Our Ethics Policy

 OUR ETHICS POLICY

AZCO EPC believes that the business shall be done in line with codes of conduct in order to achieve long-term success at a workplace and has been conducting its activities in accordance. As a result, as being one of the global leaders of its sectors, carrying out activities in many countries worldwide, AZCO has adopted fairness, honesty and reliability as the basic corporate values that reflect it.

Through the adoption of highest-level of ethical standards, any discriminative or unethical behaviors have strictly not been tolerated. Within this framework, all employees have been expected to comply with the Codes of Conduct Agreement defining the ethical standards and principles as well as the findings of monitoring and auditing mechanisms have been taken into consideration during the performance assessment and career development processes of employees. Besides its employees, AZCO also expects its suppliers, subcontractors and other stakeholders to act in accordance with such ethical values.

The principles establishing its fundamental ethical values and constituting the basis of its Codes of Conduct Agreement are defined as follows; 

 

Please findhere the Codes of Conduct Agreement consisting of the basic rules and policies aimed at conducting the ethical work which has been adopted by AZCO .

Sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY

AZCO EPC has been acting in accordance with the environmental responsibility as well as has implemented sustainable strategies in order to prevent probable damages that may be caused by its projects. With the incorporation of principles of continuous improvement and awareness of environmental responsibility to its corporate culture, AZCO has been considered as the pioneer and leading company in its sector also in the field of environmental awareness and responsibility by designing, constructing and operating its projects in line with principles of sustainability.

Corporate and Social Responsibility

 

CORPORATE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Corporate and social responsibility is perceived as a top priority at AZCO . Commitment to clients, employees, local communities, and the environment comes first for AZCO. Therefore, AZCO has adopted some specific principles to become a trusted and responsible company and employer. According to these principles, AZCO cares about the health and safety of its employees, protects the environment, conducts business in an ethical manner, promotes local economies, and supports the social life of people.

 

Partnering with the Communities and the Society

 

 

AZCO is not only responsible as a corporation, but also as a member of the societies it conducts business. Therefore, AZCO gives great importance to social responsibility activities, such as share value or give back programs. Local Communities also receive the support of AZCO through charity, sponsorship and donation programs AZCO believes that its work has full value only then when it helps and shares with others.

Working side by side with customers, communities, contractors, government entities, and local organizations, helps AZCO to establish common goals around project benefits and risks. This also allows AZCO to tailor its social investments and volunteer efforts to improve access to basic community needs. Therefore, AZCO is committed to supporting the communities that host its projects and offices.

Sports

 

 

 

AZCO is proud to support some of the mountaineering organizations , mountaineers as well as sport clubs in Azerbaijan and Iran such as the “Ganc dagchılar” and “Azer kuh Tabriz”.AZCO has its own team consisting of great sport lovers, who frequently attend various   mountaineering, swimming and biking organized by the company. Due to great interest and passionate love of AZCO founder and director Mr. Reza Shakouri   to different kinds of sport, he always supports, motivates as well as leads his team in such corporate events.

Environment

 

 

AZCO EPC believes that protecting the environment and conserving the natural resources are very important for the operational life of a project. Therefore, AZCO generates sustainable alternatives in the design, construction and management of its projects, including reducing material requirements, waste to landfill, and water and energy use. In many urban and remote communities where AZCO operates, it works collaboratively with different stakeholders to implement environmental sustainability programs to improve human health and local conditions, such as waste management, recycling, and conservation.

Occupational Health and Safety

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Our target is to ensure “Zero Accident”, and the life and safety of all our employees are valuable to us.

The health and safety of our employees are valuable to us. Thus, in all areas we operate, we have been making efforts to develop, extent, effectively implement and continuously improve the programs about the health and safety of our employees. We are determined to make occupational health and safety sustainable in AZCO EPC and make it an inseparable part of its corporate culture along with all business processes.

 

Our determined and consistent attitude, our occupational health and safety management system and the mitigation and preventive actions we take against probable risks are the most important guarantee for our employees in all our working areas. Our awareness on these issues and determined steps, along with high-quality and continuous training, have been guiding all our employees to establish a culture of occupational health and safety in the world standards.