Our Projects

As a consortium partner, we took part in the DEEP Project, which was launched with joint funding from the Republic of Türkiye and the European Union. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, the project was designed to support Türkiye’s transition towards a circular economy and to strengthen its institutional and technical capacity in this process. Spanning a total duration of 36 months, the project began in 2022 and was completed in February 2025.

Since 2016, with the funding support of the EBRD, we have been running the Türkiye Materials Marketplace Project along with various circular economy initiatives. These efforts have been consolidated under the name “Türkiye’s Circular Economy Platform” with the continued support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Through the transactions carried out on this platform, we enabled the recovery of nearly 77,000 tonnes of materials, corresponding to a value of €3.8 million.

Building on the destruction and damage caused by the earthquakes of 6 February, we prepared a guiding document titled “Debris Waste Management Guide for Urban Transformation, Earthquakes and Other Possible Disasters”. The guide focuses on the health, environmental, and safety risks that may arise from the mismanagement of debris waste generated during urban transformation processes, in the event of an earthquake, or as a result of other potential disasters. It was presented to the public in June 2024.

In cooperation with Ankara University Water Management Institute, we launched the Water Risks Project in May 2022 in the town of Çerikli, Delice district of Kırıkkale province. Supported by eight of our members from the Agriculture-Food working group as project sponsors, the initiative aimed to analyse the impact of climate change on water resources and to develop efficient irrigation strategies in agriculture. Implemented in two phases, the project was completed in 2024.

The Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Platform (DEKVEP) is a capacity-building project launched in partnership between our Association and the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO), with the support of the Istanbul Development Agency (İSTKA). Conducted over a period of 18 months to promote resource efficiency and circular economy practices in Istanbul’s industry, the project was concluded in 2024 with the Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Summit.

With the aim of guiding the business world in processes of gender equality and digital transformation, we launched the Future of Work and Women’s Employment Project in collaboration with KPMG in 2022. Through this project, we sought to analyse the digitalisation-related competencies of companies’ female talent pools and to create a guiding framework for Human Resources departments.

Within the scope of the project we carried out in collaboration with our Association’s Energy Working Group and Marmara University, the guide “Energy Efficiency in Vehicles” was prepared. The guide comprehensively addresses the share of CO₂ emissions from land vehicles within the energy sector, the economic and environmental benefits of energy efficiency in transportation, and strategies aimed at increasing sectoral awareness.

Buildings form our primary living and working spaces across the globe. For this reason, a significant portion of our energy consumption (40%) takes place indoors. To draw attention to this fact and to encourage the business world to unite under a common framework for focused action, our BEV Declaration was opened for signature in 2013. As an Association, we monitored and evaluated the annual energy data of the signatory companies and provided tailored feedback to each. Through these measurement, evaluation, and monitoring processes, the signatories identified significant opportunities for improvement, thereby increasing their efficiency and savings.