Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi : CDP WATER REPORT 2021

ASELSAN ELEKTRONİK SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. CDP Water Security

Questionnaire 2022 Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Welcome to your CDP Water Security Questionnaire 2022

W0. Introduction

W0.1

(W0.1) Give a general description of and introduction to your organization.

ASELSAN is the face of technology in Türkiye for decades and an inspiration for the manufacture of electrical /electronic equipment since its establishment in 1975. ASELSAN's vision is being a national technology company that maintains its sustainable growth by creating value in the global market; preferred due to its competitiveness, trusted as a strategic partner, and caring for the environment and people.

Today ASELSAN is a world class brand in expanding systematically into the local and global markets, with over 2.2 Bio USD in revenue and almost 9460 employees. ASELSAN has become a high technology, multi-product defense electronics company by introducing state-of-the-art equipment and systems solutions for both military and professional applications in 3 continents over 78 countries.

ASELSAN is a technology provider not only for the military but for the life and the environment. Beside defense technologies, ASELSAN has a wide range of scope in the technology areas such as public safety, transportation, health, energy and automation systems, communication and high-end agricultural technologies. In addition to contributions to the national technological needs in line with the mission, ASELSAN also creates value for its customers and partners with its exports.

ASELSAN operates under five business sectors:

• Communications and Information Technologies Business Sector (HBT): Tactical Radios,
  Tactical Area Communication Systems, Avionic, Satellite and Naval Communication Systems, Public Safety Communication Systems
• Radar, Electronic Warfare Business Sector (REHIS): Radar Systems, Electronic Warfare Self
  Protection Systems, Electronic Warfare Intelligence and Attack Programs
• Defense Systems Technologies Business Sector (SST): Weapon Systems, Command Control
  (C4ISR) Systems, Naval Combat Systems, Air and Missile Defense
• Microelectronics, Guidance & Electro-Optics Business Sector (MGEO): Electro-Optic Systems, Guidance & Unmanned Systems, Avionic Systems, Microelectronics
• Transportation, Security, Energy, Automation & Healthcare Systems Business Sector:
  Transportation Systems, Security Systems, Traffic and Automation Systems, Energy Systems, Homeland Security Systems, Healthcare Systems (UGES).

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ASELSAN ELEKTRONİK SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. CDP Water Security

Questionnaire 2022 Wednesday, July 27, 2022

ASELSAN maintains engineering operations in Ankara, production and engineering operations in Macunköy, Akyurt and Gölbaşı. Headquarters are located in Ankara Macunköy. Some management offices are located in Istanbul Teknopark.

The Macunköy Facility was established over a total area of 186,848 m2. ASELSAN's headquarters are located in Macunköy Facility as well as Communications and Information Technologies Business Sector and Defense System Technologies Business Sector and Transportation, Security Energy Automation and Healthcare Business Sector.

The Akyurt Facility was established on a total area of 635,309 m2. The Microelectronics Guidance and Electro-Optic Business Sector is located in the ASELSAN Akyurt Facility.

The Gölbaşı Facility was established in the Gölbaşı district of Ankara, and houses production plants for radar and electronic warfare systems for land, air, sea, space and unmanned platforms. This Facility was established on a total area of 665,802 m2.

Teknokent (ODTU- Titanium) offices and Akyurt 2 facility were included in the boundaries in 2020.

Decreasing carbon emission is the most important strategic goal for ASELSAN. Carbon emission is monitored since 2009. In 2021, ASELSAN got an A- score in Climate Change Supply Chain Management, achieving a new success in its climate change management, it has decreased carbon emission significantly through its efforts, and continues its operations by increasing momentum in the fields of increasing energy efficiency in production, giving priority to production technologies that decrease carbon emission, switching to use of energy that does not cause carbon emission. Macunköy, Akyurt and Gölbaşı Facilities obtained the ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management System Certificate in April 2021 for all energy resources, and without any major or minor findings.

The GHG reporting boundaries mapping was achieved in 2021 and in April 2022 ISO 14064:2018 GHG Management Systems transition was carried out successfully.

As a result of corporate governance rating activities carried out by an independent rating agency, SAHA in 2021, ASELSAN increased its score from 9.29 out of 10 on 11.12.2020 to

9.35 on 10.12.2021. ASELSAN became the leader of Türkiye's most valuable brands by increasing its brand value by 65.7%. In the brand rating, the Company increased its score from AA in 2020 to AA+ in 2021.

According to Turkish Time's "R&D 250 - Companies with Highest R&D Spending in Türkiye"

Survey conducted on the basis of data for 2020, ASELSAN was the company with the highest R&D spending with its investments of TRY 5 billion 615 million in 2021.

ASELSAN won the "Special Award" in "Big Stars" category that lists technology companies with revenues of EUR 50 million and above.

W0.2

(W0.2) State the start and end date of the year for which you are reporting data.

	Start date	End date
Reporting year	January 1, 2021	December 31, 2021

W0.3

(W0.3) Select the countries/areas in which you operate.

