
Simplicity and purpose: What Zen gardens can teach us on corporate sustainability
Zen gardens exemplify resilience, simplicity and purpose – qualities that can inspire a transformative approach to corporate sustainability.
Sabancı Holding, a leading investment holding company in Türkiye, operates across sectors including banking and financial services, energy and climate technologies, material technologies, digital technologies and other sectors. Since 1997, it has been listed on Borsa Istanbul. As of year-end 2023, Sabancı Holding’s and its 11 listed subsidiaries’ shares constituted 6% of the total market capitalization of Borsa Istanbul. In 2024, Its net asset value was $10.5 billion. It coordinates and supports the group’s finance, strategy, business development, legal, human capital and sustainability functions. Sabancı Holding sets and monitors the investor relations and corporate governance practices that apply across the group.
Zen gardens exemplify resilience, simplicity and purpose – qualities that can inspire a transformative approach to corporate sustainability.
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