Investor Relations
Sustainability
While determining the corporate vision of our company, we put sustainability at the center of our focus and determined our vision as developing projects that are based on respect for people and nature, enabling the individual to benefit from modernity, architecture and technology at the highest level without breaking the connection with the naturalness of the individual, and thus transferring our “Architecture of Life” philosophy to the practice of life without losing sight of the fact that we will set an example for the whole world, and developing projects that enable universal sharing of the natural beauties offered by our current geography.
Our vision is to grow by continuing our activities without negatively affecting the needs of future generations, to consolidate stakeholder trust and satisfaction, and to maximize brand reputation, while also incorporating our sustainability goals.
For our company, sustainability is not a slogan, but our basic philosophy.
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- Thinking long term, not short term
- Development and progress instead of growth
- Holistic thinking, not horizontal thinking
- Locality instead of globalization
- Social, environmental and economic responsibility pressure instead of profit pressure
- Not just the interest of the organization, but the interest of the whole
- Peaceful language instead of destructive language
- Partnership with competitors, not competition with competitors
Sustainability is the cornerstone of our philosophy.
In all our business processes, we carry out our activities with a sustainability approach that considers not only environmental, social and economic but also governance, service and product sustainability.
In order to create long-term value, our company applies corporate governance principles as well as economic, environmental and social factors, taking into account the risks to be encountered in company activities and decision-making mechanisms.
Within the framework of its corporate social responsibility policy, MHR REIT goes beyond its traditional financial targets, prioritizes its impact on society and the environment, and seeks ways to develop positive and sustainable relationships with its stakeholders. It has voluntarily integrated social and environmental concerns into its business activities and interactions with its stakeholders and is working to voluntarily contribute to a better society and a cleaner environment.
Our work on sustainability provides common ground for our stakeholders, a moral code for our employees and a measure of accountability for our investors and partners.
Our sustainability strategy is to determine a set of roles and actions that include the planet and the future of all living things on this planet, and to transform our understanding of sustainability into a corporate culture by carrying out all parameters of sustainability in a balance while establishing our business model, inclusive and value creation-oriented, including all our stakeholders.
As part of its responsibilities towards respect for people, the environment and society, our Company considers acting with a sense of social responsibility in all its activities as one of the primary and unchanging elements of its management approach. It takes care to take a leading role in activities aimed at protecting human rights and the environment
Our Company has elevated Governance, Service and Product issues, which are managed in lower levels, to a higher level and brought each of them to the same level of importance and value as the generally accepted United Nations Sustainability Dimensions, which are divided into three as Society, Environment and Economy.
Being a solution stakeholder in the global movement initiated by the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals is the most important starting point that determines our priorities.
Our sustainability priorities, which we determine according to the outputs of materiality analysis and stakeholder analysis, are reviewed every year and monitored in a dynamic structure, taking into account the external environment analysis, which is the result of examining sectoral, national and even global sustainability trends, general practices and developments. Stakeholder analysis is carried out by evaluating the data collected as a result of comprehensive surveys, one-to-one interviews, meetings and expert evaluations, and these analyzes also determine the materiality map of our Company. As MHR REIT, our top priority is People. Our business model, activities, policies and practices are built with the understanding of “people first”. Our responsibilities, which are diversified and dimensioned around this priority, are clearly visible in our sustainability universe.
In our company's business model, we examine all risks and opportunities in detail before making decisions and aim to achieve the most accurate and effective results with the awareness of social, corporate and environmental responsibilities. We work on taking action by anticipating the risks of the sustainability dimensions and sub-dimensions we have identified as Environment, Society, Economy, Governance, Service and Product. We ensure that all kinds of opportunities are evaluated, issues that can be acted upon are identified and prioritized by creating a broad-based perception and awareness of opportunities.
