We continue to carry out all our activities with a responsible production and management approach that fully complies with the sustainability principles of Kibar Holding and the core value of sustainability of Assan Alüminyum. Representing an important economic and social power with its stakeholders all over the world, the Kibar Group has analyzed approximately 7000 active suppliers with the K-STAR program. 875 suppliers in 59 different sectors in 41 countries have been included in this program. As a result of 72% feedback rate to the surveys, which included more than 100 detailed questions addressed to suppliers, 30 thousand actions were assigned. Kibar Holding carries out all of our purchasing activities in compliance with sustainability principles with the K-STAR Supplier Sustainability Program, launched in 2023. The program is a first in its field with its scope and size.
We are excited to create a sustainable ecosystem that includes our stakeholders in different parts of the world. We are proud to contribute to the permanent and effective steps taken by the Group towards sustainability and to become a role model for sustainability in our industry.
With the K-STAR Supplier Sustainability Program, we design sustainability surveys for our large-scale business partners and SME network in different countries around the world to evaluate their capabilities and positions in their sector, geography and industry perspectives, and expand our impact of influence in the sustainable ecosystem. Within the scope of the program, all procurement activities are managed from a single center in line with sustainability principles. We organize trainings and seminars for our stakeholders through surveys specially designed for them.Todaywe adopt a holistic sustainability approach to Sustainability, ranging from production to management, from supply chain to recycling in line with our perspective of ‘Producing the future without wasting it’.