As part of the C&A supply chain, Erteks is working with several subcontractors and is keen to direct them into their own CSR policies and regulations. They have asked for a meeting where we could discussed the refugee employment and the legal framework along with the assistance we could provide.
On the 16th of July, Ms.Ekal who works as Business Development Specialist at United Work and representatives of the ILO Turkey Office paid a visit to Misöz Gıda that benefitted from the KIKA Program by hiring more than 20 International Protection Status holders. During the meeting, the effectiveness of the
Unilever is one of the largest scale companies we assist with refugee employment. They have hired through us since the first years we started serving in Turkey. In such difficult times due on pandemic, Unilever plans to offer opportunities to the refugee community as part of their CSR policy. We
We had a regular meeting with our valuable contacts at Inditex Sustainability on our efforts together and gathered to improve even further as usual. We will be focusing on training needs of the refugee employees at their suppliers.
Uniteks, located in Izmir, is an important supplier for several brands with numerous sub-contractors. We remain in close contact for the assistance needed on their T2 suppliers in line with the refugee employment.
LCW is one of the largest Turkish Textile and Retail brands. They have contacted us for their new Sustainability targets and refugee employment on their supply chain in this regard. We had a fruitful conversation with LCW Sustainability Team and our possible collaboration areas. We will be developing and improving
In April, Collective Interview Requisition of Europen for its new hirings had been responded by directing more than 30 job seekers who are under International Protection. 20 job seekers had participated the interviews and 14 out of 20 got a job offer. Work permit applications were made by the KIKA
UW participate the online Inter Sectoral Meeting on “Protection Cases and Livelihoods”, which will took place on 14 April 2021, Wednesday between 13:30-16:30. The aim of the meeting was to support cooperation between the protection and livelihoods sector members to provide protection solutions and increase access of SuTP and IP
As the restrictions and curfews continue due to COVID19 pandemic, all industries and refugee employees very severely affected. Together with our valuable partner H&M, we had an online meeting and shared our concerns over covid-19 pandemic and its effects on the refugees and possible measures to be taken. As H&M
