As a company with a strong sense of social responsibility, we are aware that we must go beyond merely complying with legal regulations in our marketing communications and activities. In addition, we acknowledge that every member of the ERG family, regardless of their position, has assumed responsibility for the sales and marketing of the ERG brand. Therefore, our expectations from all our employees and business partners are:
• To be honest and truthful,
• To adhere to fair competition rules and general principles of good business practices,
• To promote the conscious consumption of raw materials,
• To be sensitive to the ethical and cultural values of local markets.
Human Rights, Discrimination, and Harassment
ERG respects internationally recognized human rights, the standards of the International Labor Organization, and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ERG continues its efforts to align its activities and strategies with universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.
• ERG values and encourages diversity.
• ERG considers only the qualifications and skills required for the job when hiring, employing, and promoting its employees. The company's salary and promotion policy is based on the qualifications, competencies, and performance of its employees.
• We do not tolerate discrimination. We treat our colleagues fairly and equally, regardless of gender, marital status, age, religion, race, political views, social and economic status, language, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual orientation, or disability.
• We are determined to keep the workplace free from misconduct. We do not tolerate any physical, sexual, racial, psychological, or verbal harassment or bullying.
• We do not employ child labor. We do not employ anyone through coercion or compulsion. We expect the same from our business partners.

ERG Environmental Policy

ERG and its affiliated companies (“the Company” or “ERG”) are inherently involved with the environment due to the nature of their business and therefore commit to minimizing any negative impacts by operating in accordance with national and international best practices. The commitment process begins with the publication of the Environmental Policy.

ERG will work with government agencies, stakeholders, and especially local communities in a transparent, participatory, and constructive manner to identify environmental priorities and concerns.

ERG will provide the necessary resources to fulfill its environmental obligations during the construction and operation phases of its operations as part of its commitment to sustainable development. This will include an adaptive management process to benefit from continuous environmental monitoring studies, as well as implementing a reduction hierarchy that emphasizes elimination at source.

ERG's Commitment to Sustainable Development

ERG and its affiliated entities (“the Company” or “ERG”) aim for sustainable development and commit to integrating environmental, health, occupational safety, social practices, and security issues into their procedures at all stages of project development and operations.

Harmony

The company will manage and design its activities in accordance with relevant local and national laws and regulations, as well as international requirements. ERG requires its consultants, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and affiliates to comply with the principles of this Environmental Policy.

Communication and Awareness

The Company will inform its employees, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and local communities of the Company's commitments and their responsibilities. The company will provide its employees with the necessary training to ensure they are aware of the requirements of the policy and to encourage best practices. The company requires all its contractors and subcontractors to take similar actions and continuously monitors their activities.

Continuous Improvement

The company will periodically review its Environmental Policy and update it as necessary. Additionally, it will regularly update and improve the Environmental and Social Management System through periodic, systematic internal environmental audits. The results of this study will be used to continuously improve environmental performance through an adaptive management process.

We aim to carry out all stages of our activities in a healthy and safe working environment. We aim to carry out all stages of our activities in a healthy and safe working environment.

• Identifying, implementing, and enforcing the necessary measures to prevent workplace accidents and occupational diseases,
• Conducting risk assessments with employee participation and achieving an acceptable level of risk,
• Using safe equipment and appropriate technologies for a healthy and safe working environment,
• We embrace the creation of an occupational health and safety culture and making it a way of life.

In this regard, this Policy aims to:

• To comply with legal obligations, relevant standards, and conditions regarding Occupational Health and Safety,
• With a proactive approach to Occupational Health and Safety, we continuously improve our processes and enhance our performance,
• We declare and commit to continuing to conduct training and activities for our employees, the employees of subcontractors/suppliers we work with, visitors, and interns to ensure the adoption of our Occupational Health and Safety principles.

As ERG;

• In all our activities, we comply with national and international standards, legal regulations, and contracts.
• To meet the satisfaction and expectations of all our stakeholders at the highest level,
• By keeping up with technological developments, we conduct our business processes with a focus on quality and risk management.
• We are committed to continuously improving our system quality by supporting the training and development of our employees in a spirit of cooperation and harmony.

As ERG;

• Planning, implementing, and developing the information security management system in accordance with national and international standards, regulations, and agreements,
• Providing the necessary resources to reduce information security risks, controlling information security risks in all our business processes,
• To enhance the professional competencies of our employees necessary to effectively maintain the information security system,
• We commit to continuously improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the information security management system in an integrated manner with the other management systems we implement.