CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLANNING / CONTINGENCY PLAN
Local authorities have an important role to play in preventing the negative impacts of the climate crisis. Accelerating urban growth, increasing population, increasing use of land and natural resources, and increasing greenhouse gas emissions are all contributing to global warming. This negative process, called "urbanisation of the climate", makes it imperative for local governments to develop a proper urbanisation strategy. At the same time, as signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement and our goal to become a carbon neutral country by 2053, local governments have a big job to do.
The Climate Change Action Plan report sets out cities' climate targets and develops strategies to achieve them. In this context, a multi-factorial climate action plan will be prepared, which includes the preparation of the city's climate projections and scenarios, the preparation of a greenhouse gas inventory report, the identification of areas and stages of greenhouse gas mitigation, improvement strategies and adaptation plans for areas such as energy, transport, industry, waste, land use, agriculture and forestry.
Sustainability reports are reports that explain the social, economic and environmental performance of organisations, products or services and set targets and commitments. Corporate sustainability reporting makes it necessary to review the development processes in the defined areas of activity at different periods of time and to make new plans. These reports are approved by the GRI and published internationally. Reporting can be done for any public, private, non-governmental organisation or institution.
Corporate sustainability reporting process
Reporting is done according to the globally preferred GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) standards and in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact. The GRI standards contain indicators that organisations can use to assess and report their financial, environmental and social performance. In line with these indicators, it ensures that improvements and strategic plans are made by establishing a link between the current state of the organisation's economic, social and environmental conditions and its future goals. Once the sustainability report has been produced, consultancy services are also provided to ensure that the analyses and strategies are integrated into the management system.
Advantages of a corporate sustainability report
- Enables identification of products, services and activities that add financial, social and environmental value
- Creating opportunities to identify, prevent or mitigate environmental, social and economic adversities in the company's operations, its stakeholders and/or its value chain
- Enabling comparison of sustainability performance with other companies in the sector and securing competitive advantage
- Enhance brand image and reputation
- Ensure systematic management control
- Increase credibility with customers and stakeholders
- Opportunity to benefit from social investment funds
- Creation of a corporate culture
- Possibility of internal integration of evolving sectoral trends
- Increasing employee motivation and potential work efficiency
With the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive to be implemented in Europe from 2024, large companies will have to report on their sustainability policies and performance. This directive, which applies to large companies in the first phase, will be extended to SMEs in the future. Large companies that report will thus comply with the legal requirements and gain new opportunities both internally and externally. SMEs, on the other hand, have the advantage of being able to identify their sustainability performance and develop new strategies during the preparation process for the Sustainability Reporting Directive.
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
GREEN FINANCING ADVICE
One of the most important pillars of the emerging new economic process is green finance. Our finance department consists of team members who are highly competent and specialised in green finance. Companies have problems financing their projects, especially decarbonisation. This hinders success in carbon management. Our company advises public/private sector organisations seeking clean, sustainable and circular operations to access national and international sources of finance, and provides technical assistance, advice and intermediation services to access green finance, especially from international lending institutions.
REPORTING ON THE WATER FOOTPRINT
Problems such as the rapid depletion of water resources, environmental pollution and declining efficiency allow us to better understand the damage that our production and consumption habits do to nature on a daily basis. With population growth and industrialisation, the amount of water consumed is increasing. However, the imbalance between consumption and pollution resulting from the inefficient use of existing water resources is a serious threat. For this reason, water footprint calculations are carried out to determine the amount of water consumed, taking into account all operational phases of organisations, starting with the production phase, including supply and consumption. These calculations were carried out within the framework of the ISO 14046 standard. This international standard clearly sets out the principles and requirements for water footprint assessment.
The water footprint reporting phase consists of determining, calculating and reporting the amount of direct and indirect water consumption and pollution factors in water.
REPORTING ON THE CO2 BALANCE OF COMPANIES
Carbon management encompasses all action plans to achieve the carbon reduction targets that result from corporate carbon emissions reports. With effectively implemented carbon management, all links in the production and supply chain, especially commercial and financial requirements, are accurately identified and solution strategies are developed.
