We manage our environmental impacts with the most advanced systems, established in accordance with the requirements of internationally accepted management standards, and constantly improved in parallel with the development of international standards and technological opportunities.
The most fundamental tools we use in the management of our environmental priorities are IFC Performance Standards, EBRD Performance Requirements, local legislation, and ISO 14001. We manage environmental issues, such as the performance area, within the Corporate ESG Department organization, with a structure extending from the Board of Directors to project and business teams. We determine our targets in the supply chain to carry out environmental work. We created the Environment Sub-Working Group as a supporting structure to strengthen the decision-making and implementation processes within the scope of environmental management and to develop environmental sustainability projects.
Regarding our environmental priorities, we carry out activities on issues such as compliance with changing systems and legal regulations, system and process improvements, efficiency-enhancing practices, and performance evaluation and reporting. The Environment Sub-Working Group meets at least twice a month and is responsible for the development, execution, and finalization of environmental performance and environmental sustainability projects.
We are a constantly growing and developing organization, playing an active role in the EPC sector, and evaluate environmental investments at the decision stage. Our Climate Change Approach Policy, in which we undertake to invest only in renewable energy sources, is an important guide in our environmental activities. In cases falling within the scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation, we prepare the related reports and make the necessary implementations.
The basis of our strategy is the principles of efficiency, innovation, and respect for nature and people. We believe that minimizing our impact on the environment is a necessity for doing our job well and correctly. The focus of our projects within the scope of operational excellence, which is part of our company culture, is to minimize the resources and waste we use. While these studies provide significant progress in our environmental performance, they also positively affect our financial performance.
One of the industrial revolutions is social expectations, and the technologies that meet these expectations have been a driving force in the industry. As the population increased, needs increased and diversified; innovative products and production technologies emerged to respond to this diversity and the expected amount of production. However, this situation has also led to the emergence of phenomena that pose great risks to society and business, such as resource scarcity, environmental pollution, and climate change. Solutions to these problems, which are becoming more evident today, can again be found through innovative thinking and technology. For this reason, while producing solutions to today’s outstanding problems, we will also meet the needs of future generations. Developing products and services that minimize environmental risks in terms of both production and consumption is the top priority of the business world. The business leaders of the future will be those who can put forward business models that respond to this problem. In this regard, the most important goal of the leaders of the company, as well as all over the world, is to ensure the protection of people, society, and the environment in their investments, to develop efficient and creative business models, and to meet the expectations of future generations with environmentally friendly and value-added projects. For this purpose, we work to ensure that the company is an organization where advanced technology is used, knowledge is produced with innovative ideas, and the industrial development trend is caught and directed.
Improving environmental performance is among our main business objectives. For this reason, we determine the scope of environmental management to include all our units. The general strategies and policies decided on the platforms created under the leadership of our senior management are transformed into sectoral strategies and policies by our company. In this direction, our company achieves performance increases by achieving the determined targets. The results of our work are shared with our senior managers and used to determine strategic approaches for new periods. Our company-wide environmental management system has been created within the scope of the INTEC Environment and Sustainability Standard within the framework of international performance requirements and legislation and is constantly monitored, with practices carried out with a proactive approach. In addition, environmental policy documents have been created in line with the requirements put forward by the UN Global Compact and international standards and initiatives.
We aim to keep environmental impacts, such as energy and water consumption, emissions, and waste generation, under control, increase recycling, and protect biodiversity. In order to achieve these goals, we carry out improvement activities in line with “best available practices.”
As INTEC, we carry out educational activities to increase the level of knowledge and awareness about environmental protection in large segments of society, especially our employees, stakeholders, customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and solution partners. Within the scope of our Corporate ESG Department, we have a high responsibility in determining long-term environmental management strategies and creating action plans. Carrying out adaptation studies to environmental legislation changes, organizing environmental education activities, and developing environmental management systems are among our priority duties. Within the scope of our department, working groups are formed to improve activities and performance on various focus issues. For example, in the Environment Sub-Working Group, activities will be developed in the fields of water, soil, air, waste, noise management, environmental permits, greenhouse gases, and biodiversity. Sustainability projects will be worked on.
Long-term strategic plans are transformed into goals by our company and disseminated, starting from top management. The work of relevant units is evaluated through numerical performance indicators. Our Environmental Management System is based on internationally accepted standards, especially the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard. Implementation is reliably ensured by documenting these systems through periodic audits. In addition, the ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gases Calculation and Control System Standard, ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety System Standard, ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standard, and ISO 10002 Customer Satisfaction Management System Standard are methodologies that are widely used in our company.
We present environmental management activities and our achievements to our senior management. On the other hand, we share this information with shareholders through various tools, especially annual sustainability reports. We focus on reducing impacts throughout the value chain by addressing environmental risks with a holistic approach, ranging from supply to logistics, from sales to the consumption process of products and services. For this reason, we expect suppliers to adopt the same environmental policies and management approach as we do. We include environmental management criteria in supplier audit methodologies and carry out capacity development studies.
Our company carries out a series of training activities to improve the environmental awareness of its employees and society within the framework of environmental management activities. We share our environmental management activities and achievements with our senior management, and we consider it our responsibility to share them with our valued stakeholders, especially through our sustainability reports. Our theme is climate change. In this context, the climate change strategy created with a SWOT analysis will be revised periodically in light of current developments, as was carried out during the reporting period. We create action plans by integrating this strategy into our business processes and taking into account the requirements of the sector in which we operate. This action plan includes development targets for supply, production, and development processes. The results achieved in line with these targets are monitored with numerical and time-based performance indicators. The evaluations are planned to be effective in the remuneration of responsible managers as part of corporate and individual performance evaluation systems.
