Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
Akkim Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
Published date
June 29, 2022
No. of questions
63
Supplemental files
CEO Statement
Signed
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
Optional commenthttps://akkim.com.tr/en/corparate/management-system-policy/ https://akkim.com.tr/en/corparate/work-ethic/ https://akkim.com.tr/en/our-human-resources-policy/ https://akkim.com.tr/en/sustainability/our-sustainable-supply-chain-policy/3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commenthttps://akkim.com.tr/en/corparate/work-ethic/ https://akkim.com.tr/en/sustainability/our-sustainable-supply-chain-policy/4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
6.1. During the assessment of risk, which business relationships are reviewed?
7. Does the company have a due diligence process through which it identifies, prevents, mitigates, and accounts for actual and potential negative impacts on sustainability topics?
7.1. During the due diligence process, which business relationships are reviewed?
Concerns and grievance mechanisms
8. Are there any processes through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct related to human rights, labour rights, environment, or anti-corruption?
8.1. Please provide additional detail regarding the process(es) the company has through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct.
9. Does the company provide or enable access to effective remedy to right holders / stakeholders where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact?
Lessons
10. How does the company capture lessons regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Executive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Board Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
13. Do you produce sustainability reporting according to:
Data Assurance
14. Is the information disclosed in this questionnaire assured by a third-party?
Human Rights
Materiality / Saliency
1. Which of the following has the company identified as material human rights issues connected with its operations and/or value chain, whether based on their salience (i.e., the most severe potential negative impacts on people) or another basis?
Response
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the human rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Akkim employs a fair, egalitarian work environment that respects human rights and demonstrates an inclusive and inclusive approach based on equal opportunity to its employees. In its human resources processes, Akkim does not discriminate against age, political orientation, language, race, religion, sect, gender, or social status. At Akkim, which places people's respect first, it's crucial to create a work environment that encourages collaboration within the bounds of mutual respect, free from all forms of harassment, pressure, intimidation, and unprofessionalism, and where employees are given equal opportunities. Employees of Akkim are also held accountable for preserving this environment and enhancing its beneficial effects. Child labor, forced and compulsory labor practices are also prevented at Akkim. Akkim does not commit human rights violations such as unregistered or child labor, and considers it ethical to work with suppliers and sub-employers where such violations are not committed. At the same time, it respects the freedom of its employees to join trade unions and make collective bargaining agreements. Human rights trainings are given in order to increase awareness and practices of human rights. In this context, a total of 167 person*hour ethics training, including human rights issues, was provided to 87 employees during the reporting period. All employees sign ethical statements. Management Systems Executive Ece Eriş and Education and Organizational Development Executive Didem Usta participated in the “Target Gender Equality” program carried out by the Global Compact in order to prevent discrimination, support human rights and carry out gender equality practices on behalf of Akkim. In addition to being a member of the Impact Association and Impact 2030 Turkey's Impact Council, we will continue to develop new projects in this area with an Employee Volunteering team to be established within the company. By putting the TGE program's actions into practice with the Akkimce brand, we consistently prioritize the values of gender equality and fairness in line with our goals for social and economic development. With this in mind, we planned what we could do until 2025 under the Akkimce brand. This year we became a signatory to the United Nations Women's Empowerment Principle (WEPs). Over the next three years, we will gradually increase female employment at the operational and professional levels, provide women's rights training to at least 75 percent of our employees, collaborate with non-governmental organizations, mentor female students in Yalova and Nazilli, where our production facilities are located, and reintroduce breastfeeding rooms in our workplaces. We will implement practices such as providing leave for female employees with children on the first and last days of school, three additional days of paternity leave than is required by law, and family education programs on home economics and child development. In doing so, we will effectively support the adoption and spread of the knowledge of gender equality, which has a significant role to play in the ideal of a sustainable future.Labour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
Optional commenthttps://akkim.com.tr/en/corparate/management-system-policy/ https://akkim.com.tr/en/our-human-resources-policy/1.1. For each labour rights policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following labour rights issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this labour rights issue?
4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
5. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following labour rights issues?
Performance
6. What is the percentage of employees covered under collective bargaining agreements?
7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
Optional commentThere is no difference between male and female employees in jobs of equal value.10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
Optional commentAccident Frequency Rate (based on 1 000 000 working hours) -2021:4,0311. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Optional commentAccident Severity Rate (based on 1 000 000 working hours) - 2021: 159,76Response and Reporting
12. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact associated with the following labour rights issues?
13. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the labour rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Akkim prevents any child labor and forced and compulsory labor practices. It is an essential ethical value for Akkim to work with suppliers and subcontractors that refrain from violating human rights such as forced or child labour. At the same time, we pay respect to the right of being a member of organizations and to do collective bargaining agreements. Akkim acts in compliance with human rights, and in accordance it does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, political tendencies, religion or sect in human resources processes, nor does it engage in acts that might be considered discriminating. We pay equal fees to all employees who perform the same duties, regardless of their personal characteristics. There are no differences based on gender in renumeration.Environment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
1.1. For each environmental policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following environmental issues?
Optional commentDuring the reporting period, there was no situation that would adversely affect the stakeholders. While all activities are evaluated in terms of risks and opportunities, stakeholder expectations are prioritized.3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with these environmental topics?
4. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following environmental topics?
4.1. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, what kind of targets has the company set?
4.2. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, how is progress against target / goal tracked?
5. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy for any actual impacts associated with the following environmental issue(s)?
Optional commentThere were no adverse events during the reporting period.Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
7. What percentage of the company's revenue was invested in R&D of low-carbon products/services during this reporting period?
8. Has the organization acted to support climate change adaptation and resilience?
Optional commentAkkim is one of the leading companies in the chemical industry. The European Green Deal is expected to be impacted on the axis of this growth strategy by the issues of border carbon regulation, green finance, clean energy, circular economy plan, and chemicals strategy (sustainable product). Akkim has the motto "Innovation and Sustainability Are In Our Chemistry". The legal compliance processes review the risk assessments of the potential effects on the environment and human health while developing the product's formula through interdisciplinary discussions. It produces environmentally friendly products based on the philosophy of green chemistry. It creates energy-efficiency projects and, in the belief that measuring one's environmental impact is the first step toward reducing it, publishes carbon and water footprint reports. Within the scope of the European Green Deal, awareness-raising trainings are planned to be organized in 2022. At the same time, it is aimed to create an EU Green Deal roadmap based on sustainability priorities. In this context, the establishment of a task force consisting of authorized experts of Akcoat, Akgirişim, Akkim, Aksa, DowAksa, Yalkim companies, one of the chemical subsidiary companies of Akkök Holding, has been decided by the appointment of the Board of Directors. The ultimate goal of this task force, called the Green Strategy Group, has been determined as determining the roadmap and reviewing management strategies. The main topics that will be the focus of the roadmap in terms of feeding long-term strategies and decisions in 2022 and beyond are; Turkey strategy, corporate risks, entry to the ETS system, carbon reduction target, technology follow-up, greenhouse gas calculation within the scope of SBTi (Science Based Targets Initiative), transition to alternative energy sources, conversion of existing energy sources to renewable sources / providing substitutes, carbon certificates that will contribute to the ETS system usage, circular economy, product initiatives, taxonomy. Akkim adopts the Green Deal vision and works to integrate it into all its fields of activity. Under the leadership of Akkim, the Green Strategy Group, aims to strengthen cooperation among Akkök Holding companies on issues such as sustainability, circular economy, clean energy, and climate change adaptation. As Akkim, we plan on participating in the UN Global Compact's "Climate Ambition Accelerator" Program to set targets for climate neutrality and develop strategies to achieve them. With this program, Akkim will also fulfill its responsibility to ensure that the global temperature increase does not exceed 1.5 °C based on science-based targets. Akkim will determine and share the goals of combating climate change in the process that began with the training program.Energy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Technology
10. What percent of the company's revenue came from environmentally friendly products / services during this reporting period?
Sector-specific Questions
11. Which sector(s) does the company operate in? If diversified, choose top 3 by revenue.
Sector-specific: Water
12. Please provide details regarding the company's water withdrawal and consumption (own operations) during the reporting period.
Water withdrawal (volume of water in megaliters):
Water consumption (volume of water in megaliters):
13. Please provide details about the company’s water intensity of products in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Sector-specific: Air pollution
17. Where applicable, please report the company's emissions of the following pollutants during the reporting period.
Sector-specific: Waste
18. Please report the company's total weight of waste generated in metric tonnes during the reporting period.
19. Please report the percentage of the company's waste that was hazardous waste (i.e., hazardous waste ratio) during the reporting period.
20. Please report the company's estimated metric tonnes of single-use plastic consumed wherever material along the value chain during the reporting period.
