We are, as VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş., aware of our responsibility, not only for our customers, employees or business partners, but also for our country and for the world. And we aim to fulfill our responsibility in compliance with the universal principles. In the light of this vision,
We are hardworking, dynamic and progressive
We embrace dynamism, innovative ideas and creativity in all of our business processes. We invest on research and development and we have no tolerance for bureaucratic submissive attitude which opposes resistance to change.
On our way to the future, we are learned from the past and encouraged by it. We embrace our national values and merits including family and spirituality. However we are against fundamentalism and conservatism.
The key to the success is working efficiently in a planned and well-disciplined manner.
Our Shared Values
We truly believe that human resources are our primary capital
We regard our employees as the biggest assurance to reach our goals and to pursue the quality of our products and services. Accordingly our primary goal is to hire the best manpower.
We believe in creating a peaceful working environment; we cherish the team spirit, synergy and the power of communication.
We provide opportunities for occupational training and development so as to accentuate the added value of individuals and reward our employees for their achievements.
Our management is participatory, fair and democratic. Our organization has recognized the necessity of institutionalization, it is eager to learn and open to criticism.
We work with the idea of making each day better for our customers
Customers are our main focus. In every line of our business we work with the aim of creating an easier life for our customers and building a long lasting relationship.
We provide the highest quality products and services for our customers which generates a value for them. Our customer relations are based on reliability and a solution-based partnership.
We anticipate changing customer demands and endeavor to formulate solutions in the shortest time with a proactive approach.
We dream for the society and work hard to realize those dreams
It is one of our priorities to add value to the economy of our county. We dream for the society and realize those dreams for the future.
We work with the awareness of responsibility for the society and try to contribute all of our social partners financially and spiritually.
We cherish the human and support for the spirit of sharing. Accordingly we reject egoism and greed.
One of our primary goals is to elevate the educational and cultural level of the society and respond to the need for an educated young generation.
Environmental awareness is our primary concern at all levels of Zorlu Holding. We both contribute on a corporate level and encourage our employees to attend social responsibility projects.
The Code of Conduct is set by the Board of Directors and presented at the General Assembly of Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. All business activities are to be guided accordingly.
Code Of Conduct
- ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY
THE GLOBAL COMPACT
VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş. aims to extend the vision of Turkey in terms of human rights, working conditions, environment and code of conduct. Our decision processes are directed with the idea of using all resources efficiently and taking each step by considering the future.
We, as VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş., manage our economic, social, environmental and ethical codes with our identity of corporate sustainability. We have the awareness that no resource is infinite. Therefore, in compliance with our ethical codes, we work with the aim of improving the quality of people’s lives and keeping the balance of resources and natural life.
Those values have framed our code of conduct since the beginning and assured our success throughout our journey over a half century.
As a sign of our commitment to our goals we, as Zorlu Holding, have adopted the UN Global Compact in 2007 which contributes the institutionalization of this approach.
The Global Compact, initiated and extended by the UN since 2000, consists of 10 principles in the areas of human rights, working conditions, the environment and anti- corruption.
The principles are prepared with a guiding perspective so as to lead companies and organizations to reach higher targets in terms of risk management, increase of efficiency, motivation and loyalty of employees, brand awareness and access to new markets.
The Global Compact
ENVIRONMENT
VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş. complies with all regulations during the life cycle (from design to disposal) of the product, established for protecting the world ecological balances, which are progressively deteriorating.
Along with the current legal regulations set out to this end, VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş. also complies with the E.U. directives issued in order to provide conformity of the legal measures taken at national levels in European Union member countries, and engages itself with the environmental policy in which this approach has been declared.
The realization of VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş.’s environmental approach can only be achieved by including all the collaborators in the supply chain with in this approach. Our major expectation is that our suppliers comply with the list of prohibited / restricted substances, as per EU RoHS -Restriction of Hazardous substances, REACH, Battery, Packaging, WEEE directives and Turkish regulations- in order to provide environment-friendly products for our customers. All of our collaborators in the supply chain are expected to add RoHS data for all supplied materials/ parts into Vestel RoHSNet web site.
Vestel RoHSNeT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş. systematically evaluates the energy efficiency of its operations and implements various projects related to this area. Our main objective is to reach a high level of production with low energy consumption. Accordingly, we review the energy consumption of our production processes and strive to obtain better results in terms of productivity and quality. Under the Environmental Management System, we manage energy consumption and related processes in tandem with the total productive maintenance (TPM) model, corporate business plans and the key performance indicators methodology.
Senior executives regularly monitor and duly assess the relevant performance results.
Our factory passed all the required audits in 2012 and obtained TS EN 50001 Energy Management System Certification.
One of our major expectations is that all of our collaborators in the supply chain are involved with studies on energy efficiency.
CARBON EMISSION
VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş. acknowledges climate change as an important risk to the future of the world and our business sustainability. Being a responsible global citizen, we carry out remarkable studies about fighting with this problem.
Our strategy on fighting against climate change- also a major subject of our environmental management- focuses on 3 main points:
• Constant increase of resource productivity at all operational processes from supply to distribution.
• Meeting our customers with the best eco-design energy saver products.
• Informing the society about climate change and thus creating a social sensitivity and contributing solution seeking processes.
Carbon emission data of VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş. is measured, reported and traced within the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project).
QUALITY , TPM VE SCM
Our suppliers should also set a quality management system of similar content to increase performance and minimize deviations and waste as we have implemented as per ISO9001 Quality Management System since 1993, TPM( Total Productive Maintenance) and SCM (Supply Chain Management) projects. The system should be documented, implemented, pursued and improved continuously.
Suppliers should set measurable quality objectives which could be achieved in a proper period as per their quality policy to respond the expectations of VESTEL ELEKTRONİK A.Ş. such as fulfilling the terms of supply.
Suppliers should have a management revision process to assure the continuous improvement. The revisions should include all activity outputs aiming to trace the entire process performance.
Suppliers should plan, implement, control and improve all activities so as to minimize variability in their activities and in the system overall.