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Carbon Disclosure Project conducted the Workshop on Sectoral Approaches to Climate Change

Within the context of CDP’s project about expanding its scope, which was put into practice with the support of British Government, the Workshop on Sectoral Approaches to Climate Change was carried out in collaboration with Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Association (IKMIB)

Carried out in Turkey by Corporate Governance Forum of Sabanci University, under the sponsorship of Akbank and reporting sponsorship of Ernst & Young Turkey; Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) started a new project with the support of British Government’s Prosperity Fund in the second half of 2011. The new project aims to increase voluntary participation of CO₂ intense firms to CDP, with a sectoral perspective.

As part of this project, Carbon Disclosure Project organized the Workshop on Sectoral Approaches to Climate Change in collaboration with Istanbul Chemicas and Chemical Products Exporters' Association (IKMIB) at the IMMIB Conference Room on February 27, 2012.

After informative presentations took place in the first half of the workshop, the studies on "Best Practices Booklet" was presented in the second half. This booklet is being prepared in the context of CDP's project about expanding its scope which was put into practice with the support of British Government, and the booklet focuses on sectors. The presentations were followed by roundtable meetings where the companies were divided into groups according to their sectors.

Carbon Disclosure Project has been awarded the top accolade in the SME & NGO category of the Zayed Future Energy Prize

In recognition of its work to catalyze the transition to a profitable low carbon economy, drive greenhouse gas emissions reduction and sustainable water use by business and cities, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which is carried out in Turkey by Corporate Governance Forum of Sabancı University, has been awarded the top accolade in the SME & NGO category of the Zayed Future Energy Prize.

Now in its fourth year, the Zayed Future Energy Prize has swiftly established itself as one of the most prestigious awards for modern solutions that will meet the challenges of climate change and forms one of the main features of the World Future Energy Summit, held in Abu Dhabi. Designed to celebrate and encourage leadership and innovation in sustainable development and to establish more effective long-term approaches to energy consumption, the Awards attracted 1,103 nominations and 425 submissions from participants in 71 countries.

CDP is a global independent not-for-profit organization that works to prevent dangerous climate change and protect natural resources such as water through the efficient allocation of capital in order to create long-term prosperity. Working closely with investors, business, cities and governments, CDP provides a transformative global system for thousands of organizations around the world to measure, disclose, manage and share environmental information and reduce their energy consumption, carbon emissions and water use.

“We are delighted to be honored with a Zayed Future Energy Prize,” said Paul Dickinson, CDP’s executive chairman, “We have been working hard for over a decade to reduce greenhouse gas emissions around the globe by using the power of information. We believe we are catalyzing real change across the global business system through measurement, reporting, transparency and analysis, creating the win-win scenario of profitable, low carbon growth. This award is testament to the role that a green economy can play in facilitating sustainable economic prosperity and CDP’s role in driving that.”

Over 3,700 companies and cities across the world’s largest economies have been influenced by CDP to measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, climate change risks and water strategies. The largest collection of self-reported climate change data in the world is held by CDP. By putting this insight at the heart of business, investment and policy decision making, CDP is enabling corporations and governments to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities stemming from climate change. This information also allows the investor community and the public to understand which companies and cities are acting most responsibly in relation to climate change and water use and to make decisions that drive action towards a more sustainable world.

Melsa Ararat, the director of Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey and the director of Carbon Disclosure Project, stated, "This award will strengthen the role of Carbon Disclosure Project in its battle against climate change for Turkey and the world".

CDP Turkey starts 2012 with a Training Event

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Turkey was granted a support from the British Government’s Prosperity Fund in 2011. Thanks to the support, which was provided to finance the efforts to expand the scope of CDP in Turkey, voluntary disclosure of listed and unlisted firms in CO₂ intense industries will be encouraged with a sectoral approach. In this context, CDP Turkey has recently initiated a cooperation program with Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Association (IKMIB).

As a part of this initiative, the two institutions organized a full day training event on Wednesday, 25th of January. The first half of the event consisted of a presentation of CDP and a training session on responding the questions in CDP’s Information Request. In this context, the speakers provided with examples from Turkey and highlighted the similarities of CDP Information Request to GHG emissions reporting regulations. During the second half of the event, an expert from Bureau Veritas informed the participants about the recently adopted Draft Regulation of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

The event took place on Wednesday, 25th of January, at IMMIB Conference Hall, with the participation of approximately 120 representatives from a variety of firms.

Click here to reach the Training Program and presentations.

