UTIKAD has been the first non-governmental organization that received the Equality for Women At Work Certificate prepared in cooperation with the Sustainability Academy and Intertek.
UTIKAD adopts the " Principles of Equality for Women at Work" consisting of ensuring gender equality, preventing discrimination based on gender and creating a social response to it, ensuring safe working condition, and establishing mechanisms to prevent violence and harassment, informing members and stakeholders in line with this policy, and promoting participation of all stakeholders in the solution, and carries out efforts to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women at work.
UTIKAD was audited in the areas of Management System, Recruitment and Retention, Occupational Health and Safety, Working Hours, Supply Chain and Social Impact, and was entitled to receive the certificate in 2017 for the importance attached to its female employees. The certificate was renewed in 2019 after a successful audit. Members of UTIKAD are also encouraged to receive this certificate.