Sustainability
The concept of corporate sustainability, often mentioned today, refers to a company’s approach to conducting its activities with environmental, social, and economic responsibilities in mind. This approach to corporate sustainability involves long-term strategies not only focused on profit but also aimed at contributing positively to society and the planet.
Corporate sustainability strategies make companies’ business processes more sustainable, ensure sustainability in business life, and strengthen brand reputation.
Dimensions of Corporate Sustainability
Corporate sustainability has three main dimensions:
Environmental Dimension: Companies aim to minimize the damage they cause to nature in their production or service processes, which forms the foundation of environmental sustainability. Practices such as energy efficiency, waste management, and reducing carbon footprint are key components of this dimension.
Social Dimension: Topics such as workforce health, safety, employee rights, and projects that benefit the community represent social sustainability. Companies place great importance on corporate social responsibility projects and employee satisfaction within this dimension.
Economic Dimension: Sustainable companies aim to remain financially viable in the long term. Economic sustainability is achieved through efficient use of resources, innovation, and continuous improvement of business processes.
How is Corporate Sustainability Achieved?
Corporate sustainability is achieved through strategic planning, technological innovations, and cultural shifts. Companies adopt environmentally-friendly technologies, support social responsibility projects, invest in sustainable practices, and educate their employees on sustainability. The connection between corporate social responsibility and sustainability is strengthened through these efforts.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Corporate sustainability reports allow companies to measure their sustainability performance and share it with the public. These reports provide a wide range of data, from environmental impacts to social contributions, enhancing transparency. International standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), provide guidance for these reports.
Benefits of Corporate Sustainability for Businesses
Corporate sustainability provides numerous advantages for businesses. Cost savings, enhanced reputation, strengthened customer loyalty, and reduced legal risks are just a few. Firms that embrace sustainability practices in the business world gain a competitive advantage in the long term.
Examples of Corporate Sustainability
At Borusan Cat, in line with our company’s purpose statement, “We Create Solutions for a Better World,” we implement numerous corporate sustainability activities for the environment and future generations.
To align with our waste reduction and reuse goals, we use waste segregation systems in our administrative buildings and repair centers to effectively separate recyclable materials, supporting environmental sustainability.
Through our component repair centers, we contribute to the circular economy. We repair, refurbish, or recycle damaged or worn parts of industrial machinery, which reduces the need for new parts production, conserves raw materials, reduces waste, and lowers our carbon footprint. The maintenance and repair services offered by these centers help extend the life of equipment, contributing to businesses’ sustainability goals.
Our biogas energy facilities convert methane gas accumulated in landfills into electricity, generating over 100 MW of power. These biogas solutions produce enough electricity to meet the annual needs of hundreds of thousands of homes.
At our Ankara facility, we use composite pallets, eliminating the need for tree cutting for wooden pallets. Improvements like changing the electricity tariff and upgrading air systems at our Gebze CRC facility yield cost savings while benefiting the environment.
We continue to develop and implement energy transformation projects that reduce our carbon emissions by approximately 3,100 tons.
We regularly renew our ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification, which provides benefits in preventing adverse environmental impacts and undergoes audits every three years.
Since 2015, we have operated as the Borusan Equality Platform to support gender equality at both corporate and individual levels. Across a wide spectrum, from human resources policies to communication strategies, we aim to achieve concrete results aligned with our group goals for 2030. As one of the first companies in Turkey to sign the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and the first in Turkey to be selected for the WEPs Leadership Group, we develop projects to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
In addition to environmental sustainability, we also take steps in focus areas of climate, people, and innovation under the Borusan Group’s i3 approach.
We use nearly 300 artificial intelligence robots in areas with repetitive and error-prone processes, perfecting repetitive tasks.
As Borusan Cat, we share our performance transparently in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) areas through integrated activity reporting with our stakeholders. In addition to environmental data like energy efficiency, carbon footprint reduction, and renewable energy use, we report our commitments to employee rights, occupational safety, social contributions, and ethical management principles, integrating our sustainability strategies into all business processes.
At Borusan Cat, we continue our efforts to create solutions in sustainability with full force.
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