Material Issues

At Yapı Kredi, we believe that all segments of society should take responsibility in order to leave future generations a more livable world. We are aware that the large sphere of influence of the financial sector, our main area of activity, offers significant advantages in sustainability transformation.

We have been adding value to our society in all walks of life since day one without limiting our efforts to our areas of activity. We also have an advanced governance model and strategy for sustainability, which is at the core of our business culture and philosophy. We emphasize creating long-term benefits in consideration of social and ecological issues while ensuring economic development and growth, and support various national and international sustainability initiatives. We adhere to the roadmap we have created to fulfill our commitments in order to remove the obstacles to a sustainable future.

We facilitate the sustainability transformation of our customers with the financing solutions we provide as part of our sustainable finance strategy, while doing the same for ourselves with internal practices. We prioritize increasing the variety and volume of our sustainable financial products, and take major steps to achieve our carbon emission reduction targets in terms of both operational and credit strategies. We continue to improve the scope of our existing processes for monitoring climate risks in lending activities. We support energy efficiency, renewable energy and other low-carbon energy sources with our products and services.

We know that it is vital to create a common awareness of sustainability. To that end, we explain to all our stakeholders that they can make a difference with their choices, and we use all our communication channels effectively to convey the concept of sustainability to more people.

We emphasize the benefits of digitalization for people and the environment and carry out pioneering efforts in the field. We implement environmentally friendly practices for a sustainable world, and encourage our customers to use them. We reduce our environmental impact with our pioneering approach in digital banking by digitalizing various processes.

In the awareness that sustainability is not only about ecological issues, we also carry out important studies on economic and social issues. We contribute to every aspect of sustainability by carrying out activities in areas such as gender equality, financial inclusion, financial health and equality of opportunity in education.