Akçansa’s Way Crosses the Future

Today, with the impact of developing digital technologies, the most fitting term to describe the influence of the future on our living spaces and business practices is ‘sustainability.’ We can perceive the effects of sustainability, which the United Nations has clearly outlined in its Sustainable Development Goals, in various aspects of our lives, including education, economy, environment, climate, and health. These effects are experienced both in our everyday lives and in a multi-layered structure within social and economic dimensions.

In accordance with our 2030 Sustainability Goals, we at Akçansa focus on creating a positive impact in a broad and comprehensive framework from environmental protection to social benefits with the slogan ‘Plus Life.’ Our sustainability strategy is based on maximizing the value we create for society while effectively managing all risks associated with environmental, social and governance issues, and successfully seizing opportunities in the long term through increasingly more integrated, digitalized and efficient processes.

Based on these core values, we shape the Akçansa 2030 Sustainability Roadmap around the focus areas of ‘Achieving Excellence in Occupational Health and Safety,’ ‘Reducing our Environmental Footprint,’ ‘Innovation and Digitalization,’ ‘The Circular Economy,’ ‘Being a Good Neighbour,’ ‘People, Compliance and Transparency,’ and position ourselves as a ‘building block of a sustainable future.’ We take responsibility to minimize the effects of climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and focus on reducing our carbon footprint.

Within the scope of our sustainability strategy, we continue our efforts with all our strength to achieve the targets we have set in the field of digital transformation. In our sustainability journey extending to 2030, we aim to increase the number of facilities operating with autonomous production, improve remote operability through infrastructure improvements, optimize energy costs through transformations in the production process, and continue our industrial support for digital twin academic studies conducted in cooperation with Sabancı University. In addition, we operate as a solution partner in mega projects that create value for our country. For the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, we produced concrete with a service life of a century with our ‘100+ Concrete’ product designed under our Betonsa brand. Similarly, we used ‘1803 Concrete’, a product that does not require maintenance for at least 100 years, to construct the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge. In the Galataport project, which is also among the reference works, our Solidcem product, which provides 15 percent less emission, was used as a floor reinforcement. We are delighted to utilize our strength in innovation for projects that will contribute to the Turkish brand.

Since the first day of our establishment, we have been continuing our journey steadily toward the future with the vision of ‘being a good neighbor’ by producing projects that positively touch the lives of the people in the geography in which we operate. We place people at the center of all our activities and work with the principle of contributing to the life of society in a wide range of fields, from education to culture, arts, and sports. We integrate with the people in the regions where we are located with our social responsibility projects such as ‘My Neighbourhood’ and ‘My Profession, Your Choice.’

At Akçansa, we will continue working towards achieving a better future and creating value for our country and its people.