• Food Preservation Solutions: With our KIMcool® systems, which offer high insulation performance for the refrigerator and cold room sectors, we contribute to keeping food fresh for longer and storing it safely.

 

• Approach to Combating Waste: We regularly share awareness emails within the organization to help reduce food waste.

• Inclusive Health Insurance Practices: We provide private health insurance for all employees; additionally, we offer life insurance for white-collar employees, and personal accident insurance and supplementary health insurance (covering their families) for blue-collar employees.

 

• Mental Health Support: Through the AVITA program, we offer employees confidential and professional psychological support services.

 

• Occupational Health and Safety (OHS): We fully implement Occupational Health and Safety procedures and continuously enhance employee awareness and safety through regular internal audits and training sessions.

• Community Support and Volunteering: Our R&D Rigid Manager, Cahit Can Çanakçı, participated in the 36th Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race to support the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Türkiye’s campaign “Change a Child’s Life, Improve the Country.”

 

• Equal Opportunity in Education: On November 20, World Children’s Rights Day, we supported the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Türkiye to promote equal access to education for all children.

 

• Supporting Youth Education: We continue our project launched in our 40th anniversary year, which aims to provide long-term scholarships to 40 university students, ensuring uninterrupted support for their academic journey

• Supporting Women’s Empowerment: On March 8, International Women’s Day, we made a donation to KEDV (Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work) and gifted “Solidarity Empowers” notebooks to our female employees as a gesture of appreciation and support.

 

• Contribution to International Campaigns: We supported the #OrangeTheWorld campaign organized by UN Women Türkiye as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25.

 

• We Embrace the Principles: We are a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), which support women’s empowerment and equal representation. We are also a participant in the BADV Project, which aims to create a safe workplace against domestic violence, and we openly declare our commitment to this cause.

 

• Inclusive Corporate Language: To raise awareness of gender equality within the company, we implemented a “correct terminology” approach in both internal communications and corporate messaging; accordingly, we prepared and shared an Inclusive Language Guide.

 

• Awareness Training: On March 8, we held a training session for all employees to raise awareness on gender equality and support the empowerment of our female employees in their career journeys.

 

• Systematic Monitoring and Commitment: As part of UN Women’s Gender Equality Program, we define our gender equality and inclusion goals, monitor their progress systematically via the relevant platform, and measure our organizational development in line with a continuous improvement approach.

• Water Footprint Monitoring: We regularly measure and monitor our water footprint to reduce the environmental impact of our operations.

 

• Awareness Initiatives: We regularly send informational emails to our employees to raise awareness about water conservation, believing that individual efforts contribute to greater organizational impact.

• Use of Renewable Energy: We utilize renewable energy sources through the Solar Energy Systems (SES) installed at our Gebze and Düzce production facilities, helping to reduce our carbon footprint.

 

• Development of Energy-Efficient Products:
  – Our high-performance KIMrigid® systems, developed for the construction sector, contribute to reduced energy consumption by providing thermal insulation in buildings.
  – KIMrigid® systems used in the insulation of products such as refrigerators, cold rooms,
  solar panels, and boilers in the heating and cooling sector enhance energy efficiency.

 

• Efficiency-Focused Projects: To achieve energy savings, we implement various efficiency projects in our production and operational processes, supporting our sustainable manufacturing goals.

• Safe and Healthy Work Environment: We provide a safe and healthy working environment for our employees by ensuring full compliance with occupational health and safety procedures across all our operations.

 

• Fair Compensation: We implement a fair and transparent compensation policy by integrating annual performance evaluations into our structured salary system, which considers employees’ titles and seniority levels.

 

• Responsible Supply Chain: Before establishing cooperation with our suppliers, we carry out a preliminary evaluation process that includes criteria such as environmental protection, human rights, and occupational health and safety.

 

• Sustainable Economic Growth: As of 2024, we have achieved a 48% increase in our export volume, strengthening our economic sustainability

• Innovative Production Infrastructure: We have completed the necessary infrastructure work at our Düzce production facility for the manufacturing of polyester polyol derived from recycled PET waste.

 

• Sustainable Product Development: We have expanded our range of sustainable products.

 

• Environmentally Friendly Facilities:
  – Renewable energy is utilized through Solar Energy Systems (SES) installed at our Düzce and Gebze production facilities.
  – Our Gebze facility is certified with ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, confirming its compliance with environmental and energy management standards.
  – Our headquarters holds a LEED Certificate, meeting energy efficiency and environmentally friendly building standards.

