The world population and consumption are rapidly increasing in parallel, natural resources are depleting quickly, and we are facing serious environmental pollution. As ÜÇGE, we aim to raise awareness and consciousness about this issue and contribute to leaving a truly livable world for future generations. We start by working together and touching our families and surroundings, and integrating sustainability as an integral part of our company culture and corporate strategies. Of course, we have implemented important projects for the environment and nature under the scope of sustainability since our establishment. Finally, to solve the significant waste problem, which is crucial today, we have taken the first step as a local producer in collaboration with our country.
As the most crucial step of the circular economy, which ensures the clean contribution of resources to the country's economy, we have taken a significant step towards leaving a livable world for future generations with our new product line, iECO Deposit Return Machines, which we have developed with a mission to contribute to the economy and the environment and with a sense of social responsibility, serving our Deposit Return Management system. Our Public Return Centers and Verification Facilities systems also support this mission.
We are moving forward with a more systematic and comprehensive policy in all our processes planned for a sustainable future. As part of the project, we first formed our ÜÇGE Sustainability Volunteers team consisting of volunteers within the company. Then, we identified our carbon footprint as ÜÇGE and took action by setting a roadmap to reduce it. With this project, we want to create awareness and leave our mark as ÜÇGE for the future. In our sustainability journey, we will not only focus on environmental issues but also progress with a strategy that creates value in every field under the umbrella of sustainability.
As ÜÇGE, we consider it our duty to keep the sustainable environmental principles, which we place at the centre of our activities within the scope of our aim to create Value for the Future, alive in our entire value chain and to continuously improve our performance.
We always prioritise the protection of the environment by adopting strategies and policies to minimise the environmental footprint of all our local and global activities that we carry out with the principles of Power, Trust, Glory (ÜÇGE).
• To ensure continuous development and improvement by meeting all national and international legal obligations and customer requirements related to environmental aspects • To consider environmental impacts in plant, product and process design
• To improve our environmental management system for continuous improvement of our environmental performance
• Increasing the use of renewable energy sources
• Raising awareness of all our employees and stakeholders about the environmental impacts of our activities and our environmental responsibilities through training and event activities, raising awareness and increasing their participation
• To assess the environmental impact of our suppliers in order to improve the environmental impact of ÜÇGE products
• To conserve natural resources by using appropriate technologies with the least impact on the environment within the framework of technical and economic possibilities
• Preventing or minimising the wastes that may arise as a result of our activities at the source and prioritising recycling and reuse alternatives
• In case of any accident or emergency that may occur in our activities, to take measures to minimise the effects on our employees and the environment
