Sustainability

For Turkcell, sustainability is the focal point of our core business strategy.

We take the initiative in reducing the environmental impact of our operational activities and develop our office practices and business processes in accordance with sustainable innovation principles. From our viewpoint, it’s a part of our business to include all our employees, their families, suppliers, investors, and customers in this process.

We’ve been publishing the Turkcell Sustainability Report every year since 2011. Also, since 2014 we have been measuring our carbon footprint within the scope of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). And ever since 2015, we’ve been listed on the Borsa İstanbul Sustainability Index. We are proud to be the first mobile operator with ISO 50001 and ISO 14064 certifications.

Sustainability and the Use of Renewable Energy in Our Business Processes

As Turkcell Group, we are undergoing a sustainable electricity supply transformation. Through the solar panel and wind turbine projects carried out during 2019, we have taken the first steps of this transformation, and aim to meet our electricity consumption exclusively from renewable sources by 2030.

As Turkcell, we aim to transform into a completely carbon-neutral company by 2050.

Sustainable Innovative Products for Our Customers

We conduct studies that help our customers and our cities advance towards a more sustainable way of life, and we realize sustainable innovative products such as Dergilik, Turkcell Filiz, Kopilot, Akıllı Faks and Dijital İmza.

Office Implementations

The Turkcell Waste Management Center we have established enables us to recycle our solid food waste collected on-site from the dining hall and office floors from which we produce soil-improving organic fertilizer.

We recycle paper used in our offices and try to prevent unnecessary consumption with our centralized printing system.

We use sensor lighting, energy saving light bulbs and a smart watch system for lighting in all our offices.

We recycle the unused electronic waste of our employees even from their homes.

Sustainable Projects

We’re planting vegetation at base stations to erase our carbon footprint resulting from fuel consumption in Turkcell and Superonline logistics operations. We’re planting thousands of trees around the base stations in cooperation with the Association for Solidarity of Environmental Organizations (Çeküd).
We have been drawing attention to the pollution of our seas during 2019. In order to raise awareness of this issue, we organized a sea cleaning event during the Turkcell Platinum Bosphorus Cup with the cooperation of the WWF and the participation of Turkcell volunteers. We exhibited works of art produced by Şinasi Yelkenci who made exclusive use of waste gathered from the sea, and who presented one of those works of art to the winner of the race. In addition, we have used only disposable plastics and ensured recycling throughout the racing area.
Direct steps were taken at the Turkcell Gallipoli Marathon regarding the planting of new saplings. We have planted 30,000 saplings in the Güzelyalı and Çınarlı regions over recent years and a further 100,000 this year, expanding our own Turkcell Peace Forest.
Rather than have them wait idly, we refurbished unused devices and put them back on the market with a 1-year warranty.
We are launching a recycling campaign for electronic waste with the Recycle to Education project. We invite everyone to bring their electronic waste to Turkcell stores. In corporation with TUBİSAD we send this waste collected at Turkcell stores for recycling and convert resulting income into qualified education through TEGV (Educational Volunteers).