The following methods are applied when conducting risk and opportunity analyses:
Identifying all risks and opportunities through SWOT analysis,
Establishing strategies that will determine the actions to be taken by matching the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats identified in the SWOT analysis with the TOWS analysis,
Identification of all risks, determination of risk level and continuous monitoring and reporting,
Periodic assessment of risks and opportunities through brainstorming and workshop methods at meetings held with the participation of all employees,
Formation of focus groups,
Determination of risk levels, probabilities of occurrence and actions to be taken by unit managers through internal analysis,
Using historical data to predict risks,
Numerical or non-numerical thresholds and warning indicators to ensure that action is taken if exceeded
Determination of numerical or non-numerical thresholds and warning indicators that will enable action to be taken in case of exceedance
Identifying the sources of risk and identifying actions to eliminate or mitigate them
Establishment of emergency action plans in case of high risk level
While determining our sustainability principles, we prioritized long-term growth through sustainable methods instead of focusing on short-term financial gains, and we established our principles in this context. We aim to carry out all our activities by focusing on 6 dimensions of sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), also known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “2030 Agenda”, which consists of 17 global goals and 169 sub-goals, and in compliance with the 10 Principles of the United Nations Global Compact.
To ensure that the sustainability perspective is adopted by all employees by making it a corporate culture,
To support a better quality of life by providing a safe work environment with measures taken on occupational health and safety,
Supporting employees in training, development and talent acquisition, and demonstrating a fair and equitable approach in this regard,
To strengthen the place of women in society by ensuring gender equality,
Embracing diversity, equality and inclusion,
Supporting corporate social responsibility projects and cooperating with the community.
To increase the knowledge and social awareness of not only employees but also all stakeholders on climate change and to raise awareness,
Tackling climate change and its global impacts,
Protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, manage forests sustainably, combat desertification and prevent biodiversity loss,
Reducing your carbon footprint and having a carbon neutral policy,
To ensure sustainable water and energy management and to continuously produce solutions for the efficient use of resources,
Strive to use clean and sustainable energy,
To prevent waste and encourage saving by ensuring the conscious and efficient use of resources,
Strengthen relevant instruments for sustainable development and act in global cooperation for sustainable development,
Maintaining the trust of stakeholders through investment decisions that aim to create long-term financial value.
To increase the size of the economic contribution created by our company,
Creating employment for all segments of society,
Managing economic performance in line with sustainability principles.
Adopting an ethical, transparent and accountable management approach,
Create corporate policies with environmental, social and governance commitments
Adopting Corporate Governance Principles as a corporate culture
To have an understanding that complies with the rules of business ethics, is transparent, fair and fights against corruption,
Ensuring the satisfaction of all stakeholders, not just customers,
Ensuring the participation of stakeholders in all decision-making processes, taking into account the requests and expectations of stakeholders, managing stakeholder relations transparently and with common sense,
To continuously improve all processes by managing risks effectively,
Adopting responsible behavior by supporting sustainable production and consumption patterns and encouraging all stakeholders in this regard,
To move towards the use of innovative and sustainable technologies and digitalization,
To carry out feedback-oriented continuous improvement studies on stakeholder satisfaction,
Building inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and buildings,
Continuously analyze the social, environmental and economic impacts of activities and take action according to the results,
Pioneering the development of sustainable living spaces in our new projects, protecting the planet and the ecosystem, and reducing our carbon footprint,
To produce projects that facilitate life with disabilities,
Reducing our impact on climate change by planning the elements that will ensure energy efficiency in our projects from the design stage,
The issue of sustainability in MHR REIT is represented at the highest level in order to carry out the work effectively and quickly, and the decision-making and responsible authority is the Corporate Governance Committee. “Sustainability Committee” has been established as a supporting structure and ‘Sustainability Working Group’ as an executive structure to operate under this committee.
The Working Group establishes sustainability strategies and policies in economic, social and environmental areas, as well as integrating these strategies and policies into MHR REIT activities and monitoring performance.
The issue of sustainability is adopted by MHR REIT in particular and also by Maher Investment Holding, of which our Company is a part.
Maher Holding Sustainability Committee, which includes representatives of all companies within the holding, has been established with the holding in order to address the studies carried out more comprehensively and holistically.