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Ethics & Compliance audits include reviewing communication
47 as its scenic surroundings. The event served as a platform for professional exchange while also reminding us that ethics and compliance thrive best in conversations built on curiosity.
Where Sustainability Meets Compliance Within this inspiring context, I had the honor of joining the conference as a speaker to talk about my two favorite topics: sustainability and compliance. Representing the Ethics and Reputation Society of Türkiye( TEİD), I shared TEİD’ s role in elevating the compliance mindset across Türkiye’ s business landscape and supporting companies and compliance officers in establishing or enhancing ethics and compliance structures. I also shared insights from my own journey of integrating ethics,
of code of conduct and conducting one-on-one interviews with
employees in higher-risk roles.
compliance, and sustainability into
globally
around
sustainability
has
business practices at ENKA.
transformed how companies operate
and report. Public sustainability disclosures
In my session, titled“ Compliance &
are rapidly rising to the same
Sustainability:
Competitive
Edge
level of scrutiny as financial statements
or Regulatory Must?” I highlighted
and turning ESG data accuracy
how these two disciplines share the
into a compliance matter. Greenwashing
same ethical DNA. Both aim to ensure
risks and data assurance obliga-
corporate integrity, both extend their
tions mean that compliance officers
impact beyond profitability, and both
and sustainability professionals must
contribute to building trust among
work hand in hand to safeguard credibility
employees, investors, customers and
.
communities. In today’ s world, where
transparency is no longer optional,
One example I shared in my talk was
sustainability has increasingly become
how we are covering sustainability
a compliance concern.
and ethics & compliance within our
internal audit program at ENKA. Our
As I noted during my speech, the
audits go beyond finance and procurement
“ tsunami of regulations” emerging
to cover sustainability and com-