Climate Change Data

DSM Grup Danışmanlık İletişim ve Satış Tic. A.Ş.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:286,203.61 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:3,940.97 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:22,028.1 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:260,238.10 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:2,093 tons/year
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Planet
  • People

Environmental Achievements

  • Achieved 88% recycling rate for waste
  • Used 100% recyclable packaging
  • Used 40% recycled plastic in shipping bags
  • Increased recycled content in transparent polybags
  • Successfully finalized the zero-waste certification process for 4 transfer centers
  • Conducted audits of all suppliers responsible for manufacturing products to ensure compliance with environmental, social, and governance standards.

Social Achievements

  • Formulated and distributed Diversity and Inclusion Guideline to all stakeholders
  • Initiated Stakeholder Workshops to enhance communication and engagement with stakeholders
  • Incorporated diversity, equality, and inclusion training into recruitment procedures, leadership training, and training catalog for all team members
  • Introduced the Villages of Tomorrow project, reaching over 15 million people through communication activities
  • Introduced the Future is Women program, providing e-commerce training to 19,000 women entrepreneurs

Governance Achievements

  • Established an ethics hotline and email address for reporting violations
  • Received 32 notifications through the ethics hotline and resolved each one
  • Successfully completed the ISO 27001 compliance process, enhancing information security management systems
  • Developed an automated system for extracting customer data and initiated an encryption project to safeguard customer data

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieve carbon neutrality within our own operations by 2040 and extend carbon neutrality across our entire value chain by 2050
  • Reach over one million people through the Villages of Tomorrow program by 2028
Medium-term Goals:
  • Source 100% of retail packaging materials from certified sources by 2025
  • Obtain zero waste certification for all logistics centers by 2025
  • Manufacture 20% of products using sustainable materials by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Produce a minimum of 70% of shipping bags from recycled materials by the end of 2023
  • Achieve 100% recycled material content in shipping bags in European operations by 2023
  • Increase the number of sellers in Trendyol’s women entrepreneurs program and the number of SMEs participating in e-commerce by 15% by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Increasing emissions in both operations and value chain due to ecosystem growth
  • Minimizing carbon footprint of rapidly expanding delivery platform
  • Optimizing packaging size to ensure product safety and efficient delivery
  • Reducing waste generation across the value chain
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed projects focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, green transportation, and environmental awareness
  • Initiated a route optimization project for Trendyol Go, conserving fuel and averting CO2e emissions
  • Expanding sustainable packaging strategy, increasing use of recycled and recyclable materials
  • Implementing a five-step waste management approach across the value chain

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 265 suppliers audited in 2022

Responsible Procurement
  • Trendyol – Code of Conduct
  • Social and Environmental Compliance audits
  • Sustainable Material Use Guidelines

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

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

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards (2021), SASB

Certifications: ISO 27001

Third-party Assurance: PwC Bağımsız Denetim ve Serbest Muhasebeci Mali Müşavirlik A.Ş.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Trendyol Collection with sustainable materials
  • Dolap platform for second-hand goods

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed