Zorlu Energy Publishes 5th Sustainability Report

Zorlu Energy published its 5th Sustainability Report prepared in accordance with GRI Standards under the leadership of the Sustainability Board. Positioning sustainability at the center of its business model in order to implement the smart energy systems of the future, Zorlu Energy transparently shares its sustainable development performance with the public in this report covering the period of 2016-2017. Zorlu Energy, one of Turkey's pioneers in the field of domestic and renewable energy, has published its 5th Sustainability Report, which includes the economic, social, social and environmental practices it implemented in 2016-2017 in line with its sustainability vision and its performance in these matters. With this report, Zorlu Enerji aims to guide awareness-raising, monitoring and evaluation activities in order to set sustainable development targets for the future, to continue the fight against climate change and to ensure sustainable development. Zorlu Energy's 5th Sustainability Report has been prepared in accordance with the "Basic" option of the Sustainability Reporting Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the globally accepted reporting system in this field. "The driving force of our growth-oriented strategy will be sustainability" Zorlu Energy President Sinan Ak, who stated that they continue their investments to implement the smart energy systems of the future; He stated that they put sustainability at the center while creating the growth model and that the carrier force of Zorlu Energy's growth-oriented strategy would be sustainability. Sinan Ak continued his words as follows: "We see sustainability as a guide that guides all our work. We shape our sustainability policy in line with the fight against climate change, the management of greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency, responsible stakeholder dialogue and the conservation of natural resources, and we believe that this is the right and effective way to achieve long-term, sustainable growth. "With our renewable energy investments, we have reduced emissions by 3 thousand hectares of forest area" Stating that as of the end of 2017, 76 percent of Zorlu Energy's domestic installed power is based on renewable energy sources, Sinan Ak stated that they have implemented clean, low-emission and advanced technologies power plant projects in our country with the awareness that global climate change is one of the biggest risks and threats. Sinan Ak continued his words as follows: "Our total installed capacity, which had 444 MW of renewable energy capacity in 2015, reached 568 MW by the end of 2017. At the same time, while Zorlu Energy's net electricity generation from renewable energy in Turkey accounted for 77% of total electricity production in 2016, this value reached 82% in 2017. As a result of the production we made from renewable energy sources in 2016-2017 covering this reporting period, we achieved voluntary emission reductions as much as a forest of nearly 3 thousand hectares. Again, we carried out Turkey's largest transplantation application and moved approximately 1600 fig and olive trees in Kızıldere III JES field to another location without being damaged." "We have increased the amount of our social investments by more than 3 times" Sinan Ak stated that while producing energy from domestic and renewable sources with their innovative approaches, they contribute more to the future of Turkey every year with the benefits they provide to society in all regions where they operate, and that they have increased their social investments by more than 3 times compared to the previous reporting period from TL 3.1 million to TL 9.6 million. Sinan Ak continued his words as follows: "We have been voluntarily included in the BIST Sustainability Index since 2016. As the first energy company in Turkey to calculate its carbon footprint, we have also become a pioneer in this regard by reporting the water footprint for the first time in the CDP Water Program with our Zorlu Energy and Zorlu Natural companies. Zorlu Enerji and Zorlu Natural, two of our companies, received the "Climate Leadership" award in the "2017 CDP Climate Change Program" and the "Our Energy is for Children" Project received national and international awards, including the "Low Carbon Hero" award. All these are developments that show that we are on the right path and have a very high spiritual value. As Zorlu Energy, we will continue to grow our investments in renewable and clean energy sources, especially solar, in the coming period. With our investments that will activate the smart energy systems of the future, we will work for a smarter and more sustainable future."