• Profile
  • TSKB in Brief
  • TSKB's Subsidiaries
  • Products and Services Of TSKB
• Performance
  • Value Creation
  • Awards & Recognitions
  • CEO's Assessment
• Approach
  • TSKB's Sustainable Banking Strategy
  • TSKB's Sustainability Priorities
• Dialogue
  • TSKB and Stakeholder Engagement
  • TSKB's Stakeholders
  • 2010 Stakeholder Dialogue Highlights
• Sustainability and Environmental Issues
  • Sustainable Banking at TSKB
  • Sustainable Banking Performance: the Economic Dimension
  • The Renewable Energy Sector and TSKB
  • TSKB Energy Index
  • TSKB, Climate Change, and the Environment
  • TSKB's Efforts on Behalf of Sustainability and the Environment
  • Who Wouldn't Want to Be Sustainable?
  • ISO 14001 Certification
  • The Structure of the TSKB Environmental Management Team
  • TSKB's Environment Policy
  • TSKB's Environmental Impact
  • Sustainable Banking Performance: the Environmental Dimension
  • Developments in External Environmental Impact
• Corporate Governance
  • Absolute Compliance With Laws and Regulations
  • TSKB's Corporate Governance Structure
  • Compliance With Corporate Governance Principles
  • Risk Management at TSKB
  • Prevention of Money-Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism
  • Relations with Suppliers
• People
  • Human Resources and the Workplace at TSKB
  • The TSKB Performance Management System
  • TSKB Compensation and Reward System
  • TSKB Human Resources Structure
  • Human Rights and Employee Rights at TSKB
  • Competency Development and Training
  • Health and Safety at TSKB
  • Commuting By Sea
  • Internal Communication at TSKB
• The Community
  • Social Responsibility at TSKB
  • "Environment: Our Priority": Past and present
  • The NGOs that TSKB Collaborates with
• Summarized TSKB Goals and Performance
• Appendices
  • About This Report
  • Statement GRI Application Level Check
  • Global Reporting Initiative Cross Index
  • Online Sustainability
  • Imprint
  • Communication and Service Channels

Working towards a sustainable Turkish economy for 61 years

TSKB IN BRIEF

TSKB: A narrative of sustainability which is rooted in Turkey’s strong economic potential and which is related through the correct and uncompromising execution of a consummate and enduring corporate strategy.

TSKB’s trailblazing and exemplary efforts point to quite a few “firsts” in the Turkish banking sector.

TSKB is a pioneering bank which:

• has its own Environment Management System and has been certified with ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
• received the Financial Times - International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) “Sustainable Bank of the Year Award” in the “Eastern Europe” category three years in a row (2008, 2009, and 2010).
• is a signatory to the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
• has been calculating its carbon footprint since 2006
• became the first “carbon-neutral” bank by eliminating its carbon footprint in 2008 and 2009
• is a party to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
• was one of the first financial institutions in Turkey to become a signatory to the Water Disclosure Project (WDP)
• supports and implements Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) principles as a stakeholder
• is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
• makes use of renewable energy in all of its service facilities
• reduced its carbon footprint by 68% in just two years’ time
• supports environmental awareness among the public through social responsibility projects conducted through www.cevreciyiz.com and cevreciyiz.TV.

TSKB is Turkey’s first privately-owned development and investment bank.
TSKB delivers high added value services to an extensive community of customers in the corporate lending, project finance, investment banking, corporate finance, capital market brokerage, financial leasing, and portfolio management business lines. The long-term resources which TSKB provides for investment projects and its customer-tailored consultancy and brokerage services make substantial contributions to the growth and development of the Turkish economy.

Especially mindful of the environmental and social impact aspects of all of its lending activities, TSKB supports in many different sectors through the renewable energy, energy efficiency, environment, and SME lines of credit that it obtains from international agencies and organizations.

As of 31 December 2010, 41.6% of TSKB shares trade on the Istanbul Stock Exchange’s National Market under the “TSKB” ticker. The Bank’s main shareholder (controlling a 50.1% stake) is Türkiye İş Bankası Group.

TSKB’s head office is located in Istanbul. The Bank has one domestic branch in Ankara and one in Izmir, and one foreign branch in Bahrain.

Mission
For the sake of Turkey’s sustainable development:

• Supplying entrepreneurs with medium and long-term financing,
• Supporting foreign investment in Turkey as the best local business partner,
• Playing a significant and continuous role in the development of Turkey’s capital markets in Turkey,
• Providing customers tailor made and innovative financial solutions and mediation services,
• Creating increasingly more added value for our employees, shareholders and all other stakeholders,
• Playing a pioneering role in sustainable banking with an environment-friendly approach in the execution of all banking activities.

Vision
To be the pioneering bank in Turkey’s sustainable development.

Strengths
TSKB’s main strengths are composed of:

• The solid capital structure and strong shareholders,
• Reliability among international and funding institutions,
• The ability to access low-cost, long-term funding,
• The experience to provide mid-term and long-term financing,
• The capability to reach an extensive client base with low operational costs,
• Strong IT infrastructure.

Goals

TSKB’s corporate objective is to improve its leader position and profitability in the fields of corporate loans, project finance and investment banking which form its main scope of business. TSKB has vigorously achieved this objective thanks to the proactive business strategies which it had put into practice in the recent years.

• TSKB will continue to provide funds for the Turkish economy and support the Turkish private sector in the coming years.

• As a longstanding key player in the largest privatization projects, corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions in Turkey, TSKB will maintain its place as one of the most active players in the market in the following years.

• In order to raise the funds required to fuel Turkey’s constant economic development, TSKB is determined to provide its clients with the most attractive financing opportunities in the market. In this context, the Bank steadfastly works to build on its strong cooperation with international financial institutions and banks.

• As the first bank owned by Turkish capital to hold the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems certificate, TSKB is determined to pioneer the concept of “sustainable banking” with firsts in the industry, such as eliminating carbon footprints and publishing a sustainability report, as well as in social responsibility projects which it undertakes with the goal of raising environmental awareness.