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WE ARE A PIONEER IN
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

AND WE ARE READY

THE EUROPEAN

GREEN DEAL

In keeping with its obligations to address the
climate catastrophe, the European Union
wants to boost resource efficiency, restore
biodiversity, and reduce pollution by 2050
through a transition to a clean, circular
economy.
WHAT DOES GÜLIPEK
The action plans aim to reduce carbon
emissions, decarbonize the energy sector, TEKSTİL DO?
invest in environmentally friendly technology,
promote production innovation, and reduce As Gülipek Tekstil, our Green Deal projects began
reliance on resource use; no region or in 2019 in response to global warming. Since 2019,
community should fall behind in meeting the carbon footprint quantities arising from our
these objectives. manufacturing activities have been calculated,
reduction targets have been established, and a
plan development report has been prepared. The
WHAT IS GOING Gülipek Grove was established as a result of the
ON AROUND THE research, and each year, saplings are donated to
the Aegean Forest Foundation to offset carbon
WORLD? emissions.

In keeping with the value, we place on renewable
Regional and national legislative energy sources, the Spinning factory began to
developments, including limits on carbon receive I-REC Certificates in 2019 and the Dyeing
taxation and trading, are projected to factory in 2021, and the power utilized is supplied
accelerate. Sub-strategies outlined in the EU by renewable sources in both locations.
Green Deal framework, such as sustainable
finance, circular economy, renewable energy, We are expanding our initiatives and getting better
and biodiversity, are expected to be regulated. every day in order to reduce resource use. The
decision was made in 2023 to make our spinning
factory, which is scheduled to open in 2023, a
green factory by getting a LEED Certificate.

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