, plus we integrate our sustainability approach with our business. We cooperate with our stakeholders and quality and increasing harmony with stakeholders. "Code of
take their expectations into consideration while doing our job with the responsibility of being an organization possessing the vision of realizing Governance" have been released to form mechanisms for taking
many more signature projects worldwide. As a family, we strive to o er the best conditions to our employees, and we see it as our most important opinions on ethic related issues, and notification of unethical issues
goal to make great contributions to the communities we work with, our country and the world together with them. With this vision and approach, and following processes are defined in 2018. Code of Governance
we signed the United Nations (UN) Global Compact in August 2017 and included 10 basic principles within the scope of the works we carried out includes policies of codes of conduct and working principles and code
with great motivation in order to announce our activities globally. In this way, by speeding up our reporting e orts, we are reporting in accordance of practice. "Ethics Notice Line" formed for notifying the company in
with the most up-to-date version of the globally endorsed Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard, which is beyond carrying the UNGC Progress case of any violation on policies and regulations which is accessible
Reporting qualifications. by all employees. After review and investigation of all notification,
By completing our first Sustainability Report, where we reflect our 2018 performances, we published all our work on governance, ecosystem and Ethics and Discipline Committee is informed and this committee
social issues through this report last year. We are publishing our sustainability management, which has been developing more and more, and our prepares a report and kicks the solution process.
activities in this area in 2019 through this report. While preparing the report as a summary of the works we have conducted, we identify the issues Nurol Construction has established a Sustainability Committee in
that we need to create in terms of sustainability by using the titles in the GRI standard, and we try to implement new activities in these areas. 2019 in order to e ectively address the sustainability issue with a
Through the activities we carry out in terms of sustainability, we examine our stakeholder expectations more meticulously and implement new broader vision, to increase its performance in this regard, and to add
practices in line with the needs and expectations of our stakeholders. a new one to the leading and exemplary steps in its sector. The
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS committee is chaired by the appointed member of the board of
directors and the members are comprised of Assistant General
As Nurol Construction, while planning our activities in terms of sustainability, we take our steps according to the Sustainable Development Goals Manager for Financial and Administrative A airs, Group Managers,
(SDGs) perspective published by the United Nations. We determine our activities in terms of sustainability in accordance with these targets by Integrated Management Systems Manager, Project Control
determining the most compatible with our corporate strategies of the relevant period from 17 global targets. As a member of the private sector, Manager, Human Resources Manager, Finance Manager and
we believe that working on these targets, which point to the urgent and important environmental, social, humanitarian, economic and managerial Business Development Manager. The committee is responsible for
problems facing our world, will also provide improvement on a global scale. reporting to the Board of Directors and the company's performance
on social, environmental, governance and ethical issues every year,
While carrying out our works in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, we took initiative in our group as a private sector, signed the global and convenes at least 4 times a year in line with the following
principles agreement and took an important step towards becoming widespread in our group companies. We will share our commitments with our objectives and responsibilities. The first meeting is planned to be
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stakeholders in terms of gender equality, which is the 5 item of sustainable development targets with a similar understanding, by taking leading held in 2020.
steps in our sector and my group next year. You can reach detailed information on sustainable development from the link below:

DETALIED
INFO https://www.tr.undp.org/content/turkey/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html

In accordance with our corporate strategies, we share the sustainable development goals we focus on during this period below. You can see our
activities in order to strengthen our compliance with these objectives in the content of our report.

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