Climate Change Data

KARDEMİR Karabük Iron Steel Industry and Trade Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019, 2023-01 to 2023-06)

Reporting Period: 2019

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Completed the 2nd stage and 1st step of investments for the Improvement of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant and opened the center on 26.12.2019.
  • Planted 500 trees along the Karabük -Ankara highway and 100 trees in the personnel parking lot.
  • Painting of the emergency water tanks on the premises was completed.

Social Achievements

  • Supported various community initiatives including a commemoration march, My +1 Friend event for People with Down Syndrome, an excursion to Çanakkale, and awards for students.
  • Organized training for 397 different topics with an average training time per person reaching 44.27 hours.
  • Supported Karabük University and various social clubs for employees.

Governance Achievements

  • Established an Audit Committee, an Early Detection of Risk Committee, and a Corporate Governance Committee.
  • The Board of Directors convened 22 times in 2019.
  • Implemented a remuneration policy for senior managers, associated partners, Board Members, the General Manager and Vice General Managers.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Decreased raw steel production in Turkey by 9.6% to 33.7 million tons in 2019.
  • Decreased Long Product outputs reached their lowest level of the past 8 years, with its consumption rate also showing an almost 30% decrease.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Focus on developing new products with high added value that are currently met by imports.
  • Investments in R&D projects worth approximately 42 million TL.
  • Increased production volume and product range, leading to a 65% decrease in imports of heavy profiles in 2019.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

  • First among the companies in the Heavy Industry category in the “Istinyeli Awards”

Reporting Period: 2023-01 to 2023-06

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Social Responsibility
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Community Investment
  • Employee Well-being
  • R&D and Innovation

Environmental Achievements

  • ISO 14001 Environmental Management System audit conducted with no nonconformities found.
  • 19 of 22 environmental investment items completed.
  • Ongoing environmental investments in 3 areas.
  • Projects for carbon capture studies and hydrogen use.

Social Achievements

  • 16th Term Collective Labor Agreement signed.
  • TRY 131,863,244 in donations and aid.
  • Extensive employee training programs (64,314 hours).
  • Support for various community initiatives (sports, education, disaster relief).
  • Blood donation campaign.

Governance Achievements

  • Establishment of Audit Committee, Early Detection of Risk Committee, and Corporate Governance Committee.
  • Regular Board of Directors meetings.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed