RAW MATERIAL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

⦁ Management Approach Text

We have accelerated our efforts to make strong contributions to our sustainability journey by taking effective actions in raw material supply, efficient use of natural resources and waste management. We maintain all our environmental activities and efficiency performance in cooperation with our R&D centre, in coordination with the relevant sub-working groups of our sustainability committee, and in line with scientific approaches, and make preliminary preparations to reflect our efficiency approach to all links of our value chain.

⦁ Zero Waste Certificate

As part of waste management, we work on reduction, reuse and recycling with due diligence. Accordingly, we keep our hazardous waste to a minimum. Our non-hazardous waste is significantly recycled, and we actively and continuously work on reducing the amount of waste to be disposed of. All facilities of EAE Lighting are Zero Waste certified.

⦁ Our Environmental Performance

During raw material supply, we focus not only on product quality but also on environmental impact analysis. We make continuous efforts to source raw materials from local and sustainable sources, and prefer production methods and raw materials, which will have the least impact on the environment. In addition, we encourage the use of recyclable raw materials in all links of our value chain to increase efficiency, in order to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources with smarter goals.

We make continuous efforts to minimize energy consumption and carbon emissions in the raw material supply, production and distribution. We aim to minimize our impact on the environment by increasing the use of renewable energy resources. We have put ensuring the effective use of resources through energy efficiency projects at the centre of our decarbonization strategy.

 

All production facilities of EAE Lighting are Zero Waste certified. Our offices and production areas consist of premises with Green Building Leed Gold certification.

 

 

 

⦁ Our Projects

Our goals include launching our RU-1 and RU-2 (ReUse-1 and ReUse-2) reuse projects. We plan to activate our RU-1 project, prepared by the sub-working group of our sustainability committee, in the upcoming period. This project aims to integrate waste powder coatings (Waste Code: 080111), currently disposed of as hazardous waste, into our production process as raw material inputs through reuse. With our RU-2 project under development, we aim to process a portion of waste solvents (Waste Code: 070204) through specific procedures to make them reusable. Once the feasibility planning for both projects is completed and they are launched, we will supply raw material inputs to our production processes through reuse, thereby reducing the environmental impact associated with raw material consumption.