2018 Sustainability Report
One of the most effective methods of creating value for society is to produce projects that will enable social development. With our long-term and sustainable social responsibility projects, we do our part in this matter.
We consider the needs of the local community and the expectations of our stakeholders when implementing the projects. In line with these components, we mainly produce projects in the fields of sports, education, health and culture-arts.
Social responsibility projects are managed by the Corporate Communication Directorate, within the framework of Tofaş Donation and Sponsorship Policy. In 2018, we allocated TL 6.7 million of resources to social responsibility projects.
Tofaş Sports Club
Tofaş Sports Club is active in basketball, football, volleyball, table tennis, water polo and bridge branches. The club continued its efforts to bring new talents to Turkish sports in 2018 with its infrastructure investments and infrastructure oriented team.
Tofaş Sports Hall
Tofaş plays host matches in Nilüfer Tofaş Sports Hall in Bursa. High occupancy rates contribute to the social life of the people of Bursa.
New Generation Tofaş Project
The New Generation Tofaş Project is a training and practice model for the coach - family - child triangle. With the project, it is aimed to create equal opportunities for children in sports and to give children a culture and perspective beyond sport education which will help them to be successful in every field of life. In this context, every child is working to play basketball with equal opportunities in his / her environment and to grow a generation with a real sports culture.
Since the project was launched in 2016, 15 basketball schools have reached 5,000 children. 16 small teams formed from children selected for the youth system, continue their training at Mustafa V. Koç Sports Hall. The Tofaş Sports Club's team consists of the young teams of Tofaş.
For the sustainability of the sportive activities, 34 trainers involved in the project as an intern
are given trainings on theoretical and active training in the field every week. In 2018, 3 trainers, who were trained in the trainings program of the New Generation Tofaş, started official coaching in Tofaş Sports Club.
Mustafa V. Koç Sports Hall
Mustafa V. Koç Sports Hall, which was opened in 2016 by Tofaş Sports Club, serves to the amateur sports clubs,athletes in Bursa,Tofaş personnel as well as our club athletes. The 5,800 m² facility includes a sports hall with three basketball courts, a fitness center and a full-fledged sportsman rehabilitation center to meet any physical therapy needs.
Fiat Laboratories
The Fiat Laboratories, which are integrated with Koç Holding's "Meslek Lisesi Memleket Meselesi” -Vocational High School, A Crucial Matter- Project, aim to raise the technical manpower of the Turkish automotive industry and to evaluate this power in the industry. Working in cooperation with the General Directorate of Vocational and Technical Education, Tofaş contributes to the development of the fields of motor vehicle technology of industrial technical education schools and institutions through Fiat Laboratories.
While Fiat Laboratories left their 12th year in 2018, the number of students and teachers studying in laboratories approached 2,250. 218 students graduated from the laboratories during the semester. The Fiat Laboratories protocol, which ended in 2018, was extended to 3 years for the 2018-2019 academic year.
In 2018, in all schools within the Fiat Laboratories, the Service Technical Specialists (STS) of the services in the relevant region, together with the Tofaş Academy trainers, provided training on the detection of technical faults on the vehicles, and behavioral competences in the service and social life.
Within the scope of the 2017-2018 European Union Project, a group of teachers and students from Ankara Güvercinlik Sehit Hasan Gulhan Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School proudly represented the Fiat brand with their studies abroad as well as gaining experience abroad in Spain.
Within the scope of the “Vocational Education: A Crucial Matter for the Nation” project, scholarships are provided by the Vehbi Koç Foundation every year to those who have the required conditions among the students studying at the Fiat Laboratories. In 2018, 273 students were granted scholarships.
Tofaş Science High School
Tofaş Science High School, which is implemented by Demirtaş Organized Industrial Zone, DOSAB and Tofaş, and started its education in 2014-2015 academic year, is located in Nilüfer district of Bursa.
As of 2018, 412 students have been educated in the high school, which has 16 classrooms, 70 dormitory rooms with a capacity of 280 people and a gymnasium.
Opened at the Tofaş Science High School, the Innovation Workshop aims to shape the future of the automotive and engineering field, and support the training of the equipped young people. While the decision to disseminate the Innovation Workshop, which was determined “inspirational Project” by the Ministry of National Education, to all science high schools, the support for the continuity of the workshop continues.
