Sosyal İz Kadın Girişimi Üretim ve İşletme Kooperatifi was established in 2025 to develop inclusive, innovative, and rights-based solutions in the field of social services. The cooperative aims to ensure that everyone can live a life in dignity, by providing people-centered care services and promoting social solidarity that enhances the quality of life for all individuals.
The cooperative operates beyond offering individual care services by adopting a holistic approach that integrates technological innovation, local production, and social responsibility into care processes. Its areas of work range from R&D for specialized textile products for bedridden patients and individuals with disabilities to the implementation of digital systems in home-based care.
Climate change is a global crisis that exacerbates social inequalities, disproportionately affecting women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. It creates multidimensional risks for vulnerable groups, particularly in areas such as disaster response, migration, food insecurity, and access to healthcare. Therefore, climate action must be addressed not only as an environmental issue but also as a social one.
Sosyal İz Cooperative positions itself as a structure that strengthens access to care, support, and solidarity systems for vulnerable populations. It aims to be part of fair and inclusive climate solutions. Through climate-friendly production processes, circular economy practices, and community-based care systems, the cooperative offers a model that integrates social services into climate policy.
Its mission is to position social services as a key component of climate justice—protecting both human dignity and the planet through inclusive care services.
Sosyal İz Cooperative operates with a holistic approach that bridges social care, environmental responsibility, and community-based transformation. Key areas at the intersection of climate action and social services include:
Inclusive Social Services and Climate Resilience
Designing resilient care systems that respond to climate-related risks—such as disasters, extreme weather events, and mobility restrictions—especially for older adults and persons with disabilities. The aim is to ensure dignified and accessible services under all conditions.Climate-Sensitive Product Development and R&D
Developing specialized textile products such as bedsore-preventive sheets using local and sustainable materials while applying circular economy principles. This approach both reduces environmental impact and improves user comfort.Gender-Responsive Climate Action
Recognizing that women and children are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, the cooperative positions social services as an essential pillar of climate justice. It develops systems that reduce the care burden on women and support vulnerable groups.Community-Based Climate Finance Approaches
Exploring financial models such as microfunds, solidarity pools, and cooperative-based care bonds to fund climate-friendly transformations in social care. The cooperative also seeks to access national and international climate finance mechanisms.Education and Local Capacity Building
Developing training programs for young care workers and social service professionals with a focus on climate awareness. Community-wide awareness activities that foster intergenerational engagement are also implemented.Cross-Border Cooperation and Knowledge Exchange
As part of its international outreach, particularly with Germany, the cooperative values the sharing of knowledge and experience on climate-friendly social service models and cooperative governance.