Since 2013FILTORQ is a premier manufacturer of high-tech filtration systems, heavy-duty lubricants, -56°C coolants, and vehicle care products with a 20,000 m² modern facility and 3,000+ certified items.
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Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Gender Equality Policy
As we take innovative and sustainable steps in automotive filter production, we are aware that our human resources lie at the basis of our quality and success. At Filtorq, we adopt equal opportunity, diversity, and gender equality as our core corporate culture in every field, from our production lines to our management levels. This policy covers all our employees, job applicants, suppliers, and business partners.
- Fair and Equal Opportunity: In recruitment, promotion, training, remuneration, and performance evaluation processes, we base decisions solely on merit, competence, and objective performance, regardless of personal characteristics such as age, gender, race, religion, language, ethnicity, belief, marital status, or physical disability.
- Diversity in Production and Management: We believe that a team with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives enriches our research-development and production processes. Under the Filtorq roof, we see differences as a wealth and actively encourage this diversity to produce dynamic solutions.
- Gender Equality: We aim to break traditional gender roles in the manufacturing and automotive sectors. We apply the "equal pay for equal work" principle without compromise; we support the equal representation and participation of genders at all levels, including engineering, production fields, administrative offices, and decision-making mechanisms. We develop practices to help our employees establish a work-life balance.
- Inclusive and Safe Working Environment: We commit to providing a working climate where all our employees feel safe, respected, and valued. We display a zero-tolerance approach to any discrimination, bullying, mobbing, physical or psychological harassment in the workplace.
- Continuous Development and Awareness: We organize periodic briefings and training sessions to raise internal awareness on equality and inclusiveness, ensuring these principles are kept alive in every corner of our production facility and corporate communication.
Responsibility and Execution: All employees, especially the Filtorq senior management, are responsible for the implementation, auditing, and integration of this policy into the corporate culture. Any violation encountered or suspected is secured by open communication channels that can be reported safely without fear of retaliation. Filtorq firmly advocates these principles, believing that sustainable growth and world-class production are only possible with a fair, equal, and inclusive working environment.
Integrated Management System Policy
Acting with the vision of being the leading and reliable brand of the sector in automotive filter production, Filtorq accepts it as its basic responsibility to guarantee quality, protect the environment, and ensure the health and safety of our employees at every stage of our activities. Within the scope of our Quality (ISO 9001), Environment (ISO 14001), and Occupational Health and Safety (ISO 45001) Integrated Management System, our commitments are:
- 1. Customer Orientation and Superior Quality: To produce innovative and high-performance filters in accordance with national and international standards by closely following the dynamic needs and customer expectations of the automotive sector. To keep customer satisfaction at the highest level by minimizing error rates in all our processes from production to delivery.
- 2. Environmental Sustainability and Respect for Nature: To evaluate the environmental impacts of our production activities with a proactive approach and to prevent pollution at its source in order to leave a livable world to future generations. To use energy and natural resources in the most efficient way, reducing our carbon footprint by continuously improving recycling and waste management practices.
- 3. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS): To eliminate hazards at their source and reduce risks to acceptable levels with the goal of "Zero Occupational Accidents and Occupational Diseases" in our production facility. To offer a healthy and safe working environment to all our employees, subcontractors, and visitors; ensuring the active participation of our employees and employee representatives in OHS processes.
- 4. Commitment to Legal Conditions and Compliance: To comply strictly with all national and international legal legislations, standards, and customer special requests regarding our products, environment, and OHS issues in the automotive supply industry sector in which we operate.
- 5. Continuous Improvement and Development: To regularly review our Integrated Management System targets, measure our performance, and continuously improve the effectiveness of the system. To increase our efficiency by integrating technological developments into our production infrastructure. To ensure the adoption of our corporate culture and integrated management system at all levels by increasing the competences of our employees through training and awareness programs.
As Filtorq management, we commit that this policy will be communicated, understood, and implemented at all points of our organization, and that all necessary resources to reach our goals will be provided completely.
Employee Rights Policy
As Filtorq, the address of quality and trust in automotive filter production, we believe that the labor and happiness of our employees lie at the basis of our sustainable success. This policy commits to providing a working environment that respects human rights, is fair, safe, and inclusive across all of Filtorq, from our production facilities to our administrative offices.
