2020 Sustainability Report
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Gender Equality

We believe that employment and increased representation of women is one of the most significant issues when it comes to social progress. In that context, our priority is to build better working conditions for our female personnel, increase their rate in the company, and encourage their participation in the workforce.

In 2016 we initiated a Daycare Allowance Program to help our female personnel balance their work and private life. Accordingly, a total of 718 female personnel took daycare allowance, including 276 in 2020. With this program we are trying to help our female personnel return to work after maternity leave, and take care of their children without losing the balance between work and family life.

We provide our female employees with the required support in order for them to be able to return to work after giving birth, and to achieve a balance between their business life and child care.  

“95% of female employees who had taken maternity leave returned to work at the end of their leave in 2020.”

Anemia Check-up for Female Personnel, and General Health Improvement Works:

In Turkey, anemia is a significant public health issue affecting women’s health. Despite being common among women, easy to diagnose, and easily treatable, there are very limited number of studies investigating anemia, and no systematical health program is applied to cure it.

With this in mind, a project was planned in collaboration with Uludağ University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, and initiated on March 8, International Women’s Day. The results to be obtained with this project are expected to inspire the programs conducted to improve health in business life.

Accordingly, in order to make sure that the study complies with the requirements of a scientific research, a collaboration was established with Uludağ University, Department of Public Health, and approval was obtained from the University’s Ethical Committee. Furthermore, required preparations were made in order to be able to publish the results in scientific journals.

Within the scope of the study, complete blood counts of 340 female field personnel working at Tofaş were reviewed and analyzed for any signs of anemia, and the results were recorded using a software.

Based on these analyses, 122 personnel were diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, and their 3-month oral iron sulphate treatment was initiated by Tofaş Healthcare Center, and effectiveness of their treatment was monitored via monthly blood counts.

This project helped reduce anemia rate among our female personnel (12%), while also decreasing the risk factors associated with efficiency and occupational accidents, including getting tired quickly, exhaustion, dizziness etc.

Thanks to the anemia study that ended in early 2020, a factor that is likely to undermine our female personnel’s physical endurance during Covid-19 pandemic was eliminated, and their immune system was strengthened.