Bursa Tofaş Science High School, which has been the fifth in Turkey and first in Bursa in preferred school rankingsin the 2018-2019 academic year, has one student in top 20 and four students in top 500 in Turkey overall rankings.
Toy Piggy Bank
Tofaş Volunteers worked for children as part of their “Toy Piggy Bank” event in 2018. Toys were collected from employees by placing piggy banks in certain places in the factory. Collected toys continue to be delivered to places like schools in need, hospitals, institutions, etc. The project is expected to be completed by 23 April.
Fiat Barrier-Free Movement Program
Since 2016, we have been producing solutions that facilitate the lives of disabled people with special driving apparatus, trainings and architectural solutions within the scope of the in Fiat Barrier-Free Movement Program in order to enable physically disabled individuals to move freely and increase their mobility. In an attempt to see more disabled people in the social area, we organize various activities as a part of the program. In this context, we implemented the first barrier-free tribune of Turkey basketball courts in Tofaş Sports Hall with the slogan of “Come on to the game”.
Good Sign
The Good Sign Platform is a social responsibility project developed to support the hearing impaired and deafers to express themselves effectively and in a better way in Turkish language. Within the scope of the project, 10 trainers who are hearing impaired, deaf and high school graduates in Tofaş Factory were given Turkish trainings. During the training process, and how to use these words in Turkish Grammar was presented to the public with interactive videos.
You can reach the videos at https://engelsizhareket.fiat.com.tr/.
Lösev (the foundation for children with leukemia) Shop
In order to support children with leukemia, Tofaş Volunteers Health Projects Team established a stand in front of the dining hall with the cooperation of Lösev and sold Lösev Shop products.
Support for people with disabilities
Tofaş Volunteers Disabled Projects Team visited the School of Niş and met with students with disabilities. In this way, students who produce in the workshops organized at weekends in the school earn income. Tofaş volunteers help students to do their job and help them to accelerate their production.
Tofaş Bursa Anatolian Cars Museum and Tofaş Art Gallery
Tofaş Bursa Anatolian Cars Museum, founded to perpetuate the automotive heritage in Anatolia is Turkey's first and only Anatolian car museum. 17,000 m2 of land including the old silk factory in the Umurbey neighborhood, the historical Umurbey Bathhouse and the old Turkish house next to it, have been restored and transformed into a museum by Tofaş. The museum takes its visitors on a historic journey starting from a wheel of 2,600 years ago, to motor vehicles produced by Tofaş.
Tofaş Anatolian Cars Museum has been visited by nearly 600 thousand people since its establishment. Located within the boundaries of the Tofaş Museum of Anatolian Cars, Umurbey Bath, which serves as an Art Gallery, hosted 6 temporary exhibitions until this time. Visitors of the “Kantarın Topuzu; Teraziler, Ağırlıklar, Ölçü Aletleri” - Weigher's Knob; Scales, Weights, Measuring Instruments- exhibition, which is opened in 2016 and carries the traces of social and commercial life from past to present, exceeded 140 thousand as of 2018.
Pamukkale Hierapolis Excavation Sponsorship
Since 2005 we have been sponsoring the excavations at Hierapolis Antique City in Pamukkale which is one of the five largest ancient cities in Turkey and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage in 1988. Under the main sponsorship of Tofaş the works carried out under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Denizli Governorship continued in 2018 as well.
During the excavations of Hierapolis, international team of about 70 people is taking part, mainly from Italy and Turkey, including archaeologists, architects, restorers and experts.
Within the scope of the works, restoration of the stage building of the Antique Theater, which was built about 1,800 years ago, was completed.
Hierapolis Ancient Theater, having the title of only theater to have its stage building restored in Turkey, has become active for culture and art activities with its capacity of 12 thousand people after the restoration works.
For the last two years, we have been supporting the excavations and restoration works of the Ploutonion and the Hades Statue in the ancient city. As a result of the works, the Sacred Space of Ploutonion and Hades Statue were unearthed in 2018. The finds uncovered during the excavations of the Plutonium Region lead the discovered history of Hierapolis 300 years back.
