Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
Yeşim - Almaxtex Textile Industry and Trade Inc.
Published date
June 30, 2022
No. of questions
63
Supplemental files
SA8000 Certificate 2023.pdfOEKO_TEX_STEP.pdfALMAXTEX - ISO 14001.pdfALMAXTEX 50001 ENG.pdfQUALITY POLICY.pdfOCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY.pdfSOCIAL COMPLIANCE POLICY.pdfHUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT POLICY.pdfGENDER EQUALITY POLICY.pdfWHAT IS ISOIEC 270012013 WHAT DOES IT PROVIDE.pdfENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY.pdfOEKO_TEX_STEP.pdfSA8000 Certificate 2023.pdfALMAXTEX 50001 ENG.pdfALMAXTEX - ISO 14001.pdfENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY.pdfALMAXTEX 50001 ENG.pdfEmission Report - 2021.pdfMaxEnerji_Almaxtex_8000_211112.pdfALMAXTEX - ISO 14001.pdfZero Waste Certificate.pdfAlmaxtex - I-REC Certificate.pdfYESIM YOLSUZLUKLA MUCADELE PROSEDURU_ENG.pdfCEO Statement
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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?
3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
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?
Commitment
2.1. For each human rights policy, is it:
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.
Human rights principles are included in detail in our policies and procedures. Our employees can access these policies and procedures from areas such as digital platforms, social compliance boards and QDMS. All of these documents are reviewed every 6 months. Our policies are also brought to the agenda at management-level meetings held every 3 months and revised if necessary. Whether all the documents are reviewed or not is monitored with the document tracking table. Yeşim, which holds the SA8000 Certification, is continually audited via this document that meets all human rights standards, and ensures the continuity of the certification by meeting the necessary criteria. In these audits, rapid actions are taken based on the findings that are open to improvement. Yeşim has held the SA8000:2014 Certificate, one of the most prestigious documents in the world for the issue of “Social Compliance”, since 2005. Yeşim, which was the first garment firm to receive the SA8000: 2014 Certificate in Turkey, has continued its social compliance efforts in the same way in the past 16 years and has ensured the continuity of the certificate in 2021 after the SA8000: 2014 Social Compliance Audits it has passed twice in different periods during the year. Certificate renewal audit was carried out in 2021. The validity of the document will continue until 2023. Yeşim, which is one of 38 firms to hold this document in Turkey, has continued to conduct its activities in this area at the same pace and with the same sensitivity for many years. Yeşim is systematically audited with regard to the conditions of social compliance in the independent audit models of the firms it serves in the field of textiles and ready-to-wear in which it operates. Moreover, Yeşim, which also undergoes periodic auditing processes in the name of the system certificates that it currently holds, maintains the validity of these certificates by successfully completing these audits. In the audits that are performed, actions are taken in areas considered to be risky and all the required improvements are carried out as quickly as possible. The Social and Labour Convergence Programme (SLCP), which has constituted an important model in this subject in recent years, consists of a joint auditing process with which world-famous garment brands will accept a single social compliance audit. Yeşim was chosen as the pilot firm for the implementation of the first joint audit for this project, thanks to its many years of experience in this field, and the first of the SLCP audits was carried out successfully in January 2018. In 2019 and 2020 the development of the SLCP process was supported. In 2021, SLCP audit started to be performed at our factory and at all our suppliers. Based in the Netherlands, the SLCP Platform aims to improve working conditions in the global supply chain by eliminating the need for more than one social compliance audit by means of the joint audits it carries out. International brands in the textile and apparel sector, and suppliers to these brands, have the opportunity to reduce costs and use resources more effectively by coming together under one roof. The platform has over 200 signatories, including manufacturers, brands, agencies, sectoral associations and service providers. OEKO-TEX STeP Certification, which aims to ensure the continued existence and implementation of environmentally friendly production processes and of socially acceptable working conditions in production facilities within the textile chain, is given to companies following certain audits. Yeşim is a company that has adopted the principle of carrying out production within the framework of transparent and sustainable manufacturing conditions that will gain the trust of the public. This competence of the firm has also been approved by various independent organisations. In addition, Yeşim's Gender Equality Policy was updated in accordance with Article 190 of the International Labor Organization in the relevant reporting period.Labour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
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 commentAll of our employees benefit from the collective bargaining agreement on equal terms. The raise rates specified in the collective bargaining agreement are applied to female and male employees.10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
11. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Response 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.
