TÜRKÇE

Corporate

     Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. The scope of the integrated management system is the supply and sale of chemical raw materials. Activities are carried out by Istanbul central management by evaluating internal/external issues and relevant party expectations. Transportation, storage, terminal services and handling activities are managed outsourced. There are schools, buildings and forest areas around the Istanbul head office. There is no emission, noise or receiving environment discharge due to company activities. Office-related waste is managed within the scope of legislation and zero waste activities are continued.

    Quality Policy

      Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., as a leading and reliable company, realizes of chemical raw material supply, storage and distribution with customer focused approach in accordance with corporate values. The company sees the customer satisfaction as the key factor of the corporate culture and focuses on offering the product and service at international standards. Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. interiorizes ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and implements all the processes.

     Within this mission, as Management Board we commit;

  • To present good quality product and service within safe conditions by looking out of human health and nature,
  • To ensure the customer satisfaction by offering agile solutions for all the feedbacks coming from our customers,
  • To guarantee the prevention of repetitive faults by producing persistent solutions and sustainable actions within the scope of nonconforming product management,
  • To support new ideas for developing and improving the quality system by taking care of employee’s trainings,
  • To understand the needs and expectations of interested parties for all processes and improve our processes continuously for ensuring those needs and expectations,
  • To guarantee the ensurance of quality terms by building value added communications with all of our business partners including suppliers, producers and logistic companies,
  • To realize our operations by conforming all the legislation related to our business,
  • To determine the possible risks and opportunities in a proactive way and prepare road maps,
  • To develope our quality performance and service level by improving our quality system continuously,
  • To supply all the resources required for all of our processes.


  • Environmental Policy

      Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., as a leading and reliable organization in the sector, ensures that the operations it undertakes are carried out with a commitment to protect and improve the environment, in line with its corporate values. It adopts the ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System and applies it in all its processes.

     Within this mission, as Management Board we commit;

  • To ensure full compliance with all relevant environmental laws, codes, codes of practice and regulations,
  • To increase environmental performance by constantly improving the environmental management system,
  • To follow a sustainable business model that contributes to sustainable development goals,
  • To address the fight against and adaptation to climate change with the active participation of the Senior Management, including the Board of Directors, and prioritizing it in all business processes by identifying risks and opportunities arising from climate change,
  • To identify and minimize the risks within the scope of its activities and their effects on the environment, to take precautions against possible environmental pollution and to protect the environment,
  • To create value together with our stakeholders in the supply and sale of low-carbon products and services
  • To monitor and reduce greenhouse gas scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions (from purchased goods and services, capital goods, downstream and upstream transportation and distribution, and business travel) that we create climate change impacts as a result of our operations
  • To increase the use of renewable energy and prevent fossil-based energy consumption
  • To cooperate with legal authorities, employees, business partners, suppliers and customers on environmental issues,
  • To use water resources efficiently and reduce water consumption,
  • To prevent waste generation at its source, to recycle, collect and dispose of the generated waste in accordance with the regulations, and to ensure the sustainability of the established Zero Waste Management System within the scope of waste management practices,
  • To inform all stakeholders, especially employees, about the goals and objectives and environmental activities and to spread environmental awareness,
  • To use natural resources effectively and reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.


  • Occupational Health and Safety Policy

      Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., as a leading and reliable organization in the sector, ensures that the operations it undertakes are carried out in line with its corporate values, with the commitment to protect human health and ensure occupational safety. It adopts ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System and applies it in all its processes.

     Within this mission, as Management Board we commit;

  • To ensure full compliance with all relevant Occupational Health and Safety laws, codes, codes of practice and regulations,
  • To increase performance by constantly improving the Occupational Health and Safety management system,
  • To cooperate with legal authorities, employees, business partners, suppliers and customers on Occupational Health and Safety issues,
  • To prevent hazards at their source and making plans to reduce risks within the scope of the Occupational Health and Safety management system,
  • To establish and monitor the performance criteria to achieve Occupational Health and Safety targets,
  • To plan the work to prevent occupational accidents and occupational diseases during operations,
  • To ensure the participation of employees and employee representatives at all levels of the organization in matters related to Occupational Health and Safety and to include ideas and suggestions from all employees in the decision-making processes,
  • To plan the necessary training in order to provide responsibility, awareness and competence to all employees.


