The 4th edition of "Together," our young talent program, was launched on January 12 when 130 long-term interns started their project internships at our headquarters units, production plants, and R&D centers. The initial onboarding event started the weekend before, with surprise orientation kits shipped to our interns' homes. Our Chief HR Officer and CEO delivered their opening speeches online on January 12 as part of the onboarding event for "Together." The opening speeches were followed by an online taboo game. Continuing with other various ice-breaking activities, the opening event was a fun-filled good time.

Our Employer Brand campus activities continue digitally with an intense schedule. Some 25 campus activities took place in total across Turkey and globally in spring semester 2021. We reached out to nearly 5,000 university students, who were informed about job and internship opportunities at Şişecam. These students received inspiration from our executives in their career journey and obtained answers to their questions.

We received 11,000 applications for our summer internship program "First Step." This program is designed to offer an excellent internship experience for university students, starting from their very first step into professional life. Under "First Step," we share our knowledge and experience with the interns in line with our talent acquisition strategies. Applications were evaluated in line with our criteria. Some 250 interns were placed successfully after their eligibility to participate in the program was confirmed. The program will be carried out in a hybrid format and is scheduled to commence in June.

According to "Best Employers of the Year" research conducted among students annually by Realta, a consultancy firm, we ranked in 10th place, moving up a notch from the prior year. As a result of the "Top 100 Talent Program" research conduced by Toptalent annually among students and recent graduates, our global young talent program "Together" ranked 2nd out of 113 talent programs.

With its corporate sustainability strategy and commitment program "CareforNext," Şişecam won the Sustainability Award at the annual Business Awards competition organized by Boğaziçi University Engineering Society (ENSO). The competition was conducted via a survey.

Some 250 university students embarked on their professional careers with Şişecam this summer. Şişecam interns had the opportunity to observe business processes firsthand during internships at our headquarters and production plant facilities. Interns participated in our Business School sessions and inspirational talks that we scheduled for them. Şişecam also contributed to their development via e-training sessions assigned by our Academy team.

As part of the program, "Together" interns met with our Chief Officers who shared their respective experiences, inspired them, and answered their questions. Our interns abroad participated in the Business School sessions of numerous departments – from Production to Marketing, Supply Chain to Sustainability – and reinforced their professional development with e-training sessions. Overseas interns met with other interns remotely in sessions where country presentations were delivered and where they introduced their own country to strengthen cultural orientation.

We won a Silver Stevie in the category of "Best HR Team of the Year" with our HROne Global HR Transformation undertaken by Şişecam's Human Resources Team. We won a Bronze Stevie in the category of "Best Young Talent Employment Strategy" for our global young talent program "Together" as part of the Stevies for Great Employers competition, which focuses on HR and training/development.

As part of its partnership with Anlatsın.com, Şişecam has been sharing about its experience. Anlatsın.com is a platform that sheds light on questions in the minds of many job candidates, including young talent and professionals, via answers from employees from different sectors. Candidates get the opportunity to learn about companies as well as obtain clear answers via short video responses on what they may encounter during the recruitment process. Şişecam responded to the queries of candidates initially with our teams under Employer Brand, Integrated Resourcing, and Şişecam Academy. Our teams explained numerous processes at Şişecam, including the recruitment process, interviewing techniques, training opportunities, "Together" (our global young talent program), and "First Step" (our summer internship program). We will continue to share about ourselves with different job families under this effort. Şişecam Shares about Its Experience at Anlatsın.com!

Having migrated its activities online during the pandemic, Now! brought together Şişecam employees for an in-person activity after a long while. Organized by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the first phase of the Istanbul'u Koşuyorum (Color Run) race took place on Sunday September 5, in Caddebostan where Şişecam employees ran together as a group. Known as the most colorful race of the year, Color Run - Caddebostan Phase took place on a 10-km running course where Şişecam was represented by a 40-person team.

Şişecam initiated this certificate program in association with METU Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. With this program, we aimed to attract young talent interested in working in glassworks to our departments, particularly Production and R&D, and to draw further attention to activities in this field. The program officially launched as the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Certificate Program with Şişecam at METU. A total of 50 third- and fourth-year undergraduate students took part in the program. Our expert managers participated in the program courses on a weekly basis between November 3 and December 22. All students were presented with a certificate upon successful completion of the program.

The PERYÖN Human Value Awards ceremony was organized by the People Management Association of Turkey with the support of the European Association for People Management (EAPM). The awards evaluate the activities and practices that leave an impact on and inspire the field of human resources while valuing people. Şişecam also advanced to the finals in the category of "Leadership In Valuing People" and won an award in the category of "Pioneering Digital Transformation" for our HROne Global and Digital Human Resources Transformation Program. This effort was launched in 2019 as part of the Roots and Wings Digital Transformation Program, aiming to improve the technological infrastructure with advanced digital applications.

We met with 73 young colleagues as part of our "Welcome On Board" event after they successfully became eligible to join our staff upon their participation in our young talent program "Together" in 2021. Our Chief Human Resources Officer Şengül Arslan delivered the opening speech at the event. In addition, our CEO Görkem Elverici met with young colleagues at an inspirational talk to discuss Şişecam's culture and future vision, as well as his expectations from them in achieving these goals. The second part of the event continued with ice-breaking activities organized by Şişecam Academy.