IF THERE EXISTS TOMORROW

Participant
Published
  • 26-May-2014
Time period
  • May 2013  –  May 2014
Format
  • Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
Differentiation Level
  • This COP qualifies for the Global Compact Active level
Self-assessment
  • Includes a CEO statement of continued support for the UN Global Compact and its ten principles
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Human Rights
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Labour
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Environment
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Anti-Corruption
  • Includes a measurement of outcomes
 
  • Statement of continued support by the Chief Executive Officer
  • Statement of the company's chief executive (CEO or equivalent) expressing continued support for the Global Compact and renewing the company's ongoing commitment to the initiative and its principles.

  • May 26th ,2014

    To our stakeholders:

    I am pleased to confirm that Dortel Customs Clerance Ltd.Company reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.

    In this annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

    Sincerely yours,

    
Mustafa Emre Dogu
    
Chief Executive Officer

Human Rights
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of human rights for the company (i.e. human rights risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on Human Rights.

  • We , as Dortel Limited Company , express our keen interest and target to obey the basic and indispensable principles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international standarts to these principles.

    As known well , the first six articles of Global Compact's 10 Principles are directly for and related to human being and his rights. Dortel is aware of this and tries to create an infrastructure to reach these objectives.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions to implement Human Rights policies, address Human Rights risks and respond to Human Rights violations.

  • Dortel has a separate and responsible division to follow up all kinds of personnel issues.This division is directly reporting to company's CEO.

    Dortel confirms that she is against and not a part of any kind of discrimination in recruitment process , not to have any working person who is younger than 18 years and not to have long and unclear work time that is not consistent with the ILO norms.

    Dortel aims to develop its human resources perpectives by giving priorities to internal and external trainning , to make risk assessment for Job Security ,Health Environment ,to support her staff for education and for promoting in their career life.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • For the first COP reporting period there is/are no any specific and worhty performance to be added to the existing framework.Dortel has no big deficiences and lacks in its work policies and practices when compared to the basic human rights principles.

Labour
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of labour rights for the company (i.e. labour rights-related risks and opportunities). Description of written policies, public commitments and company goals on labour rights.

  • Dortel Ltd.Company founded at 1960's and since that time affirms that she has no child and/or forced labour.By the passing years Dortel tried to achieve the comfortable level for human resources.All things that have been realised are not accepted as sufficient and excelent.There is still a way to go forward.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.

  • In terms of labour rights , Dortel has realised those issues during the latest COP period.

    - In December 2013 , total quality management system of Dortel has been audited by independent and accrediated firm.As a concequence of this audit Dortel revised and renew its ISO 9001 :2008 Quality Certificate.

    - HR and Quality Management Sections have jointly prepared an annual training program for personnel concerning job safety and health

    - Dortel has provided a risk assesment realised by independent and publicly authorised firm in late of 2013 and Dortel's staff has been trained by the same firm

    - For the job sustainability and customer satisfaction ,all kinds of suggestions and grievances have been gone on to register in Dortel system.

    - In order to make much more comfortable work environment and increase productivity and reduce the working hours and easing the workin conditions ; Dortel has gone on to invest to the suitable and functional hardware and software infrastructure and to the consultancy services needed for that.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • In COP reporting period , we have not any even small or near missed job accident.

    Additionally , Dortel has not faced to any law süit or complaints to public authorities that coming from its staff on the basis of misuse of their basic labour or human rights.
    Less overtime period due to increasing in productivity.

Environment
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of environmental protection for the company (i.e. environmental risks and opportunities). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on environmental protection.

  • Dortel is not an industrial or producer company.We render consultancy services to our customers for their custom clerance activities.Naturally , this does not mean that there is no room to tale some actions for protecting environment.This limited job scope refers to some standard targets to be achieved like energy ,paper cosumption , storing and digitalising ,heating and cooling system and disposal managements.

    During the last reporting period , we can sat that Dortel has progressed much in this area.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions to implement environmental policies, address environmental risks and respond to environmental incidents.

  • Dortel believes in energy savings by using the green IT platforms and digital implementations.What have been done during the last 2 years about that are as belows :

    - prefer to buy energy effective computers ( low energy consumption , stand by etc. )
    - reducing the number of printers by sharing the existed ones
    - to implement new integration and digitalising technology for reducing physical hardwares and paper usage , eliminating the communication requirements and transportation

    - Dortel uses the " the Cloud" structure as recommended im joint research made by Microsoft and WSP Environment in 2010 year.By usinf this method for data storing and management , a small size company can reduce its energy consumption more that 50 percent.

    - Dortel changed its cooling airconditioners with an inverter ones.As known , these kind of air conditioners are worked with direct electrical inflow and due to this reason they provide energy saving and power stability.

    - Dortel collects the disposals concerning all kind of batteries , electronic equipments ,plastics and papers and to deliver these disposals to the relevant public or private institutions.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.

  • Dörtel Ltd. has seen some clear and concrete results of its green IT program in expenses , job productivity and customer satisfaction.

    - Dortel has realised a joint archive Project with its customer Goodyear and IBM.The paper consumption has reduced more than 60 percent.In addition to this , cost and time effective and also more productive job environment have been provided.

    - by reducing the number of Invoice and debit notes' copies , paper consumtion and printing cost reduced.

    - by using rechargable batteries instead of changing them , we could reduce the battery disposals

    - by using and developing the useful and functional digital working circumstances Dortel could provide job force and energy savings , to increase productivity , to prevent unnecessary transportaion and communiques by promoting and developin remote work conditions in between customer and service company's personnel.

Anti-Corruption
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of anti-corruption for the company (i.e. anti-corruption risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on anti-corruption.

  • Dortel emphasizes that corruption is the most dangerous fact against the fair competitive.Corruption erases the diffrence between the good and the bad in all kind of economic and social activities.

    Since that basic and lethal principle for the future of communities , Dortel was not and will not be a part of corruption in its corporational business life.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions to implement anti-corruption policies, address anti-corruption risks and respond to incidents.

  • In 2013 , Dortel has signed and been a member of Suppliers Ethical Data EXchanges ( SEDEX ).This international structure and organization aims to share all relevent data between customers and suppliers for preventing the corruptions and make the business World to operate by measurable ,concrete , transparent and fair principles in their commercial selling and buying activities.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.

  • Dortel has worked with two different machanisms in terms of routine and compulsory auditing.

    All monthly financial transactions are audited by Independent Financial Consultancy and also Publicly Authorised Accountancy Firms.On top of these , Customs General Directorate and Ministry of Finance can make annual or interim auditing by using their public inspectors.

    Dortel had no any problematic issue concerning corruption as a result of all these audits.