Sustainability
For ALBES, sustainability is the permanent and joint work of economic, ecological and social dimensions in harmony with each other. We continue the full implementation of this three dimensional sustainability within the scope of multi- dimensional dialogue with our stakeholders. We maintain the full implementation of this three-dimensional sustainability with the scope of multi-dimensional dialogue with our stakeholders.
Our sustainable corporate policy, guarantees sustainability and undertakes to implement it in all working stages. Our management systematically places this complex task across all divisions of the company, ensuring the initiations and implementation of short – and long term sustainability strategies and goals are initiated and implemented across divisions. Supporting the transformation of ideas into projects, it implements projects with reasonable economic, ecological and social aspects together with its employees.
Production – Economic responsibility
Sustainable economic thinking has a long tradition in ALB£S. Believing that the annual return and profit should not be maximum in the short- term, but the return on investment should be long-term, it follows a strategy that creates space for ideas and investments and secures production and market positions. It also more sensitive to the environment, with the awareness that long-term self-confidence and cooperation with local suppliers enable the highest quality in production.
Our Integrated Management System
In all our activities within the frame work of quality, environment, occupational health and safety, energy management system.
- To keep the effects of our activities on the environment and human health under control and to ensure that they are consistent with the principles of sustainable development.
- Ensuring continuity in customer satisfaction,
- To continuously improve all processes by effectively managing risks,
- Working with zero accident principle on occupational health and safety,
- Increase company performance and productivity of production,
- Being respectful to people and the environment by focusing on protecting our natural environment,
- Reducing waste, increasing the recycling rate, reducing the use of natural resources,
- To use energy efficiently, to prevent environmental pollution, to protect environmental balance and natural resources,
- Ensure the availability of information and resources necessary for the achievement of the energy targets,
- To comply with national and international legislation requirements,
- To support and develop its suppliers,
- Based on customer focus, ensuring effective occupational health and safety, our basic management approach is to be a company that takes preventive and remedial approaches in order to minimize environmental impacts throughout the product life cycle
We are particularly pleased that our facility received the LWG ( Leather Working Group ) gold Certificate on the first try.
People – social responsibility
Our core values and codes of conduct are strictly adhered to our corporate social responsibility policy beyond legal requirements, our company advocates a culture that is compatible with human rights, is characterized by fair working conditions, mutual respect and equal opportunity.
In order to maintain health and well-being throughout life, we actively include health and work safety issues in our integrated management system, and we check compliance with regular audits.
Planet – ecological responsibility
Leather is a natural product. Excellent product quality, which gets better with long lasting use and combines other advantageous material features with a unique, beautiful appearance has always been important to us.
In this context we work to minimize the impact on the environment in term of carbon gas, water/energy consumption and emissions.
ALBES, supports recycling by minimizing the inputs in the manufacturing processes and seeking alternative uses of waste materials,
We are aware that it is necessary to roll up our sleeves today in order to prevent the rapid consumption of resources in the areas we live in and to leave a green, healthy, more liveable world to future generations.