“When the work is finished, everyone heads home to be with their loved ones.”

Borusan Holding runs certification processes at international standards in all Group companies.



POLICY
Human health is the foremost priority in all Borusan Holding Group companies. The success behind the Holding’s businesses is based on the awareness that humans are the most important asset for the Group’s sustainability – for its capability to proactively predict risks, and for taking action to eliminate those risks. As one of Turkey’s most well-established holdings, Borusan Holding enjoys a success story. “Once work is done, everyone heads home to be with their loved ones” is the highlighted message of this success story.

Borusan Holding’s OHS principles are as follows.

• Borusan Holding complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and national and international standards in effect in the locations where it operates.
• It runs activities to reach the ideal level of “Zero Occupational Accidents,” which is its core objective across all sectors.
• It identifies in advance potentially hazardous situations that employees may face, and takes measures in line with risk levels.
• It conducts case studies with utmost attention to occupational accidents, illnesses, and near misses not prevented; takes action towards certain root causes; and works to prevent the recurrence of such events.
• It provides a safe working environment for all employees, customers, suppliers, and sub-contractors, and strives to introduce the best practices in the sector.
• It continuously conducts inspections on systems installed and activities performed, and keeps the reports available for access and audit by relevant parties.
• It includes employees in all aspects of occupational health and safety in their respective fields of responsibility; raises their awareness of their rights, roles, and responsibilities; and expects them to contribute to the development of an OHS culture.
• It makes sure that every leader and manager both incorporates occupational health and safety in their methods of doing business and owns the process.
• It identifies a management system based on the principle of continuous development and works towards its development.

As one of Turkey’s most well-established holdings, Borusan Holding enjoys a success story. “Once work is done, everyone heads home to be with their loved ones” is the highlighted message of this success story.



A shared software program was deployed at all Group companies as part of digitalization efforts to track activities related to Occupational Health and Safety, and all processes started to be monitored on this software program.

Highlights of 2020

• A shared software program was deployed at all Group companies within digitalization efforts to track activities related to Occupational Health and Safety, and all processes started to be monitored on this software program.
• Borusan Oto completed OHSAS 45001 migrations in all its locations and was awarded at the International Occupational Health and Safety Contest organized by the British Safety Council.
• Borusan Lojistik deployed “Söz Bizde (We Have the Floor)” as a practice to understand employees’ opinions on OHS-related topics firsthand and more clearly. Interviews with employees were initiated under this practice. In addition, an OHS Motto Contest was organized at the Company. The first motto adopted is “Make your work safe, make your life safe.”
• Borusan Mannesmann launched “B’Dost,” a Behavior-Oriented Safety Management System, and involved all employees in these processes. The system enabled employees to provide feedback to one another comfortably, and thus noticeably eliminated unsafe behaviors.
• At Borusan Mannesmann, the app “Sağlık Olsun (For the Sake of Health)” enables employees to answer questions related to possible COVID-19 symptoms and contact tracing prior to their commute to work and taking the shuttle. The app also creates daily QR codes to allow employees to enter the facility, and seats on the shuttle busses are allocated accordingly, while potential cases are detected before arrival at the facility to minimize the risk of spread. Furthermore, employees wear smart bracelets designed to prevent breaches of social distancing rules and facilitate contact tracing efforts retroactively.
• “İşte Sağlık (Health at Work)” is a mobile app launched as part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. All points used by employees at 170 Borusan Lojistik locations have been identified with QR codes. The scanned QR codes note the current location of employees, which helps create a map of individuals who have had close contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases

TRAINING
• Basic Occupational Health and Safety Courses are organized periodically in line with the hazard levels at all Group companies.
• Regarding Emergency Preparedness, all members of the Emergency Team receive theoretical and practical courses from authorized training institutions and update their knowledge through regular drills.
• All employees are required to complete Orientation and Basic OHS Courses when they are hired.
• Regarding measures taken against COVID-19, required awareness-raising courses were delivered by Workplace Physicians in all Group companies, and Online Training Programs were organized to support employees in the areas of Occupational Health and Safety.
• The Professional Courses that employees are required to take in their respective fields have been completed.

CERTIFICATIONS
• All Group companies have an OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Quality Management System in place. The transition to OHSAS 45001 was initiated, with some companies having completed the transition and others starting with the certification process.
• In Group companies with manufacturing activities, the Turkish Standards Institute’s (TSE) COVID-19 Safe Production Certification processes were completed, and Safe Production Certificates obtained.

Basic Occupational Health and Safety Courses are organized periodically in line with the hazard levels at all Group companies.



In Group companies with manufacturing activities, the Turkish Standards Institute’s (TSE) COVID-19 Safe Production Certification processes were completed, and Safe Production Certificates obtained.