Dreams Valley Kazdağları | Eco-Friendly Boutique Hotel and Sustainable Holiday

Sustainable Tourism

DREAMS VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

For a sustainable world; We attach importance to the evaluation, resolution and feedback of suggestions and complaints received from our guest.

In line with the understanding of sustainability, we conduct our trainings in order to raise the awareness of our employees, contribute to their development and ensure that they take an active role at every stage.

We comply with laws and regulations in all our activities. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY Protects the environment in our enterprise, prevents pollution, and we attach importance to its protection by reducing our negative effects on the environment. For this;

* We comply with legal regulations and try to reduce our environmental impact.

• We take care to separate our wastes effectively according to their source, groups and hazard classes.

• We know that the use of hazardous substances and chemicals only in case of need and as much as necessary will both reduce the negative effects on the environment and reduce the amount of waste,

• We contribute to the protection of nature by choosing those with the label “recycling” and “environmentally friendly” in the materials we buy in our enterprise. We try to create opportunities for reuse,

• We take care to use disposable materials such as paper, napkins, toilet paper, packaging as much as necessary and leave less waste to nature,

• We store the wastes correctly in separate areas according to their characteristics, deliver them to licensed/authorized companies without exceeding the legal storage time limits, and keep their records,

• We try to use water, energy and all natural resources sparingly. We share this sensitivity with our employees, guests, suppliers.

* We measure our performance in environmental management, monitor this data with goals and try to improve our performance.

• We aim to educate our employees about the environment and increase their sensitivity.

OUR CULTURAL AWARENESS POLICY

We inform our guests so that they can access the natural and cultural heritage, local products and services in our region.

We know that visitors who come for both tourist and study purposes contribute to regional development with their different cultures and hospitality should be shown.

The food, activities, culture and traditions of the region (religious-cultural places, natural riches, etc.) we support all our stakeholders in the promotion, training of our staff and informing our guests.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICY

We use our energy efficiently to protect our world from possible dangers and set goals to reduce our energy consumption. For this;

We follow national and international standards, laws and regulations in order to fulfill both our responsibilities towards nature and our legal obligations. We voluntarily carry out studies that will ensure the continuous improvement of our energy use reduction and/or energy consumption performance and we follow the results of our studies.

We set goals and include energy efficiency in our training programs in order to ensure the participation of our employees.

We attach importance to cooperating with all our stakeholders in order to create common goals and results in energy management. We try to maintain our interaction with our guests, employees, visitors and all our business partners on these issues in order to reach a total level of awareness and consciousness.

We try to research, find, purchase and use suitable energy-efficient product, equipment, equipment and technology alternatives.

We aim to document our Energy Management System, extend it to all our departments, update, review and continuously improve it when necessary.

We evaluate energy risks or emergencies that may arise, such as energy restrictions, and plan measures that can be taken. PURCHASING POLICY In line with the sustainability approach of our suppliers, solution partners;

Quality Assurance Management Systems, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, to have internationally recognized environmental and sustainability labels/ certificates,

In production and supply, to have no harmful effects on the environment, to comply with environmental regulations,

To use/consume resources in an appropriate way without harming the natural life, the ecosystem, to comply with hunting bans,

Whether it is working to minimize and properly manage its waste, whether it is offering fewer packaging options in product packaging, or whether it is offering bulk packaging alternatives,

Environmentally friendly, economical, local, attaches importance to ethical values, uses recyclable or recycled materials, organic, bio, vegan, untested on animals, does not contain harmful chemical components, etc. to offer alternatives,

To become a domestic and local product and service provider,

We attach importance to the fact that there are products/services that reflect/promote the cuisine, traditions, culture of our country/region and we convey this perspective to our stakeholder suppliers. We strive to create efficient purchasing opportunities together with our suppliers and aim to reduce the environmental impacts arising from procurement processes.

CHILD RIGHTS POLICY

To know our children, to whom we will entrust our future, as an individual, to respect their rights, to all kinds of psychological, physical, commercial, etc. it is our primary responsibility to monitor and protect against exploitation. To ensure that;

We do not allow child labor to be employed in our own institutions and we expect the same sensitivity from all our business partners.

We offer environments/facilities that contribute to the development of children in the business, where they can express their thoughts and wishes, feelings comfortably, feel free and comfortable.

We provide trainings to our employees on the prevention and detection of child abuse.

We make sure that children are under adult supervision in the activities they participate in.

We organize trainings and support related projects to raise awareness about the protection of children's rights.

When we witness suspicious actions related to children, we first inform the hotel management and request assistance from official organizations if deemed necessary.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY POLICY

We attach importance to gender equality in our business.

We ensure the health, safety and well-being of all our employees regardless of gender difference.

We support women's participation in the workforce in all our departments and offer equal opportunities. We take women's rights very seriously. Almost all of the staff working at our hotel are women.

We act with the policy of "equal pay for equal work" without gender discrimination. Moreover, we make the distribution of tasks by taking into account the principle of equality.

We provide the necessary environment for equal use of career opportunities.

We create educational policies, support women's participation and increase awareness.

We create a working environment and practices that protect the work-family life balance.

We support and provide equal opportunities for women to be in company management.

Women should not be subjected to abuse, harassment, discrimination, suppression, coercion, slander, etc. in any way. we don't allow him to be exposed to situations. We are always aware of the value they add to the world and our institution and we support their existence.

OUR ACCESSIBILITY POLICY

Although we cannot provide a complete service due to the geographical conditions in which our hotel is located, we are able to carry out our activities with special needs (disabled, children, etc.) we carry out it taking into account the ease of access of individuals to our products and services.

In our sustainability management system, we constantly monitor, measure our practices and goals, and initiate, plan and finalize our corrective actions when necessary.

We care about accessibility, health and safety standards for all our guests, staff and visitors with special needs, physical sensitivities and difficulties, and we organize the environments where they spend their holidays or work in accordance with these standards.

We inform our stakeholders about all the issues we specify in our policies and ensure their participation.