- Fair Treatment and Equal Opportunity: In all employment processes (recruitment, promotion, training, remuneration), we base decisions solely on merit and performance, regardless of personal characteristics (age, gender, race, religion, belief, marital status, etc.).
- Zero Tolerance for Discrimination and Harassment: None of our employees can be subjected to physical, psychological, verbal, or sexual harassment, bullying (mobbing), or ill-treatment. The dignity of every individual is secured in our working environment.
- Gender Equality and Diversity: We believe that different perspectives enrich us. By breaking traditional gender roles in the sector, we support equal representation at all levels including management, and apply the "equal pay for equal work" principle without compromise.
- Legal Compliance and Working Conditions: We strictly reject forced labor and child labor, expecting the same sensitivity from our supply chain. We organize remuneration, working hours, and leave rights in accordance with legal regulations and industry standards.
- Freedom of Association and Expression: We respect the unionization, association, and collective bargaining rights of our employees, supporting participation in management and constructive dialogue.
- Privacy of Personal Data: We protect the data of our employees with high security standards in accordance with legal regulations, especially KVKK.
- Development and Career: We offer continuous training and fair career opportunities in order to increase the competences of our employees.
- Open Door and Feedback: We have created mechanisms where our employees can convey all kinds of requests and complaints in confidence, without fear of retaliation. Conveyed issues are analyzed with sensitivity.
Responsibility and Execution: All employees, especially the Filtorq senior management, are responsible for the implementation of this policy and making it a part of the corporate culture. Filtorq firmly advocates these principles, believing that sustainable growth and world-class production are only possible with a fair, equal, and inclusive working environment.
Prevention of Forced and Compulsory Labor Policy
Operating in automotive filter production, Filtorq accepts human dignity and universal human rights as the highest value in all our operations. The purpose of this policy is to strictly prohibit and prevent modern slavery, human trafficking, and all kinds of forced labor activities within our company and in our connected supply chain. This policy covers all employees, subcontractors, suppliers, and business partners of Filtorq.
- Voluntary Labor Principle: Within Filtorq, the working relationship is based entirely on voluntariness. No employee can be forced to do any work against their will under threat, violence, pressure, blackmail, or fear of legal action.
- No Retention of Documents and Financial Guarantees: During recruitment or employment, the originals of personal documents such as identity cards, passports, driving licenses, or work permits cannot be confiscated by the company. Furthermore, employees cannot be asked to pay "deposits", "guarantees", or "recruitment fees" under any name as a condition of starting work.
- Prohibition of Labor Through Indebtedness: It is strictly forbidden to subject employees to compulsory service by using their debts to the company or third parties as a pretext (debt bondage). Advance and credit practices are run in a fully transparent and legal manner, with the employee's consent.
- Freedom of Resignation and Movement: All our employees are free to terminate their employment contracts at any time, provided they comply with notice periods specified in the Labor Law. The freedom of movement of our employees outside working hours and their access to basic needs (water, toilet, break areas) inside the facility cannot be restricted under any circumstances.
- Zero Tolerance for Human Trafficking: Filtorq does not engage in and tolerates no criminal acts such as human trafficking or exploitation of migrant workers. In the employment of foreign national workers, legal work permits and international labor standards are fully implemented.
- Supply Chain Responsibility: The principle of preventing forced labor is not limited to our own production lines. We expect all our business partners, from raw material suppliers to subcontractors, to act in accordance with this policy, querying these criteria in our supplier selection and auditing processes.
Reporting Mechanism and Sanctions: All our employees and stakeholders can convey any situation they believe violates this policy to the company management or designated ethical reporting channels (complaint boxes, relevant e-mail addresses, etc.) without fear of retaliation, pressure, or discrimination. Filtorq management commits to investigate every report conveyed with great confidentiality and seriousness. In case the violation of the prevention of forced or compulsory labor policy is detected, the heaviest sanctions will be applied, up to termination of employment contract and cancellation of commercial agreements, including notification to legal authorities.
Prevention of Discrimination During Work Policy
While aiming for excellence in automotive filter production, we are aware that our employees are our most important power that makes this success possible. At Filtorq, we base respect, justice, and equality principles in all our working environments, from our production fields to our administrative offices. The purpose of this policy is to strictly prohibit all kinds of discrimination during all activities carried out within our company, to create and secure an inclusive working culture. This policy covers all employees, managers, subcontractors, and interns of Filtorq.
