İzocam, the leading company in insulation, acts with corporate social responsibility awareness in all its decisions and actions today, as in the past. We are aware that the world and nature need us more than ever. For this reason, sustainability constitutes the basis of our social responsibility approaches.
Our strategies to combat climate change, which is the most critical pillar of our social responsibility, include commitments that are of great importance for the future of our world, towards the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. In parallel, as İzocam, we aim to become carbon neutral by 2050, and all our planning and preparation efforts continue to realize our long-term goals within the scope of contributing to sustainability. Many projects aimed at contributing to the circular economy by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, limiting water consumption and wastewater generation, and adapting alternative raw material sources to production processes are being handled within the scope of detailed programs to comply with our 2030 and 2050 sustainability goals. In this context, as İzocam, we have started to implement investment plans aimed at reducing direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by at least 33% by 2030.
This approach is certainly not new for us... As İzocam, we have undertaken many corporate social responsibility activities for many years in the fight
against global climate change and we continue to do so. For example, between 2010 and 2015, we carried out a project for primary school children in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Under this project, students learned the importance of insulation in terms of energy efficiency by watching a cartoon about the adventures of the "OZİ" character prepared by the Grafi 2000 Team. An actor working in a children's theater gave training on "insulation" and "energy saving" within the scope of the relevant course in the curriculum. With the project, we reached nearly 100 thousand students in 350 schools until June 2015. Thus, as İzocam, we were proud to complete our project in our 50th year by raising awareness of 100 thousand children and 100 thousand families about insulation.
Another important corporate social responsibility project we completed in 2015 was our Energy'K Outlook project, in which we brought energy efficiency together with art, in cooperation with Istanbul Photography and Cinema Amateur Society (IFSAK). Approximately 300 people from different professional groups participated in our project, to which many celebrities, from Beren Saat to Yetkin Dikiciler, contributed. At first, we thought of reflecting the energy only in photographs, but later, we also included writing, short films and composition works in the project. In the end, we exhibited these works in 6 cities and compiled all the works in an album. While photographers, film directors and musicians took part in the exhibition with their photographs, many others, from musicians to actors and film directors, contributed with their writings. Rıza Kıraç shot a special short film for the exhibition. The Energetic View Exhibition, which attracted a great deal of attention for drawing attention to such an important issue that will affect our future, was visited by a total of 6000 people in the provinces of Istanbul, Izmir, Adana, Ankara, Bursa and Eskişehir.
As İzocam, another issue we attach importance to within the scope of our social responsibility activities is our forests. We took an important step in this regard and started working to bring life back to the areas damaged by the forest fires that occurred in various provinces of our country in the summer months of 2021. In cooperation with the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA), we identified priority forests and planted a total of 6,500 saplings in these forests. We will continue to utilize our existing resources to green our forests by donating saplings in the future.
As a company that supports the natural by taking inspiration from nature, last year we organized an important event on the Istanbul Bebek coast with the aim of leaving blue shores and a living sea to future generations. A volunteer team of 18 people, consisting of our employees, met on the Istanbul Bebek coast on July 20th, 2022, against marine pollution caused by terrestrial wastes. In the event we organized jointly with Clean Sea Association/Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association (TURMEPA) and Active Aquanauts Sports Club Association, coastal and seabed cleaning was carried out with the aim of leaving blue shores and a living sea to future generations. As part of the event, a total of 35 kilograms of waste was removed from the sea and transferred to recycling facilities. Our volunteer team, which came together with the aim of making the world a better home, will continue its works within the scope of different events in the coming days.
As İzocam, we turned our route to the seas in order to draw attention to sustainability, the fight against global climate change and the right to a good life, and started sailing the seas with the sailing team we established with the motto of “İzocam stands behind sustainable tomorrows”. İzocam Sailing Team, consisting of professional racers as well as İzocam employees who received basic sailing training from the Sailmaster team, took part in a total of 4 trophy races including 34 legs throughout 2022. İzocam Sailing Team finished the Marmaris International Yacht Club (MIYC) Winter Trophy in 4th place and the Aegean Offshore Yacht Club (EAYK) Winter Trophy in 3rd place. Our team, which is looking forward to the Bosphorus Cup Istanbul Races to be held in September, will thus be taking part in a total of 3 trophy races, namely the MIYC Marmaris Winter Trophy, EAYK Winter Trophy and the Bosphorous Cup Istanbul Race, including 20 legs throughout 2023.
As İzocam, we will continue our corporate social responsibility efforts without slowing down so that we can achieve the goal of a more livable world in the future. At the same time, we will continue to act with sustainability awareness in every step we take, and lead our industry with approaches envisage energy saving, environmentally-friendly production, products that integrate with nature, and healthy individuals.