Carbon Disclosure Project is expanding its scope with the support of British Government’s Prosperity Fund

Within the context of expanding its scope, Carbon Disclosure Project – Turkey initiated a cooperation program with Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Association (IKMIB). As a part of this program, the two institutions organize a training event in 25th of January.

Carried out in Turkey by Corporate Governance Forum of Sabanci University, under the sponsorship of Akbank and with the reporting support of Ernst & Young Turkey since the beginning of 2010; Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is expanding its scope.

CDP – Turkey started a new project with the support of British Government’s Prosperity Fund in the second half of 2011. The new project aims to increase voluntary participation of CO₂intense firms to CDP, with a sectoral perspective.

Within the context of its expansion project, CDP has recently initiated a cooperation program with Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Association. The program will consist of a group of activities to raise awareness on risks of climate change and their management. In this context, the two institutions organize a training in the 25th of January, where the participants will be provided with detailed information on CDP, ways of responding CDP Information Request and the recent draft regulation of Ministry of Environment and Urbanization on MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) of GHG emissions. The training event, which will take place with the support of Bureau Veritas, is expected to involve around 150 participants.

Every year, CDP sends an information request to the firms listed in ISE – 100 index in Turkey. However, the Project is open to voluntary participation of unlisted firms, which are not invited by CDP. Voluntary participants to CDP from Turkey include sector leading firms such as YÜNSA, BRISA and AKÇANSA. The new Project of CDP Turkey, which is carried out with the support of British Government aims to expand the scope of CDP in Turkey via increasing the voluntary participation of firms in CO₂ intense sectors.

Sabanci University
Carbon Disclosure Project - Turkey
CDP Turkey 2011 Report Launch

CDP Turkey - 100 Report 2011

Find the report here

Keynote by Fatih Birol - Find the presentation here

(Chief Economist in International Energy Agency and Honorary Advisor of Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate)

Panel

"Climate Change and Emerging Markets"

- Sue Howells - CDP, Head of Global Operations
- Alexis Krajeski - F&C, Associate Director, Governance & Sustainable Investment
- Giorgio Capurri – UniCredit, CSR Manager, Corporate Sustainability, Group identity and Communications
- Melsa Ararat – Sabancı University Faculty Member – CDP Turkey Director

The Seed – Sabancı Museum
Friday, November 18th, 2011
3:00-6:00 PM

Please send an e-mail to mirhank@sabanciuniv.edu until Monday, 17 October to confirm your attendance.

CDP Global 500 Report 2011

CDP Global 500 Report 2011 was published

CDP Global 500 Report is the world's most comprehensive report on private sector about climate change, by means of investigating the carbon reducing activities of the world's largest companies. This year two out of three companies which were invited from Turkey were included in this report.

It is the first time for Garanti Bank to be listed in the Global 500 companies while Akbank, being the first company from Turkey to be included in Global 500 Report in 2010, again took part in the list this year.

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ specific measurement methodology developed for CDP, Akbank and Garanti Bank received 72 C and 74 C, respectively. These results indicate that the successes of both of these companies are higher than the average. Moreover, the most positive outcome of this year’s report is the fact that most of the companies which responded to the research have implemented their climate change activities into their business strategies. 48% of the companies had implemented their climate change operations into their business strategies in 2010, whereas this number increased to 68% in 2011. Another interesting point in the report is the increase of the companies which reduced their greenhouse gas emissions through emission reduction actions. This number increased from 19% to 45% since last year. Having the title “Accelerating Low Carbon Growth”, this report consists of the analysis of the world’s largest 396 companies’ responses to CDP. It shows that the proportion of the responding companies increased from 65% in 2010 to 74% in 2011.

When the climate change performance is concerned, infrastructure sector is reported to be performing the best; however energy sector is the least committed to this issue. The 30 new companies which are committed for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions according to the “Carbon Action” that started in 2011 by CDP are also included to the Global 500 Report.

Publicity of the CDP Global 500 Report 2011 was conducted through a Global Forum with a sustainable and profitable growth theme. The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres, the CEO of International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Henry Derwent and FTSE Group CEO Mark Makepeace attended this forum where about 20 specialists from all around the world came together for discussing climate change issues.

CDP Turkey on Bloomberg HT

Melsa Ararat, Sabancı University Faculty Member and the Director of Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Turkey, was the guest of "Devre Arası" which is published in Bloomberg HT. The topic of the program was CDP's Global activities and CDP Turkey. You can watch the program from the link below:

http://www.prnet.com.tr/wmv/19092011/232C705D-1E74-49CB-A89E-291C3D46958F.wmv

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