English translation provided for convenience. The Turkish text is the governing version.
Our Ethical Purchasing Rules
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Taking the time to consider supplier requests with understanding, supporting the supplier where they are in the right, and communicating effectively with the supplier;
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Avoiding spot purchases by targeting long-term, high-volume agreements;
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Giving suppliers we wish to work with long-term accurate and timely information on future plans and budgets, and planning on the basis of complete lead-time and stock information;
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Giving priority in our selections to suppliers who:
- Always respond to the needs raised by Purchasing;
- Stay within purchasing tolerance limits when changing price or quality;
- Invite the buyer to their facilities or offices, discuss problems and opportunities on site and share solutions, and are open to audits and visits when necessary.
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Sharing information with superiors and offering alternative solution proposals.
Our Responsible Purchasing Policy
As TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK, while pursuing our sustainable growth strategy, we aim to maintain long-term business relationships based on mutual trust, cooperation and value creation with all stakeholders in our supply chain on sustainability management and its components, to raise sustainability awareness, and to support our activities with exemplary, environmentally conscious approaches.
Accepting and complying with the TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK Responsible Purchasing Policy is a contractual obligation for our suppliers. In the event of a systematic and serious breach of this Policy, TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK reserves the right to terminate its contract with the supplier. Full compliance with the items designated as Zero Tolerance is a prerequisite for becoming a TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK supplier. Likewise, TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to inform their own suppliers of the “Responsible Purchasing Policy” and to put it into practice. The Policy is published on the TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK website and is also sent to suppliers for information.
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK upholds the principle of complying with high ethical and legal standards in all of its operations. Employees and all other business partners who believe that the Ethical Working Rules have been violated must report the violation to TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK as soon as possible.
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1. Labor and Human Rights
In accordance with the International Labour Organization, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye and Labor Law No. 4857, TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK affirms that all people must be treated with respect and dignity. Employers have a great impact on the well-being of their employees and therefore owe them a great obligation. TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK and all of its stakeholders are responsible for applying human rights standards wherever they operate. Suppliers are also expected to comply with these regulations.
1.1 Zero Tolerance for Discrimination
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to treat all employees and candidates equally in all recruitment and employment processes, without discrimination on the basis of language, color, race, gender, religion, age or sect. TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects and requires its suppliers to act on the principle of equality in their employees’ development, career opportunities, and the management of pay and benefits.
1.2 Zero Tolerance for Disciplinary Abuse, Mistreatment and Harassment
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to provide their employees with a working environment free of violence, harassment and other disturbing conditions arising from internal and external threats. Accordingly, no violation whatsoever of the personal integrity of supplier employees through physical, verbal, sexual, psychological and/or emotional harassment — at the workplace or anywhere they are present on account of their work — will be tolerated.
1.3 Zero Tolerance for Child Labor and Forced Labor
Under no circumstances may suppliers employ child workers in breach of applicable labor legislation. TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to firmly oppose child labor, which poses physical and psychological threats to children. Human trafficking and forced or compulsory labor without the employee’s consent will never be tolerated at suppliers.
If a child is found working in the TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK supply chain, the supplier is responsible for determining the measures that protect the affected child, and TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK is responsible for overseeing them.
1.4 Young Workers
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to ensure that legally young workers under the age of 18 do not work overtime or night shifts, and are protected from working conditions harmful to their health, safety, morals or development.
1.5 Wages and Benefits
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to determine wages and benefits competitively with reference to the local labor market, or in line with the standards agreed under any applicable collective bargaining agreement. Suppliers are expected to ensure that all entitlements and wages are paid regularly, transparently and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
1.6 Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Suppliers respect the right of their employees, in accordance with the law, to freely, voluntarily and without interference join or not join trade unions, to establish and participate in employee representation of their choosing, and to bargain collectively.
1.7 Working Hours and Conditions
Suppliers must comply with the labor legislation in force in their country regarding working hours and leave entitlements, and the wages, overtime and wage-related entitlements paid to supplier employees must comply with the labor legislation in force in the country in which they operate.
2. Health, Safety and Environment
2.1 Health and Safety
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK suppliers recognize that a healthy and safe workplace is vital for employees. Within these processes, suppliers must comply with all statutory legislation and regulations on occupational and workplace health and safety, and take the necessary measures for the health, safety and security of their employees.
2.2 Environmental Management
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK manages its processes under a management philosophy of minimizing or completely eliminating the harm it causes to the environment. In this context, it expects and requires its suppliers to support the efficient use of natural resources such as energy and water in all processes that consume them.
