A clear roadmap toward net zero by 2053 and equal representation in leadership
Borusan Holding has updated its sustainability roadmap to adapt to climate change, digital transformation, and shifting global trade dynamics. Expanding its Climate, People, Innovation (i3) focus to include Governance, the Group has carried its targets through to 2053 with a data-driven, phased approach. The updated roadmap aims to achieve net zero by 2053, a 30% reduction in water withdrawal, equal representation across management levels, and sustainable supply chain management covering all business partners.
With a vision extending 200 years and beyond, Borusan—long recognized for “inspiring the future”—has launched a new era in its sustainability journey. Rather than setting commitments top-down, the Group redesigned its approach around field-based data, the latest scientific evidence, and measurable outcomes. Each Group company’s business model, greenhouse gas emissions profile, and strategic priorities were analyzed individually to establish a consistent, verifiable, traceable, and comparable data collection and performance measurement framework. As a result, a culture of “collective intelligence in target setting” has become the new standard across the Group.
Following this comprehensive transformation, Borusan worked one-on-one with all Group companies to create a holistic, phased sustainability roadmap covering 2034, 2044, and 2053.
Commenting on the accelerated pace of the sustainability journey, Nursel Ölmez Ateş, Borusan Holding Group President of People, Communications, and Sustainability, said:
“Sustainability has always been part of Borusan’s spirit and heart. Today, with the contributions of each of our companies, we have articulated a holistic manifesto for transformation. With our updated roadmap, we have redefined both our own footprint and our responsibility across every area we influence. Shaped together with our entire ecosystem in light of scientific and technological advances, this transformation is our strongest commitment to carrying Borusan’s 81-year legacy into the future.”
Updated sustainability targets across the Borusan Group
Climate: Net zero by 2053, 30% reduction in water withdrawal
Borusan designs deliberate actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts while increasingly integrating the circular economy into its production and service processes. Climate priorities include: climate change mitigation and adaptation; water protection and management; circularity and waste management; and the protection of nature and biodiversity. In this context:
- The Group aims to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 96% by 2053, compared to the 2021 baseline year, and to achieve Net Zero by neutralizing remaining emissions through high-quality carbon removal methods. Scope 3 emissions are addressed as a critical component of the Net Zero journey, with priorities including identifying material emission sources across the value chain, improving data quality, and defining reduction-focused action areas. Emissions from the supply chain, investments, and business partners will be transparently monitored, with mitigation opportunities implemented progressively. The decarbonization roadmap will be managed in three phases: 2024–2034 (balancing and efficiency), 2034–2044 (transition to renewable energy), and 2044–2053 (value-chain transformation).
- The Group has redefined its approach to water stewardship around “water withdrawal”—reflecting pressure on water resources—rather than consumption alone. Total water withdrawal, which stood at 1.25 million m³ in 2021, is targeted to be reduced by 30% to 875,000 m³ by 2034. Over the same period, Borusan plans to increase recycled and reused water by approximately 80% to 208,000 m³.
- By 2034, the Group plans to implement 135 circular economy projects, equivalent to nine projects per year.
People: Raising the bar on equality
For more than a decade, Borusan has advanced gender equality under the Borusan Eşittir umbrella, now broadened through the Borusan ÇEK (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) model. In this new phase, the people-centric Group elevates its commitments across equality, talent management, and occupational health and safety (OHS).
Borusan aims to achieve full equality across management levels by 2053, increase the representation of women in field and factory roles to 30%, retain 9 out of every 10 young talents, and 95 out of every 100 employees in the leadership pipeline. In OHS, alongside a zero fatality goal, the Group targets a 50% reduction in accident frequency and severity rates through practices that strengthen safety culture.
Innovation: Technology as a lever for sustainability
Borusan positions innovation as a core enabler of its sustainability goals, with a focus on creating measurable value. Through R&D investments and its corporate venture capital arm Borusan Ventures, the Group prioritizes future-ready, innovative, and sustainable business models, while aiming to generate social and environmental impact via entrepreneurship ecosystem partnerships.
Within this framework, tools such as artificial intelligence are planned to be deployed progressively—guided by principles of ethics, transparency, and data security—as decision-support mechanisms that measurably enhance sustainability performance.
Governance: Strengthening transformation across the supply chain
Borusan Holding has added Governance as a cross-cutting dimension to its i3 approach, initially centering this focus on supply chain management. The Group aims to expand the number of suppliers included in its Sustainable Procurement Platform—which monitors suppliers’ Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance—to 750 by 2034 and 1,600 by 2053.
Borusan adopts a principle of not working with suppliers that fail to meet minimum sustainability criteria, while developing new incentive mechanisms to support business partners throughout their compliance and improvement journeys.