Author: CemenTürk Dergisi

Global economy has sought to find its way in an uncertainty environment for a long time. The new developments in global sense keeps increasing the volatility in the markets. In the recent period, the US elections, the declarations of the new President of the USA Donald TRUMP about the economy and the FED Chairman Janet YELLEN’s presentation in the USD Congress have all led to an increase in the exchange rate of dollar. In this sense, we should evaluate the cyclical and speculative developments and the structural reasons in the rise of exchange rates separately and then create our policies…

Fulya Melisa AYBARS KURT Director of Corporate Governance and Corporate Relations / Member of Board Aybars Makina Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is a fundamental element and top priority issue for Aybars Makina. The related national and international legislations, rules and principles are meticulously applied in our enterprise. In this sense our enterprise always carries out its activities in the belief that compliance to OHS rules is top priority and necessity to protect our personnel and all our stakeholders from occupational accidents and prevent any misconduct that can give rise to accidents. The main goal of Aybars Makina is a…

Birol TEMEL Proses Otomasyonu İSG / Kalite Müdürü / PA HSE Op-Ex Manager ABB ABB is a leading global technology company operating in more than 100 countries with about 135,000 employees. It maintains its activities under four different sections. These sections are also divided into other business lines according to certain sectors and product categories. OHS management is of vital importance for such a big and dynamic organization in order to maintain compliance with laws and prevent accidents. To this end, OHS teams consisting of people who are very qualified in both global and local regulations have been working in…

Neslihan (AKGÜN) ERGÜVEN Quality Control, R&D, and OHS-Environment Management Manager OYAK Aslan Cement Aslan Cement has been carrying out its activities for over a century as an exemplary factory in many ways. In addition, it also stands out with its Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) practices that set an example for all the sector players. With our longstanding OHS programs, we have been taking steps towards maintaining the employee engagement at the highest level to create a sustainable OHS culture. We have also been able to systematically manage this subject for over ten years thanks to our OHSAS 18001 Occupational…

Fatih VARDAR General Manager Bursa Concrete Bursa Concrete, which has put its mark under many first of its kind projects in the sector, believes that education is the basis for a safety culture. The company provides all of its employees with many training sessions on different subjects such as coordination and awareness in addition to legally required employment training, emergency training, and on-the-job training. We help our department managers receive official OHS expertise certificates and all the relevant expenses are covered by our company. We have three Class A certified and four Class C certified managers. We have been making…

Osman NEMLİ General Manager Bursa Cement In order to ensure a 100% safe and healthy work environment at our factory, we first aimed at complying with the legal regulations, making records readily available and having all of our employees support and participate in OHS activities. At Bursa Cement, this participation and support is very important. That’s because we want our employees to believe in the idea that most of the time they are the only ones who can ensure their own safety and we want to see them work with this idea in mind. That’s why we aim for a…

Nevra ÖZHATAY General Manager Çimsa Çimsa accomplished Altın Baret (Golden Helmet) Project in 2016 in addition to long established OHS practices which have been ongoing for long years. Golden Helmet Project was planned to revise Occupational Health and Safety processes, to update the existing systems and to minimize accident frequency and average ratios Çimsa is acting meticulously in behalf of Occupational Health and Safety area just like it has been doing in every field for 45 years. It regularly works on its training and application efforts to improve occupational safety awareness of all units within the company. The prior target…

Umut ZENAR General Manager Akçansa Akçansa, the leader construction materials company of Turkey, provides trainings to its employees, suppliers and all business partners at the OHS Academy launched for adopting a preventive approach in the Occupational Health and Safety field. Akçansa assumes the responsibility of being a leader in Turkey in creating economical value, as well as in Occupational Health and Safety. Akçansa OHS Academy serves with a continuous and innovative approach to all Akçansa employees, suppliers, business partners and stakeholders, both theoretically and practically, within the scope of Akçansa OHS Golden Rules meeting the requirements of the best international…

Yavuz IŞIK Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Board of the European Ready-Mixed Concrete Organization (ERMCO) and the Turkish Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (TRMCA) Since its foundation in 1988 the Turkish Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, together with its invaluable members and shareholders, has long been committed to making efforts to popularize the production and use of quality, correct, eco-friendly, and sustainable concrete required to build safe and strong buildings in Turkey. Our association audits and certifies ready- mixed concrete related products, ensuring their compliance with the national and international standards. The Turkish Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (TRMCA) has been a full member…

Based on the construction sector, do you have any incentives and precautions taken? The investment incentive practices are ongoing within the framework of the principles regulated with the “Decision on State Supports in Investments” No 2012/3305 in our country. Any possible investment activity to be carried out in the specified sectors and amounting higher than the minimum investment amounts/capacities and the investment project should be submitted to our Ministry for evaluation with necessary information and documents requested in order to benefit from supports elements in scope of the said Decision. If the investments projects are found appropriate as a result…