• Equal Opportunity-Based Human Resources Approach: In line with Kimpur’s Ethical Business Principles, we ensure equal opportunity in all HR processes—including recruitment, interviews, performance evaluations, career planning, promotions, training and development, and compensation—while implementing a zero-tolerance policy against discrimination.

 

• Fair Compensation Practices: Taking into account the economic conditions of the societies in which our employees live, we aim to reduce income inequality by applying wage adjustment policies that particularly consider inflation increases.

• Fire Safety and Resistance: By enhancing the fire resistance properties of panels produced with KIMrigid® Sandwich Panel Systems, we ensure fire and smoke safety in buildings.

 

• High Insulation Performance: KIMrigid® Sandwich Panel and Spray Foam Systems increase the energy efficiency of buildings, reducing carbon emissions while providing sustainable comfort in living spaces.

 

• Materials Supporting Transportation: In the production of KIMflex® Sound Insulation Systems and HR foam systems used in the automotive sector, we utilize graphene—a lightweight material derived from automotive tire waste—which helps reduce vehicle weight. This contributes to energy efficiency and indirectly supports the longevity of road infrastructure.

 

• Low-Density Systems: For the footwear, automotive, and furniture industries, we offer low-density systems that deliver energy savings during both the production process and product lifecycle, while also enhancing product performance.

• Product Development with Recycled Raw Materials:
  – Through our KIMfoot® slipper system project developed using polyol synthesized from waste PET bottles, we contributed to both plastic waste recovery and sustainable product design.
  – By incorporating graphene derived from waste automotive tires into KIMflex® systems, we promote the use of recycling-focused materials.
  – With our KIMcase® binder systems that enable the reuse of materials such as waste tires and shredded foam, we reduce industrial waste and create opportunities for secondary use.

 

• Bio-Based Raw Materials:
  – By working with renewable raw materials instead of fossil-based chemicals, we developed KIMrigid® sandwich panel systems containing bio-based polyols. Through this system, we aim to reduce the carbon footprint and support sustainable production.

• Strategic Roadmap: We have developed our Climate Crisis Action Roadmap outlining our 2030 targets. We identified our corporate-level climate risks, completed scenario analyses, and now base our strategies on these findings.

 

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): To better analyze the environmental impact of our products, we initiated Product Life Cycle Assessment studies and have completed 69% of the calculations.

 

• Impact Monitoring in the Supply Chain: We conduct evaluation surveys to measure the environmental and social impacts of our suppliers.

 

• Energy-Efficient Products: With our KIMrigid® and KIMspray® products used in the heating-cooling and construction sectors, we help end users reduce their energy consumption.

 

• Decarbonization and Green Transformation Projects: As part of our decarbonization and green transformation efforts, we have applied to two European Union-funded projects. Additionally, we submitted a project application under Türkiye’s Industrial Innovation Network Mechanism (SAYEM) program.

• Reduction of Plastic Use: By rewashing and reusing IBC containers, we prevented a totalof 335 tons of plastic usage in 2024.

• Contributing to Nature Through Sapling Donations: On June 5, World Environment Day, we made sapling donations on behalf of all our employees, offering a collective contribution to nature and strengthening our corporate environmental awareness.

• Kimpur Code of Ethical Business Conduct: Kimpur Code of Ethical Business Conduct is implemented across all our operations.

Click here to access the Kimpur Code of Ethics Booklet

• Women’s Empowerment: In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, we partnered with the Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work (KEDV).

 

• Children’s Education:
  – On April 23, we gifted shoes produced with our KIMfoot® system to children at the Darüşşafaka Society.
  – On November 20, World Children’s Rights Day, we supported the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Türkiye.
  – As part of the “Change a Child’s Life, Improve the Country” campaign, our R&D Rigid Manager Cahit Can Çanakçı participated in the 36th Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race on behalf of the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Türkiye.

 

• Environment and Reforestation:
  – On June 5, World Environment Day, we donated saplings on behalf of all employees through the Aegean Forest Foundation.
  – We supported the Mediterranean Conservation Society by participating in the Istanbul Marathon.

 

• Disability Rights:
  – On December 3, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we supported the Six Dots Foundation for the Blind.

 

• Eco-Friendly Office Practices:
  – Our corporate social responsibility efforts under SKD Türkiye’s “BE AWARE!” project were recognized with a Gold Certificate