Future Fit Culture, Talent & Organizational Management

Human Capital

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Agile Transformation

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are dedicated to creating a purposeful, equal, and diverse work environment for all. Our commitment extends to maintaining an inclusive culture that fosters decency and respect for every employee. We firmly believe that unlocking the full potential of everyone is crucial for building a sustainable future.

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Gender Equality at Arçelik

We are committed to promoting workplace gender equality by ensuring equal rights and opportunities for all.

Equal Representation Targets

Our workplace gender equality targets for 2030 are notably ambitious, aiming for a substantial increase in women's representation across all levels in the workplace. As a signatory of the UN Women's Empowerment Principles (UN WEPs) since 2017, we aim to promote gender equality in communities as well as at the workplace. We also support the Action Coalition platform and are committed to increasing gender equality at both workplace (STEM-related positions only) and communities.

For our Action Coalition commitments, please refer to our website.

Equal Pay for Equal Work Principle

Gender pay equality assessments in line with our equal pay for equal work policy, evaluating multiple levels, including top management, management, and non-management. Regular monitoring of performance in terms of pay equity occurs, with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reviewed annually. This assessment covers our policies, procedures, documentation, targets, improvements, and compliance-related actions, ensuring ongoing commitment to pay equity.

Inclusive Culture at Arçelik

We offer a wide range of side benefits and programs to employees to empower them. In order to ensure that our workplace has an inclusive culture, we take actions towards eliminating unconscious bias.

Side Benefits for Families

Apart from childcare allowance, lactation rooms, private spaces, and paid time off for breastfeeding, Arçelik provides fully paid parental leave and benefits.

Arҫelik is committed to support new parents, their families and children by increasing the time they spend together. We know that spending more time with child provides a healthy start with their life and creates stronger bonds between child and parent. We are a family-friendly employer and believe that this policy will serve and enhance our existing commitments to be an equal-opportunity employer. At Arçelik, we want all our employees to be eligible for a common foundation of fully paid parental support and benefits, regardless of the country in which they are based. The policy features the following global paid leave standards:

• Minimum standard of 16 weeks of fully paid maternity leave,

• Minimum standard of 5 calendar days of fully paid paternity leave,

The countries in which we operate need to be as a minimum compliant with local legislation. The common foundations described in this policy are intended to exceed locally existing legislative conditions. Nothing in this Policy is intended to prevent or prohibit a more generous local practice. The legal regulations of the countries will be applied for the adoption leave.

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Talent, Performance and Career

Management

We believe in the importance of the roles played by employees in enabling our business to differentiate and transform. We are committed to aiding talent in unlocking their full potential. Therefore, we make a great effort to develop their skills and competencies through talent and performance management programs. Our talent management approach centers around our employees’ skills and competencies. Our goal in talent management is to contribute to the growth and sustainability of our company by building steady and reliable pipelines for both leadership and critical roles. In line with our goal to improve the retention rate of employees and attract new talents, our approach includes:

• Providing our employees with solutions that allow for the development of functional and behavioral knowledge and skills, preparing them for future roles by equipping them with both current and future skills.

• Supporting our employees with the appropriate development activities at the right time to get the most out of the development activities.

• Supporting the development of our employees as a whole by means of “training or learning”, “interaction” and “experiencing” methods and diversify the development activities we offer them.

Performance Management

Future Fit Development

We aim to enhance the individual development, professional capabilities, and skills of employees for today and the future by providing learning and development solutions. Future Fit Development is reflecting our purpose, values, leadership DNA, and culture code. Inspired by the "Future Fit" approach, our goal is to ensure developing employees are ready for the future by acquiring new competencies and skills. Future Fit Development Framework consists of three main pillars; core, capability and leadership supported by future fit development methods.

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Talent Mobility and Promotion

Promotion

Regarding internal promotions, we implement two different methods which are job grading and organization assignments.

Employee Remuneration, Financial Compensation and Side Benefits

As Arçelik, we apply the principle of “equal pay for equal work” to all our remuneration procedures and our approach is to provide a competitive salary for our employees. Our Global Salary Policy guides us in remuneration and compensation processes. A significant percentage of employees is compensated on wages over minimum wage rules, and we apply local minimum wage at significant locations of operation. We also offer extensive benefits to further support our employees.

For the detailed information please refer to Arçelik Sustainability Reports.