Principles within the scope of labor standards are complied with in our factory, and the applicability of these principles is regularly checked through internal and external audits. Information security and transparency institutions approve ethical business audit audits in the objectives of party companies or brands for auditing. Yeşim Social Compliance Team also performs social compliance in accordance with the aforementioned situation, in order to carry out the preparations of the Group. Social compliance and sustainability audits of Yeşim in 2021 Social Compliance * Lacoste Social Compliance Audit: 09-10.08.2021 * SLCP Audit (Nike, PVH Tommy, Under Armor): 29.06 - 02.07.2021 * SA8000:2014 Social Compliance Audit: 07-08.07.2021 Sustainability * Inditex GTW: 01-02.11.2021 * Higg Index FEM: 29-30.03.2021 * ISO 14001 Certificate: 26.01.2021 * ISO 50001 Certificate: 01.11.2021 * Göksev OEKO-TEX STEP: 27.09.2021 * Ministry of Environment: 16.09.2021 * SANKFORKNIT: 09.12.2021 * GOTS: 05-06.06.2021 * RCS: 05-06.06.2021 * TCHIBO: 01.06.2021, 02.08.2021, 20.10.2021 * OEKO-TEX STEP: 24-28.01.2022 Employees who first start work at Yeşim are informed about the labor standards. Our labor standards are conveyed with regular training sessions for Yeşim employees and visuals in certain parts of the factory, and awareness activities are carried out.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 commentYeşim carried out various programs in 2021 with the brands it produces. These included CFW (Care for Water) to reduce water consumption, CLP (Carbon Leadrship Program) to control carbon emissions, Environmental Footprint Program and programs to reduce waste, water and energy consumption.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?
Optional commentEnergy and water savings are achieved with the projects implemented within Yeşim. The transition project to natural gas boilers was initiated in the group's Bursa factory. In addition, the feasibility studies of the solar energy project and the project of recovering 70 percent of the water in the treatment plant in order to reduce carbon emissions have been completed.4.1. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, what kind of targets has the company set?
Optional commentAs Yeşim Group, we have important environmental targets regarding water, energy, emission values, waste and chemical management until 2025.4.2. 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)?
Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
Optional commentWhile expanding our production capacity, we never compromise on environmental sensitivity. In the steps we take, we always prioritize the concepts of social compliance, sustainability and social responsibility. Based on this, we shape our energy management and environmentally friendly production activities according to our Energy and Environmental Policy. With our environmentally friendly sustainable activities, our energy-friendly projects, and our waste reduction and recycling efforts, we have adopted the principle of avoiding damage to nature at every stage of production. Moreover, since the very first day of our foundation, we have endeavored to integrate the “Green Factory” understanding into all our business processes. Recently, with a European ideal, the EU countries have signed the EU Green Deal, in which it is planned that carbon emissions will reach zero by 2050. This agreement includes the steps to be taken by the year 2024 for clean production. If things go as planned, there will be no greenhouse gas emissions to nature from the EU geographical area in 2050. In line with this goal, Europe aims to bring about a comprehensive transformation ranging from industry to agriculture, and from transport to energy. In the light of all these developments, industrialists in Turkey also have an important role to play since, as is known, the EU market is our country’s largest trading area. At Yeşim, we have been carrying out important work in this area for some time. We registered with the carbon performance improvement initiative system (CPI2) in our home textiles department in 2014. CPI2 stands out as an initiative by European retail companies that aim to be active pioneers in climate protection. This improvement system, which is also supported by Yeşim’s customers, aims to systematically lower energy costs and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. We continue to carry out important work related to the transition to green energy. Within this scope, another important development at Yeşim has been in the field of energy consumption. Signing another eco-friendly initiative, Yeşim collaborated with the Max Energy company to obtain the International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-REC). Within the scope of this collaboration, in 2022, we will have the chance to minimize the carbon footprint and further strengthen our “Green Factory” identity by obtaining the electricity we consume at our Bursa plant from renewable energy sources. While developing our green energy projects, we have in the meantime accelerated our environmentally friendly energy management approaches. Following the valuable steps we have taken in this context, we have also earned the right to receive “Zero Waste Certification”. We have established a zero waste management system at the Bursa plant in compliance with the Zero Waste Regulation issued by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. This system ensures that generated wastes are properly disposed of in accordance with the designated waste bins in areas where zero waste bins are placed.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 commentEnergy and water savings are achieved with the projects implemented within Yeşim. The transition project to natural gas boilers was initiated in the group's Bursa factory. In addition, the feasibility studies of the solar energy project and the project of recovering 70 percent of the water in the treatment plant in order to reduce carbon emissions have been completed. Savings-oriented new machinery investments were also put into use in 2021.Energy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Optional comment15% of our total energy consumption is electricity consumption. We collaborated with Max Energy to obtain the International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-REC) by undertaking an environmentally friendly initiative in this field. Within the scope of the said cooperation, we will have the chance to minimize the carbon footprint and further strengthen our “Green Factory” identity by supplying the electricity we will consume in our Bursa Factory in 2022 from renewable energy sources.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.
Optional commentAs Yeşim Group, we have ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certificate, ISO 50001 Energy Management System Certificate and Zero Waste Management Certificate.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.
