Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Üretim : Volunteers of Zorlu Enerji OEPSAŞ Kıvılcımları Project clean the Kocakır Recreation Area in Eskişehir

Press Release June 2022

"Zorlu Enerji OEPSAŞ Kıvılcımları" movement inspires for a cleaner world

Volunteers of Zorlu Enerji OEPSAŞ Kıvılcımları Project clean the Kocakır Recreation Area in Eskişehir

Zorlu Enerji aims to contribute to Turkey's sustainability goals and inspires the energy of the future through the Kıvılvımlar (Sparks) Movement, a corporate volunteering program implemented within the "Smart Life 2030" vision.

Zorlu Enerji focuses on the management of renewable energy resources with technology to reduce the effects of climate change in the long term. The company continues to work towards the goal of contributing to the protection of our ecosystem. Zorlu Enerji now carries out various volunteering activities with a sustainable world vision through the "Zorlu Enerji OEPSAŞ Kıvılcımları" project initiated within the scope of the Sparks Movement -a corporate volunteering program developed by Zorlu Holding Human Resources Group Department in 2018.

Kıvılcımlar Movement brought together Zorlu Enerji OEPSAŞ Kıvılcımları volunteers in Eskişehir on June 5, World Environment Day. Over 60 volunteers cleaned the Kocakır Recreation and Picnic Area in Eskişehir of waste, especially glass-waste, to prevent possible forest fires. Furthermore, in the past months, Kıvılcımlar volunteers cleared forest and recreation areas around the power plants in Manisa and Denizli, respectively. On their way, they started with the slogan "Our energy is to protect our forests," they plan to increase awareness about forest fires in our country, especially in the cities with operational areas.

Zorlu Enerji aims to restore 1.2 million tons of CO2 to the soil

Aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Zorlu Enerji carries out its operations in line with the "Science-Based Targets (SBTi)" implemented on a global scale by the UN Global Compact indexed to the 1.5 °C global compliance target. Zorlu Enerji aims to fulfill its commitments and achieve goals by 2024, to plant ninety thousand saplings each year until 2030, to plant 1.2 million saplings in total, and restore 1.2 million tons of CO2 to the soil by 2075.