As a global ready-to-wear brand in the world of fashion by offering unique approaches in the sector, we, as Koton, believe that we should create value for all our stakeholders through our practices within the framework of “Our Respect Life Manifesto”. In this context, as a dynamic, fast-growing fashion brand in the sector, we closely monitor the national and international developments, strategies and legislation concerning the sector and take initiatives to make the practices in our sector more sustainable.

We consider sustainability as the main framework that makes sense for our existence, and take the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our guide in our practices. Our sustainability strategy consists of four sub-strategies: “Respect Our Planet, Respect People, Respect Communities and Respect Our Business”. In carrying out our activities, we strive to achieve our goals in the focus of these strategies.

With our Sustainability Policy, which is based on defining the environmental, social and governance dimensions of the activities we carry out as Koton, determining the critical impacts that may arise from them and systematically defining the methods and principles related to controlling the performance concerned, we are committed to:

  • Carry out all our activities in accordance with ethical rules, standards, legal and other requirements,
  • Provide awareness to all our stakeholders, especially our employees, on issues such as climate change, sustainability, quality, environment, energy efficiency and occupational health safety,
  • Establish complaints mechanisms for all our stakeholders to express their concerns about our activities and to seek solutions,
  • Try to minimize the potential environmental, social, reputational, operational and economic risks we have determined arising from our activities, transform them into opportunities through the measures we will take and integrate them into our business processes,
  • Provide our customers with durable, high-quality, healthy and sustainable products that can be used for a long time, in line with our sustainable fashion approach,
  • Develop our activities within the framework of circular economy business model,
  • Use natural resources efficiently throughout our entire value chain,
  • Ensure our working environment is a peaceful and safe environment by providing equality, diversity and inclusion,
  • Reach out to new people regularly to create positive impact while creating awareness both in our employees and throughout the community with the projects we have developed on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment,
  • Pay attention to the development of our employees, ensure that they receive quality training, and prioritize talent management processes,
  • Take actions with the awareness of corporate social responsibility and develop new projects with high impact that will add value to the society,
  • Increase our investments in technology and R&D, in addition to our retail expertise,
  • Prioritize local employment in the regions in which we operate,
  • Develop practices to ensure transparency and traceability in our supply chain,
  • Share our sustainability development steps and experience with our stakeholders with transparency,
  • Adapt to the United Nations Sustainable Development goals in determining our activities and objectives,
  • Comply with the 10 Principles of the United Nations Global Compact, which we signed in 2022.

We believe that sustainability will provide us with successful results in the long term by creating value on behalf of our stakeholders.