Sustainability at DowAksa
DowAksa aims to create
sustainable positive values
for all its stakeholders in the
environmental, social and
governance spheres of influence
in its sector, and to carry these
values into the future.
Since its establishment, DowAksa has been
carrying out its activities with a sustainable
approach that carefully considers the balance of
social, economic development and environmental
impact. The Sustainability Department within the
company was created to place and systematize the
works in line with the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals, global trends and increasing
customer needs, and to make sustainability part
of the company culture. It also aims to integrate
best practices into corporate decision-making in
environmental, social and governance (ESG) fields.
With its targeted approach, DowAksa has started
to create a sustainability roadmap to encourage
and increase efficiency in all areas of operation,
to create social benefits, and to expand its
governance spheres of influence. Studies initiated
under the leadership of Sustainability Department
employees are prioritized and embraced by the
CEO and all DowAksa employees.
Our Sustainability Goals
- To manage sustainability impacts and environmental, social and managerial responsibilities beyond laws and expectations within the scope of important and priority issues for DowAksa and its stakeholders.
- To carry out its activities in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
- To create sustainable value with R&D, innovative ideas, investments and products.
- To work together with all its employees to achieve sustainability goals and to keep all communication channels open.
- Periodically to review and improve its targets and performance.
- To use all its resources to carry out the actions determined to achieve its sustainability goals.
- To continue working with the idea of positive contribution to life. In this context, to undertake product life cycle analysis studies and detailed follow-up of the effects before and after production.
- To regularly publish a sustainability report.
Strength Reimagined
Dear Stakeholders,
DowAksa, one of the world's leading carbon fiber producers, has been offering composite solutions since 2012, backed by the experience and strength of two world giants. As DowAksa, we focus on "strength". Our product, carbon fiber, provides strength in every sector where it is used. We are fed by the definitions of the concept of "strength" in all our business processes, from governance to sustainability, from environment to human resources. We see innovation, sustainability, unity, compassion and transparency as strengths. With the strength we derive from these values, we take firm steps forward into the future.
Since its establishment, DowAksa has sensitively considered the balance of economic development, social development and environmental impact. Continuing to make improvements in environmental, social and governance areas in light of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and integrating best practices into all business processes and corporate culture, our Company completed 2022 by increasing its strength, continuously growing with new investments and taking important steps.
In this context, we are pleased to present to you, our esteemed stakeholders, our second Sustainability Report, which documents the work we carried out in 2022 and shows where we are in our sustainability journey.
Having reached an important point in our Company's growth journey, we want to continue the momentum of our growth with the innovative steps we will take together with our talented team and carry our sustainability commitments forward in this process. We aim to create sustainable positive values for all our stakeholders in the environmental, social and governance impact areas in our sector, and to carry these values into the future.
In this direction, we act with a collective consciousness and approach transformation holistically. In addition to the work we carry out within the company, we also play an active role in the Green Strategy Group established by Akkök Holding, to which we are affiliated. This platform, where Akkök Holding and Group subsidiaries share their knowledge and experience in the context of sustainability and create a roadmap for the urgent agenda items within the scope of the European Green Deal, started its activities in 2022. We believe that the work to be shared in the coming years will set good examples for our industry and our country in mitigating current global risks.
We have shaped the impacts we have made since our establishment and the impacts we will create in the future using the strategy roadmap we have created from a sustainability perspective in order to manage them systematically. Throughout 2023, we aim to expand our sphere of influence by sharing a robust and long-term sustainability strategy and vision with all our internal and external stakeholders, taking advantage of our ability to create advanced composite materials for a better world.
As we have done to date, we will carry out our activities with the responsibility of protecting the world and leaving a better world for future generations. We will continue to follow the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, carry out our sustainability projects without interruption and present the steps we have taken to you, our valuable stakeholders, in our Sustainability Reports in coming years.
I believe that with the support of our employees and external stakeholders, we will achieve our 2030 targets and make a significant contribution to sustainable development in Türkiye and globally.
Thank you for your support and trust.
Sincerely yours,
Massimo Rebolini
CEO
We are pleased to share with the public our second Sustainability Report, which documents our efforts in this context and shows where we are in our sustainability journey. Our report, prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards (GRI), the world's leading initiative, covers the period between 1 January and 31 December 2022.
Our Sustainability Report, founded on DowAksa’s materiality analysis and sustainability strategy, includes details of our company's strategy, management and performance, and of our systematic and comprehensive projects in different fields from environment to investment, R&D to employment.
With the goals of creating sustainable positive values for all our stakeholders and of maintaining these values into the future, we will continue to carry out our projects and present the steps we take to our stakeholders in future Sustainability Reports.
We aim to maintain not only the scope of our Reports in the coming period, but also the level of implementation of the resulting improvement opportunities. We attach great importance to the opinions of our valuable stakeholders in all our processes. You are welcome to contact us via the e-mail address below with any contributions, suggestions, feedback and questions.
info@dowaksa.com