Our Sustainability Approach

At Borusan Otomotiv Group, we have defined our company-wide sustainability roadmap in line with the principle of creating value for society, the environment, and our customers, guided by our vision: “Being a Pioneer in the Electrification Transformation of the Turkish Automotive Sector”.

With this vision, we aim to introduce a new approach to car use in Türkiye and develop innovative and lasting solutions for environmentally friendly mobility.

Our sustainability strategy focuses on three focus areas: Climate, Human, and Innovation (i³). We work to embed sustainability across all business processes to create lasting value.

We transparently share our environmental and social value creation goals every year in the Borusan Group Integrated Annual Report.

We are a proud participant of the United Nations Global Compact, a global initiative aims to advance the private sector’s contribution to sustainable development goals.

As Borusan Otomotiv Group, we are honored to be a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).

We are also proud to be the first automotive company in Türkiye to be awarded with the “Equality for Women at Work” Certificate.

Under our Climate focus area, we take action in the fields of decarbonization and circular economy, we also strive to generate a positive impact on nature. At Borusan Otomotiv Group, we consider the climate crisis as an environmental responsibility. Through our Climate focus, we aim to contribute a lower-carbon future in the automotive industry. In this context, we invest in decarbonization and circular economy practices. Our goal is to develop environmentally friendly mobility solutions and business models that promote the efficient use of resources.

Our decarbonization efforts include:

Increasing the use of renewable energy,

Implementing energy efficiency projects,

Installing electric vehicle charging stations.

Our circular economy practices include:

Expanding the use of rainwater harvesting systems,

Water treating and reusing water,

Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and supporting upcycling initiatives.

We consider the well-being of our employees, customers, and society as an integral part of long-term value creation. Within our Human focus area, our top priority is to provide a safe, inclusive, and development-oriented work environment for our employees, while driving lasting change in areas such as gender equality, diversity, and equal opportunity. We also develop strategies to attract, retain, and nurture talent, and we strive to build an organizational structure where employee satisfaction, engagement, and a strong sense of belonging are reinforced.

Under our "Borusan Equals" initiative:

We are committed to increase the representation of women across all functions.

In Occupational Health and Safety (OHS):

We adopt innovative technologies to reduce accident frequency and severity rates.

Our Talent Management initiatives include:

Development programs such as Future Leader and Alpha Young Talent,

Efforts to cultivate a human-centered corporate culture.

We believe that the future success of sustainability depends on innovation. Through our R&D Center and digital solutions, we aim to generate sustainable environmental and social value across our business processes.

Our digital transformation projects help to reduce paper consumption, support eco-friendly technologies, and enable the development of innovative services that shape the future of mobility.

Our innovation initiatives include:

ChargeIQ, our digital application supporting the electric vehicle ecosystem,

Collaborations with start-ups and development of next-generation service models,

Integration of digitalization into our business processes.

The Application
Powering Türkiye’s
Electric Future
ChargeIQ