The Sustainability Committee is the top management body responsible for sustainability activities in the Bank. Gamze Yalçın, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Sustainability Officer in charge of Investor Relations and Sustainability function assumes the role of Sustainability Leader in the Bank. Sustainability Leader is responsible for steering İşbank’s sustainability initiatives and represents the Bank in sustainability communication including stakeholder engagement.
In addition to the Sustainability Committe, which consists of the members of the board of directors and executive committee, and Sustainability Leader, there are Sustainability Coordinator and Sustainability Working Group. Head of Investor Relations and Sustainability Division Ms. Nilgün Yosef Osman, assumes the role of Sustainability Coordinator in the Bank. Sustainability Coordinator ensures that sustainability issues are effectively embedded in the agenda of the Bank’s executive bodies. To this end, the Sustainability Working Group, which includes representatives from all key areas of the Bank such as credit underwriting, risk management, project finance, financial institutions, product development and marketing, strategy, procurement, Construction & Real Estate Management, talent management and human resources management, convenes. The aim of the Sustainability Working Group, which enables the flow of information between all divisions, is to ensure sustainability issues are embedded in business decisions.
The Sustainability Working Group’s efforts are supported by Sustainability Management System. The Sustainability Management System has documented processes, outputs are audited regularly, and audit results are reviewed by top management. İşbank’s Sustainability Policy and other supplementary policies create a basis for the operation of the Sustainability Management System.