  • Sustainable Procurement Policy

      In line with the corporate values of Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., as a leading and reliable organization in the sector, we invest in relationships with suppliers that provide a safe working environment and work in accordance with environmental, social and ethical standards.

     As a signatory of the UN Global Compact, we accept the 10 Principles of the UN Global Compact and observe the implementation of these principles in the entire supply chain. We expect our stakeholders in our supply chain to adopt the Arkem Kimya Supplier Code of Conduct and implement these rules.

     Another expectation from our suppliers is to inform the suppliers within their supply chains about this policy and ensure that they work in accordance with this policy.

     In line with our "Sustainable Supply Chain" approach and responsible purchasing principles, we continue our efforts to fulfill the following principles throughout our entire value chain. We strive to ensure that all suppliers and stakeholders adopt a similar perspective.

     For this purpose, as the Board of Directors, we adopt the following items as our basic principles:

  • To follow a sustainable business model that contributes to sustainable development goals,
  • To comply with national and international laws and regulations,
  • To strengthen continuously communication with suppliers through different communication tools,
  • To evaluate our suppliers in terms of their environmental and social performance and, whenever possible, working primarily with suppliers with high performance according to the evaluation results,
  • To interact with, support and collaborate with our suppliers in the pursuit of continuous improvement in social and environmental performance,
  • To provide appropriate support to assist suppliers in corrective action in order to improve supplier performance,
  • To address the fight against climate change and adaptation with the active participation of the Senior Management, including the Board of Directors,
  • To identify risks and opportunities arising from climate change and prioritizing them in all business processes,
  • To conduct our supply chain in accordance with ethical rules in line with the principles of accountability, transparency, fairness and equality, which are the basic principles of sustainability,
  • To attach importance to providing a working environment that respects basic human rights and employee rights, and to stand against all kinds of discrimination,
  • To support equality of opportunity and diversity,
  • To work to provide superior quality with the principle of operational excellence to ensure business continuity, to adopt customer-oriented continuous development and to ensure customer satisfaction,
  • To care about contributing to socio-economic development by responding to the basic needs of the society and to create value by supporting social development in this direction while continuing to grow.


  • Information Security Policy

      Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., as a leading and reliable company in the sector, undertakes the supply, storage and distribution of chemical raw materials in line with its corporate values, including import, export, transit, customs clearance transactions and logistics, storage, accounting, It adopts the electronic information assets of its activities such as finance, purchasing, engineering, law, reporting, human resources and information technologies, and the information security it uses to protect these assets, in accordance with the ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Management System, and implements all processes by ensuring that they are carried out in line with these principles.

     For this purpose, as the Board of Directors, we undertake the following items to ensure the operation and continuity of the Information Security Management System through sub-policies, procedures and instructions related to this policy.

  • To protect the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of information and information assets in our business processes,
  • To provide training and awareness that will enable all our employees and stakeholders to take responsibility for information security,
  • To increase the awareness of all employees and stakeholders about innovations, changes and developments by supporting continuous improvement and development within the scope of the Information Security Management System,
  • To increase the business continuity performance of all main and supporting business processes and activities,
  • To provide guidance and support in accordance with business needs, regulations and legal requirements,
  • To determine the responsibilities of all employees of the company, partners, contractors, customers, suppliers, consultants and any other person or organization,
  • To support security objectives and principles and reducing risks in line with business strategy and objectives,
  • To optimize the management of risks by preventing and minimizing the impact of information security incidents,
  • To ensure that all information security violations are reported, investigated and appropriate measures taken when necessary,
  • To review supportive Information Management System policies and procedures regularly and to maintain continuous improvement ensuring progressive good working practices,
  • To ensure that information security requirements are regularly communicated to all relevant parties,
  • To carry out all our activities and sustainable growth in accordance with the Information Security Management System,
  • To determine corporate roles and responsibilities by allocating competent and competent resources to ensure information security,
  • To identify current and potential risks and evaluate them with an effective information security risk management approach in order to ensure information security,
  • To determine information security-specific targets and to evaluate and implement these activities within the framework of risk management activities,
  • To guarantee compliance with all relevant legal regulations and contractual requirements in the field of information security,
  • To establish the necessary systems to manage information security violations and taking appropriate measures to prevent recurrence,
  • To implement information security requirements as an integral part of corporate business processes,
  • To ensure the establishment and supervision of the necessary controls.


  •  Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı
     Levend Kokuludağ