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects and requires its suppliers to measure their carbon emissions, to undertake work that improves their performance on environmental matters such as water management, waste management and biodiversity, and to establish monitoring systems that allow them to track this performance regularly.
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects and requires its suppliers to manage their waste in accordance with environmental regulations.
2.3 Responsible Raw Materials and Conflict Minerals
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK works to source the raw materials used in its activities responsibly. It commits to conducting its activities so as not to use conflict minerals in the raw materials it procures, in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and other applicable laws and regulations on conflict minerals. TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK avoids knowingly purchasing any product, component or material containing minerals from the DRC that have not been verified as conflict-free. It avoids any action that contributes to the financing of conflict, complies with relevant United Nations sanctions resolutions or, where applicable, the local laws implementing them, and expects its suppliers and business partners to do the same.
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK commits that substances subject to legal restrictions or prohibitions may be present in delivered materials or parts, or in the components they contain, only in accordance with the relevant legislation (regulations on prohibited chemicals, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 REACH, etc.). TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to adhere to the same raw material sourcing policy set out in the TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct, and works with its suppliers to build awareness of and compliance with the requirements of this policy.
3. Business Ethics
3.1 Conflicts of Interest
Suppliers must not enter into personal relationships with TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK employees that could give rise to, or be perceived as, a conflict of interest and that could damage the reputation of TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK. They take the necessary measures to ensure that their duties towards TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK do not conflict.
3.2 Protection of Information
All information that is not public, or that TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK has kept confidential and not made public — including but not limited to technical, operational or financial information — is deemed confidential.
Suppliers comply without compromise with all policies aimed at protecting confidentiality and do not share confidential information with third parties.
Suppliers must create, record and retain all business-related information accurately and in full compliance with applicable legal requirements. Suppliers process the personal data of their employees, business partners and customers to improve company processes and activities only to the extent permitted by law, and do not share such personal data with third parties without the consent of the data subjects. TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to observe all restrictions relating to copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents.
3.3 Combating Bribery, Corruption and Money Laundering
Suppliers never engage in improper conduct such as giving or accepting bribes to obtain business or financial gain. No supplier employee may offer, give or accept any gift or payment that could be perceived as a bribe. Corruption, embezzlement, facilitation payments of any kind and bribery — whatever their form or manner — have no place in the way suppliers do business. Suppliers are expected and required to comply with applicable anti-money-laundering legislation and to firmly oppose any activity that could give rise to money laundering. All of a supplier’s accounting records and supporting documents must reflect the related expenditures fully and clearly. There must be no hidden or unrecorded accounts or assets in suppliers’ financial systems.
3.4 Gifts and Hospitality
Suppliers must neither accept nor give any gift, other than customary commercial and promotional items, that would constitute non-compliance with the law, and must refrain from hospitality that exceeds its purpose.
3.5 Competition Law
As TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK, we promote fair competition in the conduct of our activities and support the development of competition law. Accordingly, all of our suppliers are required to act in accordance with competition legislation. A breach of competition law may otherwise result in extremely severe sanctions against both companies and employees. TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK suppliers act in full cooperation with competition authorities while firmly protecting their own legal interests.
3.6 Economic Sanctions
Some of the countries in which our suppliers are located may have imposed restrictions on other countries, companies and individuals. Where necessary, suppliers follow the trade restrictions, export controls, embargoes, anti-corruption and customs laws relating to their activities, and commit to acting in accordance with such laws and regulations.
Suppliers are aware that violating these restrictions may have extremely serious consequences, such as administrative fines, revocation of export licenses and potentially prison sentences.
3.7 Counterfeit Parts
TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK expects its suppliers to supply all products and services in their original form and in accordance with the quality and safety criteria set out in the contract. If TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK determines that a supplier has used counterfeit parts or materials, it reserves the right to take legal action against that supplier.
4. Implementation
Suppliers are evaluated in purchasing processes against the matters set out above, and the relationship with a supplier may be terminated if any non-conformity is identified. In addition, to monitor suppliers’ compliance with the principles above, TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK may put questions to its suppliers through surveys, request that they share relevant documents and evidence, and carry out audits.
The TORATAY MÜHENDİSLİK Purchasing unit and Quality Directorate are responsible for the operation of this policy. Our suppliers are expected to observe the principles set out in the Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct.
Accordingly, action will be taken against anyone who violates the rules set out in this document in line with the Labor Law, other relevant legislation, and applicable business policies, regulations and procedures.