Targets that cover greenhouse gas emissions from Çimsa’s operations and are in line with the 1.5°C scenario were registered following the completion of the validation studies carried out by the Science Based Targets Initiative.
Accordingly, Çimsa aims to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 product emission intensity by 42.1% by 2033 as of 2021 as the base year, and Scope 3 product emission intensity for purchased clinker and cement by 43.4% by 2033 as of 2022.
Çimsa CEO Umut Zenar stated that he is very pleased that SBTi, established in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has registered Çimsa’s carbon reduction targets. Emphasizing that Çimsa prioritizes efforts to reduce carbon emissions in all its activities and investments carried out to establish sustainable living spaces and shape the future as of today, Umut Zenar made the following assessments:
“As Çimsa, we are happy that the Science Based Targets Initiative, a global and prestigious initiative closely followed by investors, public institutions and academic circles, has registered our near-term goal. We are taking visible action further every day in terms of sustainability and carbon management, which are part of our main strategies. It is time for the whole world to turn goals into action, and as Çimsa, we are showing the necessary leadership in this journey. Alternative raw material and alternative fuel use, product transformation, thermal and electrical energy efficiency, renewable energy and implementation of advanced technologies constitute our main action topics within the scope of our decarbonization journey.”
