Environmental Management

At Akçansa, we consider reducing our environmental footprint as a fundamental objective, guided by our sustainability strategy and core focus areas of Climate Leadership and Nature & Environment. In this context, we strive to maximize energy efficiency across all our plants, increase the use of alternative and clean energy sources, reduce greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions, ensure the efficient use of water resources, and minimize freshwater consumption by securing alternative water supplies. We also continue our efforts to mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity and restore ecosystems.
We manage environmental practices across all plants in accordance with both national and international best practices and in full compliance with the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard. At our cement plants, we additionally apply the ISO 50001 Energy Management System requirements. We incorporate stakeholder expectations into our environmental compliance processes and uphold a transparent reporting approach. Within this framework, we regularly monitor environmental risks and opportunities and prioritize them through our management systems.

• You can view Akçansa’s Environment and Energy Policy here.

We regularly calculate, monitor, and report our Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. In 2024, we continued to verify our emissions data through independent audits. While we have been verifying Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions annually, this year we verified our Scope 3 emissions for the first time. To mitigate the effects of climate change, we continue developing emission reduction projects and updating our roadmaps in line with sectoral developments. We aim to keep our pollutant air emissions below the limits set by legal regulations, and we strengthen our impact reduction efforts through technological solutions such as NOx reduction and dust suppression projects.
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Adopting a zero-waste approach across our operations, we implement an effective waste management hierarchy and prioritize the reintegration of waste into the economy. In 2024, we continued to process all waste in accordance with this hierarchy, generating both environmental and economic benefits.

We develop biodiversity-sensitive projects to contribute to the sustainability of ecological balance. In this context, our work on Biodiversity Management Plans for two of our mining sites is ongoing, and we aim to complete the reports by 2025. Within the scope of our water management plans, we effectively monitor and manage our water consumption. In 2024, we are continuing to implement our Water Master Plan, focusing on efficient water use, conservation at the source, and the sourcing of alternative water supplies. Through wastewater recovery, we aim to reduce pressure on natural water resources.
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In line with our goal to reduce environmental impacts, we continued our noise prevention efforts at our Büyükçekmece plant in 2024. We carried out sound insulation works at various points to reduce noise levels and completed the replacement of relatively high-noise-emitting equipment with more efficient and modern alternatives. Additionally, we established a roadmap for our future actions in this area and will continue to move forward accordingly in the coming year.
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We regularly monitor and audit our environmental compliance. In 2024, we repeated our evaluations of the environmental consultancy firms serving our Quarry, Terminal, Port, and Ready-Mixed Concrete operations, and successfully completed all environmental permit renewal processes. We also continue to enhance our environmental performance by sharing audit findings and corrective-preventive actions with all our employees through electronic systems.
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As of 2024, we have made environmental and climate-related investments amounting to TRY 289 million within the scope of our sustainability targets. Through these investments, we have implemented projects to improve energy efficiency, accelerated our transition to renewable energy, and deployed sustainable production technologies. As a result of these efforts, we achieved a CO₂e emission reduction of 182.5 thousand tons and saved 9 million kWh of energy within the same year. The total financial savings from these efforts were calculated as TRY 144.2 million, while our total environmental expenditures reached TRY 84.9 million.
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Based on the progress of our current initiatives, we have developed projections for how our financial outlook will evolve in the short, medium, and long term in line with our strategy for managing sustainability-related risks and opportunities. In the short term, we aim to increase our sustainability-focused investments by prioritizing energy efficiency projects. In the medium term, we plan to expand our portfolio of sustainable products and services, enhance revenue diversification, and promote sustainable business models across the company. In the long term, our goal is to establish a production model aligned with a low-carbon economy.