HALKBANK SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Esteemed Stakeholders,
We are very pleased to share with you our fourth Sustainability Report on behalf of Halkbank, one of the leading companies of sustainable development in Turkey. Every year, we aim to improve our report in which we share the sustainability performance of our bank.
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MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER
Esteemed Stakeholders of Halkbank,
As Halkbank, the importance we attach to sustainability lies at the heart of the success we achieve by increasing the value we create for our country and stakeholders every year. Sustainability is a corporate priority considered at the highest level in Halkbank.
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Sustainability management emerges as a body of management practices whose significance increases day by day. As Halkbank, we bolster the importance we attach to sustainability with our management practices.
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The value we give to sustainability is on the basis of success we create for our country and stakeholders.
“Sustainability Committee” was established to coordinate the Bank’s practices on sustainability. The Committee is an affiliate of the Board of Directors and sustains its work with the aim of coordinating Halkbank's practices on sustainability.
As a result of the evaluations regarding sustainability practices and performance results, Halkbank ranked among the companies of Borsa Istanbul entering BIST Sustainability Index in the period of November 2017-October 2018.
Halkbank's sustainability priorities were identified in 2016 by receiving the opinions of 1,806 stakeholders consisting of customers, employees, media representatives, public institutions, international financial institutions and suppliers.
As of the reporting period, Halkbank Board of Directors consists of 11 members, 3 of which are independent and 2 of which are members of Supervisory Board.
In line with the 2017 Audit Plan; 584 Branches, 10 Regional Coordination Offices, 27 Head of Departments, 10 Subsidiaries, 3 Overseas Branches, 1 Process, 24 Cash Operation Centers / Exchange Operation Centers / Compliance Unit / Follow-up and Operation Services, and 89 Information Technologies audits conducted.
The following e-trainings were designed and assigned to employees to ensure that our Bank's standards and codes of conduct are communicated to the employees. In this context, trainings provided to employees during the reporting period are as follows:
TRY 77.6 Billion
Retail Customers Deposit Size
340
Accessible Bank24
3,917 ATM
10
Different digital banking platforms
963
Domestic Branches
EUR 2.8 Billion
Funds from the international investment and development banks
USD 615 Million
Total Loans Allocated in 2017 Loans via Resources from International Financial Institutions
TRY 3,725 Million
net profit
1,711
Number of retired employees whose salaries are paid through Halkbank
17,851
Employees
54.72 hours
The average hours of training per employee at Halkbank
935
New Hires in 2017
Halkbank is the first Turkish Bank to establish ISO 50001 Energy Management System, integrating with ISO 14001 Environment Management System.
During the reporting period, Halkbank employees were provided with a total of 19,726 person*hour environmental training.
With the Secureprint project 3% paper saving compared to 2016.
6% reduction in total water use compared to 2016.
Support NGOs with Employee Volunteerism Projects
Support projects on the fields of culture and arts, sports, environment and sectoral development.
