As a follow-up to the "Corporate Sustainability Practices and Leaders of Tomorrow Panel" event organized in May with the financial support of the Australian Embassy by the Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum, which also hosts CDP Türkiye, a workshop titled "The Future of Susta
The II. Green Energy Summit, which brought together the industrial, financial, and energy sectors of Türkiye's carbon markets, was held on October 15, 2024, in collaboration with the Digitalization in Energy Association (EDIDER) and ATP GreenX.
The response deadline for companies wishing to reply to CDP has been extended to October 9, 2024.
CDP TÜRKİYE
Climate Change
CDP, launched to collect and share information to enable companies, investors, and governments to take action against the threat of climate change, allows around 23,000 companies to voluntarily disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies to the public and investors..
Water Security
CDP believes that the private sector must take responsibility for water issues, and to encourage them to fulfill this responsibility, it provides a platform where companies can transparently disclose their water usage and its impact on water resources, calling on them to take action in water conservation.
Forest
The most significant known causes of deforestation include livestock and mining activities, as well as the production of palm oil, rubber, soy, timber, cocoa, and coffee. Between ten to fifteen percent of greenhouse gas emissions are partly driven by supply and demand dynamics that carry the risk of deforestation.
Plastics
The increasing production of plastics each year poses serious threats to global ecosystems, economies, and societies. Enhancing transparency around plastic footprints is crucial for enabling companies to develop strategies to reduce plastic usage. Strong corporate disclosures are seen as a fundamental step in addressing plastic pollution.