- Zero Tolerance Approach: No discrimination can be made in our working environment based on language, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion, sect, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy, or union membership. We adopt a "zero tolerance" principle against direct or indirect discriminatory attitudes.
- Merit and Equal Treatment: In all processes such as recruitment, assignment, performance evaluation, promotion, training, remuneration, fringe benefits, and termination of employment contract, decisions are made based only on professional competence, merit, and objective performance criteria.
- Respectful and Inclusive Working Environment: An environment where all our employees respect each other is created on our production lines and management levels. Verbal, physical, or psychological behaviors (mobbing) that exclude, marginalize, or disturb employees are strictly not tolerated.
- Adaptation of Physical Conditions: In order to ease the working conditions of our disabled employees or personnel with special needs in production and office areas and to ensure their equal participation in work processes, necessary ergonomic and physical arrangements are implemented.
- Equality in Work and Private Life Balance: Marital status or parental status (pregnancy, maternity leave, breastfeeding leave, etc.) cannot be used as a reason to negatively affect the positions, career developments, or wages of employees.
Responsibilities and Implementation: • Management Responsibility: Filtorq senior management and all unit managers are responsible for the uncompromising implementation of this policy in their respective areas of responsibility, for the proactive identification and prevention of situations that may lead to discrimination, and for using inclusive language. • Employee Responsibility: All our employees are obliged to act fairly and respectfully towards their colleagues, managers, and business partners, and not to support attitudes contrary to this policy. Reporting and Resolution Mechanism: Within Filtorq, transparent and confidential reporting channels are available for anyone who believes they have been discriminated against or has witnessed a discriminatory act against another employee to report the situation safely. All reports are immediately investigated by the Human Resources department and relevant ethics committees within the framework of impartiality and confidentiality. Any retaliation against the reporting employee is strictly prohibited. If it is determined that the discrimination policy has been violated as a result of the investigations, necessary administrative and legal sanctions, up to the termination of the employment contract within the framework of the disciplinary regulations, will be applied with determination.
Privacy Policy
At Filtorq, we attach great importance to the protection of the personal data of our employees, customers, business partners, and users visiting our website. This Privacy Policy explains for which purposes your data is collected, how it is used, and your rights over this data.
- 1. Data Controller: Your personal data is processed by Filtorq as the data controller in accordance with the Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (KVKK) and relevant legislation.
- 2. Collected Data and Collection Methods: Within the scope of our activities, we may collect the following data: • Identity Information: Name, surname, T.R. identity number. • Contact Information: Phone number, e-mail address, physical address. • Transaction Security Information: IP address, website entry-exit logs, cookie records. • Customer Transaction Information: Order history, invoice details, request and complaint details. • Job Application Data: Resume content, education and experience information.
- 3. Our Data Processing Purposes: Your personal data is processed for the following purposes: • Execution of production and sales processes, management of orders. • Customer service support and follow-up of post-sales technical processes. • Fulfillment of legal obligations (issuing invoices, tax legislation, etc.). • Planning and execution of information security processes. • Evaluation of job applications and execution of human resources processes. • Conducting analysis to provide you with a better website experience.
- 4. Data Sharing with Third Parties: Your personal data may be transferred, to the extent necessary to achieve the above purposes, to: • Legal authorities and authorized public institutions (upon request), • Logistics and cargo companies (for delivery), • Payment institutions (for financial transactions), • Our business partners from whom we receive information technology support, within the scope of the conditions specified in Articles 8 and 9 of KVKK.
- 5. Cookies: Cookies are used on our website to improve the user experience. You have the right to refuse or delete cookies through your browser settings; however, this may prevent some features of our site from functioning fully.
- 6. Data Security: Filtorq applies necessary technical and administrative security measures (encryption, access authorization, physical security, etc.) at the most up-to-date standards to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, theft, or disclosure.
- 7. Your Rights (KVKK Article 11): You have the right to apply to Filtorq at any time to: • Learn whether your personal data is processed, • Request information if it has been processed, • Learn whether it is used in accordance with the purpose of processing, • Request correction if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed, • Request deletion or destruction of personal data.
Contact: For your questions or data requests about our privacy policy, you can contact us. E-mail: info@filtorq.com.tr | Address: Denizli, Turkey