ALTINKALE Madencilik, as a subsidiary of TÜMAD Madencilik, recognizes Road Traffic Safety as a fundamental responsibility throughout all stages of its mining activities, including exploration, project development, construction, operations, and closure.
Our strategy is to establish economically viable, large-scale mining operations in areas identified as having mining potential by conducting advanced exploration activities without compromising our quality standards and with due respect for nature, the environment, and people.
Our objective is to conduct our business activities in compliance with national and international standards and applicable legal requirements, while keeping pace with rapidly changing and developing technologies, and to identify and meet the road traffic safety management needs of all our employees, contractors, suppliers, and stakeholders in our current and future mining activities.
- Taking all necessary measures to prevent accidents arising from drivers, vehicles, roads, and environmental conditions, with a “zero accident” objective throughout our activities, and protecting the health, life, and property of our employees and stakeholders within our area of influence,
- Ensuring the continual review of compliance with road traffic safety objectives and targets, and supporting the management system through plans, procedures, and instructions to ensure that it remains applicable, auditable, continually improvable, and sustainable,
- Proactively controlling the Road Traffic Safety Management System through road risk assessments, vehicle inspection and tagging practices, driver competency assessments, and vehicle tracking systems,
- Establishing a sustainable road traffic safety culture by taking into consideration the needs and expectations of all relevant parties,
- Maximizing the road and traffic safety awareness of our employees by meeting their training, knowledge, skills, and continual learning needs,
- Selecting individuals and companies that demonstrate commitment to road traffic safety principles during recruitment and contractor selection processes,
- Investigating road traffic safety risks and hazards in accordance with the requirements of the Road Traffic Safety Management System, developing corrective actions, and taking the necessary measures to prevent recurrence,
- Achieving the highest standards in the selection of appropriate vehicles and equipment required within our supply chain processes by keeping abreast of new technologies and developments,
- Improving the performance of our Road Traffic Safety Management System under the leadership of top management, through the participation and consultation of all employees and with a sustainability-oriented approach.
We hereby declare and commit to fulfilling these principles.