Overall Environment
21. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the environment principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
A key component of our sustainability approach is to continue our operations paying regard to their environmental impacts. In this context, Akkim puts into practice the applications that will carry our environmental performance to advanced levels both in process design and production phases, making use of environmentallyfriendly technologies. We conduct studies to minimize the environmental impacts of not only in production processes, but also of product utilization. We consider our environmental protection activities as an indispensable part of our work. Our goal is to have a performance beyond legal obligations in all of our activities.We try to keep the environmental awareness of our employees at the highest level with various activities throughout the year. During the reporting period, 800 employees were given training on the environment. Akkim sets various targets in every field in order to reduce the impact on the environment and regularly monitors the realization of these targets. In accordance with the Supplier Management System, it monitors and evaluates the environmental performance of all suppliers periodically. A total of 28 supplier audits were carried out during the reporting period, and no major environmental non-compliance was detected. During the reporting period, there were no penalties for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations.Anti-corruption
Commitment
1. Does the company have an anti-corruption compliance programme?
2. Does your company have policies and recommendations for employees on how to act in case of doubt and/or in situations that may represent a conflict of interest, e.g. with regard to gifts and hospitality, donations, sponsorship, or interactions with public officials?
Prevention
3. Who receives training on anti-corruption and integrity?
3.1. How often is such training provided?
4. Does the company monitor its anti-corruption compliance programme?
Response and Reporting
5. Please report the company's total number and nature of incidents of corruption during the reporting year.
6. Within the reporting period, what measures has the company taken to address suspected incidents of corruption independently or in response to a dispute or investigation by a government regulator?
7. Does your company engage in Collective Action against corruption?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the anti-corruption principle, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Business Ethics Principles The rules based on ethical compliance at Akkim are the Business Ethics Principles announced by Akkök Holding. As one of the pillars of corporate culture, Akkök Holding views adherence to business ethics as a requirement in all business relationships and processes. Akkim carries out all its business processes within the scope of the Business Ethics Principles published by Akkök Holding and disseminated to all holding companies. Since its founding, Akkim has upheld the importance of conducting business with ethics and transparency, and as a result, has raised its standards to the highest level. Akkim's ethical principles include accuracy in the use of company resources, financial and commercial records, compliance with the rules of competition, conflict of interest, protection of confidential information, trust, respect, and responsibility. You can access Akkök Holding Business Ethics Principles by clicking the link. (https://akkim.com.tr/kurumsal/is-etigi/) In the event of a circumstance that violates the Business Ethics Principles, there is an ethics hotline run by a totally independent organization that can be contacted with open communication and confidentiality guidelines. The Akkök Holding Ethics Committee can be reached through the ethics line continuously, seven days a week, in the event of any ethical violation or suspicion that violates the Business Ethics Principles. At least three people make up the Ethics Committee. The Akkök Holding Board of Directors is responsible for selecting and removing members of the Ethics Committee. The directors of Akkök Holding's human resources, legal, and audit departments should always be represented on the ethics committee. When it comes to issues related to Akkim in the Ethics Committee, the Representative of Akkim Ethics is on the Ethics Committee. In order to safeguard its deeply ingrained corporate culture and reputation, which it has built with experience and expertise in the past and present, Akkim offers ethics training to its employees. This is done to raise awareness of ethical compliance and transparency and to maintain it in the future. During orientation, newly hired employees receive an ethics booklet outlining the fundamentals of business ethics in exchange for their signature. The "Ethics Mail" application was also put into place during the reporting period and periodically distributed to the staff in addition to the related awareness-raising techniques. Employees with access to computers are occasionally sent emails with examples of ethical behavior, and the topic is reinforced with questions. Fight Against Corruption As one of the pillars of its corporate culture, Akkök Holding regards adherence to business ethics as a requirement in all business relationships and processes. It bases all of its operations on responsibility, integrity, fairness, and openness. It carries out its responsibilities in accordance with the rules and laws of the nations in which it conducts business. It anticipates that all parties involved will adhere to its anti-corruption principles. At Akkim, anti-corruption policies and other related practices are governed by ethical principles. All employees received the Ethical Principles Booklet, and ethical principles training was given. It declares that we work regularly every year in accordance with the ethical principles and the violations, if any. Ethics trainings are held every year for new recruits and those who have not participated in ethics training before, twice a year. During the reporting period, 170 person * hour of training on bribery and corruption was provided. At Akkim, the internal control system is the most important structure in the fight against bribery and corruption. The Internal Audit Department conducts an audit of the internal control system as part of Akkim's annual internal audit plan, with a focus on enhancing operational effectiveness and productivity, ensuring the accuracy of financial reporting, and adhering to legal and regulatory requirements. The aforementioned annual internal audit plan is created using a risk-based methodology, and the most important risks as defined by corporate risk management are given priority. At the meetings held throughout the year, the results of the internal audit activities are reviewed, and when necessary, the opinions of the internal auditor, external auditor, or other company managers are taken.Within this scope, audits for 2020 and 2021 were completed, and at meetings held throughout the year, the outcomes of internal audit activities were reviewed.