Sustainability Governance

At Yapı Kredi, we focus on the potential effects of our operations in order to create long-term value for all our stakeholders. While developing our corporate policy and strategy for sustainability, we consider all economic, social, environmental and governance factors with a holistic approach. With the Sustainability Committee that we established in 2014, we carry out comprehensive studies that are followed under the chairmanship of our committee members.

We believe that all institutions should meticulously fulfill their environmental, social and governance (ESG) duties. We provide one of the most fundamental contributions to sustainability by prioritizing projects that meet ESG criteria in our investment decisions, and we play a key role in creating environmental and social value chains in the relevant regions.

We demonstrate a strong ESG approach in accordance with the standards of international financial institutions, and we improve ourselves by becoming more aligned with the Equator Principles that deal with this issue on a global scale. In lending decisions, we expand the scope of analysis by identifying potential risks and opportunities with ESG-oriented assessments in addition to financial reviews, and we demonstrate a responsible approach by raising awareness among our customers with our final financing decisions.

Thanks to these efforts and our solid ESG performance, we were put in the class of “Leaders” in the MSCI ESG Ratings, making us the only financial institution in Turkey to have received an AA rating.