Turkey

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W0.4

(W0.4) Select the currency used for all financial information disclosed throughout your response.

TRY

W0.5

(W0.5) Select the option that best describes the reporting boundary for companies, entities, or groups for which water impacts on your business are being reported.

Companies, entities or groups over which operational control is exercised

W0.6

(W0.6) Within this boundary, are there any geographies, facilities, water aspects, or other exclusions from your disclosure?

No

W0.7

(W0.7) Does your organization have an ISIN code or another unique identifier (e.g., Ticker, CUSIP, etc.)?

Indicate whether you are able to provide a unique identifier for	Provide your unique
your organization.	identifier
Yes, an ISIN code	TREASLS00018
Yes, a Ticker symbol	ASELS

W1. Current state

W1.1

(W1.1) Rate the importance (current and future) of water quality and water quantity to the success of your business.

	Direct use	Indirect use	Please explain
	importance	importance
	rating	rating
Sufficient	Important	Important	Access to sufficient volumes and good quality
amounts of good			water is required in direct or indirect operations,
quality freshwater			the operations are not water intensive. The direct
available for use			use of water in our facilities' offices, laboratories,
			printed circuit board manufacturing area, cafeteria
			services and green areas covers operational and
			maintenance activities for cooling, heating,
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			laboratory tests and cleaning/ hygiene purposes.
			In the short term, reducing water usage during
			these services is in our business plans. For
			current conditions, the efficient use of water has
			importance for indirect activities performed by our
			suppliers. Due to our risk assessments, in 4-5
			years the water efficiency will be in their concern
			base on water management principles. So, there
			is a need to understand the relevant water
			aspects and volumetric data for indirect uses. The
			water related data collection process from our
			supply chain is in place, and it is in the
			improvement phase.
			Reducing water usage by monitoring water
			quantity and quality is always in our concern
			during our activities. In the short term ISO 14046
			certification process will be included in our
			business plan .
Sufficient	Important	Neutral	For our facilities reducing water stress risk and
amounts of			ensuring adequate water for all needs are
recycled,			important. For current conditions, there is no any
brackish and/or			urgent need for recycled or produced water both
produced water			for direct and indirect use. In the med- term;
available for use			quality and quantity of water may be affected by
			pollution or salinity, which may increase the need
			for recycled water.
			For this reason, we prefer to use water efficiently
			in our activities. In the med- term, the recovery of
			wastewater through water management will be in
			our activity plan. For this purpose, the feasibility
			work for the recycle/reuse of the waste water has
			a great importance in the domestic treatment
			plants. The efficiency monitoring of the treatment
			plants is always in place.

W1.2

(W1.2) Across all your operations, what proportion of the following water aspects are regularly measured and monitored?

	% of	Please explain
	sites/facilities/operations
Water withdrawals -	100%	100% of the organization's facilities are regularly
total volumes		(at least annually) measured for each of the
		defined aspects; 8% of it represents various
		offices located in İstanbul and in Ankara

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ASELSAN ELEKTRONİK SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. CDP Water Security

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		Campuses that fall outside of our control
		boundary. The main 3 facilities: Macunköy,
		Akyurt(I&II) and Gölbaşı are into our control
		boundaries.
		In all facilities & offices 100% of water used is
		withdrawn from municipal supply system; ASKI
		(Ankara Municipality Waterworks) & ISKI
		(Istanbul Municipality Waterworks).
		The water taken by tanker as 3 rd party, is used
		for irrigation purposes, in case of any
		requirement.
		Total Volumes are cross-checked by bills.
		The data is entered monthly into a corporate
		database, to evaluate consumption trends and
		reduction target.
Water withdrawals -	100%	100% of the organization's facilities are regularly
volumes by source		(at least annually) measured for each of the
		defined aspects; 8% of it represents various
		offices located in İstanbul and in Ankara
		Campuses that fall outside of our control
		boundary. The main 3 facilities: Macunköy,
		Akyurt(I&II) and Gölbaşı are into our control
		boundaries.
		Water is important for our activities and we
		measure water withdrawals by their sources. In
		all facilities and offices nearly 100% of water
		used is withdrawn from municipal supply system;
		ASKI & ISKI.
		The data is entered monthly into a corporate
		database, to evaluate consumption trends and
		reduction target.
Water withdrawals	100%	100% of the organization's facilities are regularly
quality		(at least annually) measured and monitored for
		each of the defined aspects; 8% of it represents
		various offices located in İstanbul and in Ankara
		Campuses that fall outside of our control
		boundary. The main 3 facilities:
		Macunköy,Akyurt(I&II) and Gölbaşı are into our
		control boundaries. Ankara Municipal
		Waterworks Directorate reports and monitors the
		water quality in daily periods. The quality of water
		could be regularly accessed through their official
		website. We can monitor the quality of water from
		their system. In our activities, the municipal water
		is used for all facilities and offices. As a cross
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