Operational carbon management takes place in 3 stages.
1. Calculation / Reporting: presentation of greenhouse gas emissions generated by the activity in the form of carbon equivalents.
2. Project Design: offering projects to companies to reduce or neutralise the carbon footprint resulting from the calculation and ensuring the follow-up of these projects.
3. Access to Green Finance: enabling access to national and international financial resources for financial issues such as financing projects and loans.
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Along with carbon management;
- Both the production mechanisms and functioning of the company and the consumption habits are restructured, thus systematising the business activities.
- Predictability is increased so that the risks the company may face can be analysed in the best possible way and the necessary plan to reduce carbon emissions can be made.
- Costs are reduced and production is saved.
- High quality projects are prepared and emission targets are achieved through these projects.
-The image of the brand increases, the balance between supply and demand improves.
OPERATIONAL CARBON MANAGEMENT
The carbon footprint of a company is the amount of greenhouse gases produced by the activities of organisations, expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents. It is determined by calculating the emissions generated by the organisation's activities in the previous year. The calculated value shall be expressed in the unit 'tonnes of CO2'. The organisation's emission sources are assessed and calculated in accordance with the ISO 14064-1:2018 standard in 6 categories.
1. Identification of boundaries/resources: this is the first phase in which the direct and indirect CO2 emissions are classified by determining the activity boundaries of the company. In this phase, the emission sources for the company's activities such as production, costs, supply and export are identified and the first step is taken towards the targeted carbon reduction/neutralisation.
2. Data collection: an inventory is made by collecting data that cause GHG emissions due to the company's activities.
3. Calculation: GHG sources are calculated using emission factors and presented as carbon equivalent.
4. Reporting: calculations, assumptions and guidance on the company's carbon emissions are reported in accordance with the ISO 14064-1:2018 standard by specifying them on the basis of clarity and accuracy.
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA)
Life cycle assessment is an analysis that shows the entire process of a product or service, starting with the procurement of raw materials, production, delivery, logistics, use and waste disposal after use. The aim is to identify, report and manage the environmental impacts of these processes. Life cycle assessment holistically evaluates all life cycles of a product or service and their interrelationships. This cumulatively captures all environmental impacts that may occur in all processes of the assessed product or service from "cradle to grave".
LCA standards are set by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) according to TS EN ISO 14040 and 14044.
In LCA, the life cycle of a product, process or service is assessed based on 4 criteria:
1. Versorgung mit Rohstoffen,
2. Herstellung,
3. Nutzung/Wiederverwendung/Wartung
4. Recycling/Abfallwirtschaft
Die Stufen der Ökobilanz sind wie folgt:
1. Bestimmung von Zweck und Umfang: Zunächst wird das zu analysierende Produkt oder die zu analysierende Dienstleistung festgelegt. Ziele, Lebenszyklusstadien, Studien, die in die Analyse einbezogen werden sollen, und die Bestimmung der zu verwendenden Kategorien,
2. Datenerhebung und Bestandsanalyse: Sammlung und Inventarisierung von Daten zu Ressourcen wie Energie, Wasser und Rohstoffen, Emissionen, Schadstoffen und Abfällen, die bei der Herstellung eines Produkts oder einer Dienstleistung verwendet werden,
3. Analyse der Auswirkungen: Auf der Grundlage dieser Inventarliste
In LCA, the life cycle of a product, process or service is assessed based on 4 criteria:
1. supply of raw materials,
2. manufacture,
3. use/reuse/maintenance
4. recycling/waste management
The stages of the LCA are as follows:
1. determination of purpose and scope: first, the product or service to be analysed is determined. objectives, life cycle stages, studies to be included in the analysis and determining the categories to be used,
2. data collection and inventory analysis: collecting and inventorying data on resources such as energy, water and raw materials, emissions, pollutants and waste used in the production of a product or service,
3. impact analysis: Based on this inventory, the potential environmental impacts of the product or service are identified,
4. conclusion die möglichen Umweltauswirkungen des Produkts oder der Dienstleistung ermittelt,
4. Schlussfolgerung