Climate Change Data

Doğanlar Mobilya Grubu İmalat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental sensitivity
  • Waste management
  • Energy efficiency
  • Responsible sourcing
  • Gender equality
  • Transparency
  • Human rights
  • Labor standards
  • Anti-corruption

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced the use of natural resources through waste minimization
  • Produced mattresses utilizing yarns made from 100% recycled plastics
  • Provided heat energy by burning process wastes

Social Achievements

  • Selected as “Türkiye’s Happiest Workplace”
  • Ranked among the top 100 “Women Friendly” companies
  • Signed the UN Women agreement, committing to support women's empowerment
  • Signed a collaboration protocol with the Düzce Chamber of Commerce and Industry within the Women’s Hand in Industry Project
  • Implemented internal communication activities to enhance communication among employees
  • Took steps to implement a development-oriented performance management system
  • Created the infrastructure of Akademi-D for agile and digital transformation

Governance Achievements

  • Became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact
  • Established the Company’s Sustainability Office
  • Included in the BIST Participation All and BIST Participation 100 indices

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net Zero Target (Carbon neutral)
  • Participate in RE100 initiative
  • Investigate how to recoup the value of a product at end of life
  • Reduce the need for new resources by extending product life
  • Go towards green investments
  • Provide training and support opportunities to women entrepreneurs
  • Provide internship opportunities for young people from disadvantaged groups
  • Increase access to technologies for underserved markets
  • Create more jobs and prevent unemployment
  • Ensure equal opportunity among employees
  • Incorporate innovation and R&D studies into production processes
Medium-term Goals:
  • Environmental sustainability assessment of suppliers
  • Composting for organic wastes
  • Implement carbon pricing
  • Choose vehicle fleets that allow the use of alternative fuels
  • Set targets to reduce energy and resource intensity
  • Reduce consumption of plastic packaging
  • Installation of SPP system (Renewable energy investments)
  • Including women-owned businesses and SMEs in the supply chain
  • Reduce the amount of organic waste
  • Apply for employee support programs
  • Investments to increase the physical activity of employees
Short-term Goals:
  • Establishing a zero waste system and obtaining zero waste certificates
  • Reporting and verification of carbon footprint
  • Water footprint reporting

Environmental Challenges

  • Economic consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War, including energy price increases, cost hikes, and inflation
  • Decline in domestic demand due to climbing energy and raw material costs and increases in logistics prices
Mitigation Strategies
  • Focused on exports to compensate for shrinking domestic demand
  • Implemented internal communication and development-oriented performance management system
  • Invested in technology and human resources
  • Carried out sustainable production and resource use with an eco-design model

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: An audit was carried out in 2022 by an institution authorized under the Amfori BSCI Social Compliance Certificate

Responsible Procurement
  • Working with a supplier that produces 100% recycled yarn

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, GRI, CDP

Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 10002, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 27001, FSC®

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Environmentally friendly sofas
  • Mattresses utilizing yarns made from 100% recycled plastics

Awards & Recognition

  • Türkiye’s Happiest Workplace
  • Brandverse Awards Silver Award
  • Youngest Entrepreneur Woman Award
  • The Hammers Gold Award
  • Crystal Apple Award for the “Paw Guarantee” Project
  • A.C.E Awards Excellent Customer Satisfaction Achievement Awards

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:199,752.4 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:1,796.5 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:6,191.9 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:191,764.0 tCO2e/year
Water Consumption:33,397.5 m3/year (domestic use only)
Waste Generated:2240.5 tons/year (non-hazardous) + 107.3 tons/year (hazardous)
Carbon Intensity:0.09 tonCO2e per product in 2023

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Achieved a total renewable energy production capacity of 9,524 kWp through solar energy projects in Biga and Düzce.
  • Incorporated recyclable materials into production processes, utilizing fabrics made from 3,500 meters of PET bottles and 12 tons of recycled fiber.

Social Achievements

  • Offered comprehensive training programs to support employee development.
  • Executed various social responsibility projects.
  • Conducted a Stakeholder Workshop to gather insights on stakeholder expectations and suggestions.

Governance Achievements

  • Launched a sustainability strategy aligned with long-term growth objectives.
  • Established a robust corporate governance structure with independent board members and committees.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieving net zero emissions by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
  • Using 100% renewable energy in operations by 2030
  • Replacing at least 50% of logistics vehicles with zero-emission vehicles by 2030
  • Investing $4 million in renewable energy projects by 2030
  • Launching a new collection each year within the framework of the Circular Design Guide starting in 2026
  • Designing 5% of new products annually using recycled and upcycled materials starting in 2026
  • Increasing the percentage of women in management from 19% to 25% by 2027
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce waste sent to landfills by 50% by 2027
  • Recycling or recovering 60% of operational waste by 2027
  • Conducting ESG audits on 50% of the entire supplier portfolio and 30% of critical suppliers by 2027
  • Ensuring 30% sustainable raw material usage across all mattress product lines by 2027
  • Developing a Circular Design Guide by 2025 and incorporating it into design processes

Environmental Challenges

  • Economic volatility and social adversity in Türkiye.
  • Climate-related risks such as extreme weather events, transition to low-carbon technologies, and reputational risks.
  • Policy risks including carbon pricing mechanisms and changes in national and international legislation.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Investing in climate-resilient infrastructure and emergency plans.
  • Investing in renewable energy sources and low-emission technologies.
  • Implementing automation systems, strengthening technological infrastructure, and energy efficiency projects.
  • Calculating carbon footprint measurements, investing in carbon reduction projects, and collaborating with FSC-certified suppliers.
  • Implementing energy-efficient technologies in production processes.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 70 suppliers assessed in 2023; aiming for 50% of the entire supplier portfolio and 30% of critical suppliers to undergo ESG audits by 2027

Responsible Procurement
  • Prioritizing local suppliers (664 out of 665 in 2023)
  • Code of Ethics for suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
Transition Risks
  • Transition to low-carbon technologies
  • Carbon pricing mechanisms
  • Changes in legislation
Opportunities
  • Transition to renewable energy sources
  • Increasing energy efficiency
  • Increasing demand for sustainable products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI 2021 Standards

Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 10002, ISO 27001, FSC® Chain of Custody

Third-party Assurance: No external assurance obtained

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Mattresses with recycled materials
  • Upholstery fabrics from recycled PET bottles
  • Products using recycled and upcycled materials

Awards & Recognition

  • 2022 A.C.E. Award (Doğtaş)
  • 2023 Social Media Awards Türkiye (Doğtaş)
  • 2022 Crystal Apple Awards (Doğtaş)
  • 21st Golden Spider Awards (Kelebek)
  • Brandverse Awards (Kelebek)
  • The Hammers Awards (Kelebek)
  • Diamond Award at the 9th Achievement In Customer Excellence (Lova Yatak)
  • Silver Award at the 9th Achievement In Customer Excellence (Doğtaş)