Yeşim's environmental policy Yeşim, which manufactures for world brands, listens to nature and handles all its environmental projects with the sensitivity of a tailor. With our environmentally friendly sustainable activities, our energy-friendly projects, and our waste reduction and recycling efforts, we have adopted the principle of avoiding damage to nature at every stage of production. While expanding our production capacity, we never compromise on environmental sensitivity. In the steps we take, we always prioritize the concepts of social compliance, sustainability and social responsibility. Based on this, we shape our energy management and environmentally friendly production activities according to our Energy and Environmental Policy. With our environmentally friendly sustainable activities, our energy-friendly projects, and our waste reduction and recycling efforts, we have adopted the principle of avoiding damage to nature at every stage of production. Moreover, since the very first day of our foundation, we have endeavored to integrate the “Green Factory” understanding into all our business processes. Yeşim, which put its own treatment plant into operation in 2002, is among the first examples in its field with its water treatment capacity of 7 thousand tons per day and structure that meets international standards, and the wastewater coming out of the plant is inspected online 24 hours a day by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality. Recently, with a European ideal, the EU countries have signed the EU Green Deal, in which it is planned that carbon emissions will reach zero by 2050. This agreement includes the steps to be taken by the year 2024 for clean production. If things go as planned, there will be no greenhouse gas emissions to nature from the EU geographical area in 2050. In line with this goal, Europe aims to bring about a comprehensive transformation ranging from industry to agriculture, and from transport to energy. In the light of all these developments, industrialists in Turkey also have an important role to play since, as is known, the EU market is our country’s largest trading area. At Yeşim, we have been carrying out important work in this area for some time. We registered with the carbon performance improvement initiative system (CPI2) in our home textiles department in 2014. CPI2 stands out as an initiative by European retail companies that aim to be active pioneers in climate protection. This improvement system, which is also supported by Yeşim’s customers, aims to systematically lower energy costs and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Within this scope, in 2016, our company entered the factory data online and received online improvement recommendations according to these data. Accordingly, following the efforts we began in 2017, Yeşim succeeded in achieving an improvement of 3 percent in carbon performance in 2018, 5 percent in 2019, and 5.5 percent in 2021. In terms of carbon emissions, our target is to reduce this value by 40-50 percent by the year 2025. We have numerous energy saving projects that we have specified and are working on. We aim to reduce our carbon emission figures especially with the transition project to state-of-the-art steam boilers that work with natural gas. The infrastructure work on this subject has been completed. We will launch this new investment in the near future. In addition, with our investments in the latest technology energy and water saving machinery, we have focused on reducing our emission rates by using solar energy in exterior lighting. By continuing to obtain our electricity supply from the hydroelectric power plant, we are maintaining our target of reducing emissions in this regard. While revising the existing motors of the machines in our company, we are continuing to replace them with IE4 efficient motors. We also enable energy saving by increasing the use of more eco-friendly chemicals, thereby reducing our emissions. We are continuing the insulation of surface dyeing machines. By realizing all our current projects, we aim to reach our target by 2025. We continue to carry out important work related to the transition to green energy. Within this scope, another important development at Yeşim has been in the field of energy consumption. Signing another eco-friendly initiative, Yeşim collaborated with the Max Energy company to obtain the International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-REC). Within the scope of this collaboration, in 2022, we will have the chance to minimize the carbon footprint and further strengthen our “Green Factory” identity by obtaining the electricity we consume at our Bursa plant from renewable energy sources. Jade Textile, which continues its activities in Egypt as a subsidiary of the Yeşim group, has also begun important work based on obtaining the electricity it uses for production from sustainable energy sources. When the project is completed, approximately one third of the electricity consumption at the Ismailia plant will be provided by solar energy systems. This project will also pave the way for the entire electricity consumption at the plant to be obtained from sustainable energy sources. We can say that we have completed the investment work. Following the designation of the company that will undertake the installation process for this project, the necessary action will be taken and environmentally friendly, sustainable energy will begin to be used in the production process at the plant. With this 1,661 MW project, which will be shaped with an investment of approximately 1 million dollars, we aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.6 tons per year and save 200 thousand dollars per year. While developing our green energy projects, we have in the meantime accelerated our environmentally friendly energy management approaches. Following the valuable steps we have taken in this context, we have also earned the right to receive “Zero Waste Certification”. We have established a zero waste management system at the Bursa plant in compliance with the Zero Waste Regulation issued by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. This system ensures that generated wastes are properly disposed of in accordance with the designated waste bins in areas where zero waste bins are placed.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?
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.
Anti-corruption policy is defined under the heading of Yeşim's ethical principles and values. However, in the relevant reporting period, we have not taken a step in this direction, a plan we have implemented, or an action we have taken.