Sponsors

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society.

Unilever, which has created added value spanning over 100 years and is found in 9 out of each 10 households with brands totaling almost 30 in number, places sustainability at the core of its business. “Unilever Sustainable Living Plan”, which was launched in 2010 in order to make sustainable living commonplace, aims at decoupling its environmental footprint and increasing its positive social impact whilst growing Unilever’s business. Unilever defines its brands which serve for a social and environmental purpose as “sustainable living brands”, and works with the target of a brighter future for everyone.

Founded in 1944, Ülker operates as one of the leading companies in the food sector which has always been sensitive to the society’s social development and sustainability works in Turkey. With its corporate purpose “making people happy and being happy while doing our job” that Ülker place sustainability in the center of its business operations and strive to leave a happy world to future generations. The principles of sustainability in 2024 targets are environment, value chain, innovation, employees, social responsibility and leadership titles. Within the context of this vision Ülker was in the 29 companies in BIST Sustainability Index 2015.

Gelirler bakımından dünyanın en büyük uluslararası mobil iletişim şirketlerinden biri olan Vodafone Grubu’nun bünyesinde yer alan Vodafone Türkiye, Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu’nun abone tanımına göre, hizmet sunduğu 20,9 milyon abonesiyle Türkiye’nin ikinci büyük mobil iletişim şirketi konumunda bulunuyor. Türkiye’nin ikinci en büyük uluslararası doğrudan yatırımı olan Vodafone Türkiye’nin 2006 yılından bu yana toplam yatırımları satın alma bedeli ve 3G lisans bedeli dahil 13 milyar TL’yi aştı. 2010’da Borusan Telekom’u bünyesine katan Vodafone Türkiye, 2011’de de Türkiye’nin en büyük alternatif telekom operatörlerinden Koç.net’i bünyesine dâhil etti. Abonelerine mobil ses, sabit ses, mobil internet, ADSL ve fiber hizmetleriyle “komple iletişim çağı”nı yaşatan Vodafone Türkiye, yaklaşık 3.300’ü aşkın çalışan kadrosu, 1.200’ü aşkın perakende mağazası, ekosisteminde bulunan 47.000 kişilik paydaş ailesiyle faaliyet gösteriyor.

Over a hundred years L’Oréal has devoted itself to only one are: Beauty. L’Oréal’s new sustainability commitment for “Sharing Beauty With All” sets out ambitious sustainable development objectives across the Group’s value chain in 2013. Program explore groups’ 2020 objectives, commitments and concrete achievements under developing sustainable , innovating sustainable, producing sustainable and living sustainable topics. L’Oréal is operating in Turkey since 1980’s. With 22 brands and 1 plant the group is investing also in local brands. L’Oréal Turkey is providing beauty for all with its powerful ethical principles and core values like passion, innovation, Entrepreneurial spirit, quest for excellence and responsibility.

Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of ~€25 billion in FY2016, our 144,000 employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.

Founded in 1968 and started production in 1971, Tofaş is the only automotive manufacturer in Turkey that produces both passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Tofaş is a joint venture of Koç Holding and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). With an annual production capacity of 450 thousand vehicles and over 10,000 employees, Tofaş is Turkey’s fifth biggest industrial establishment. Besides being one of Fiat-Chrysler Automobile (FCA)’s three strategic global production centers in the world, Tofaş is also FCA’s second biggest European-based R&D center.

Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting products, systems and services, delivers innovations that unlock business value, providing rich user experiences that help improve lives. Serving professional and consumer markets, we lead the industry in leveraging the Internet of Things to transform homes, buildings and urban spaces. With 2016 sales of EUR 7.1 billion, we have approximately 34,000 employees in over 70 countries.

For the sake of a sustainable, bright future, new-generation technologies and products… In its industrial facilities set up on an area of 56,000 sqm in Sancaktepe-Istanbul, renown as the biggest of its class in the Turkish market, VIKO by Panasonic creates solutions for transmitting, utilizing and readily offering electric energy. TheVIKO brand dates back to 1966, and has been operating since March 2014 as a division of Eco Solutions, one of the four major subsidiaries of Panasonic Corporation, the world’s technology giant.

Prefabrik Yapı, a leader company in light-steel construction business in Turkey ,founded in Istanbul in 1989, has producing prefabricated buildings, containers and steel construction structures in Turkey, which are of high quality production standards in Turkey and in the World. Prefabrik Yapı which is the main company of Hekim Holding has produced all raw materials which are used in manufacture of prefabricated buildings. Prefabrik Yapı has used special-designed, seamless structure technology that has been considered as an important technological development, and also the fibercement plates which have been produced firstly by Prefabrik Yapı in Turkey.

Since its establishment in 1973, Pınar has been the quality choice of consumers and a leader in the food sector. Pınar provides different consumer needs in dairy, meat and drinking water product ranges. Pınar closely follows global trends and maintains its leadership in numerous product ranges. Pınar has broke grounds to Turkey in the food sector.