Arçelik is making
significant progress towards
key sustainability goals –assisted by BSI verification of its
greenhouse gas emissions

Arçelik is a leading consumer electronics
manufacturer, making and supportinga host of white goods and household
appliances. Its 12 brands range from those
widely-known in Europe such as Beko andGrundig, to market leaders in Romania(Arctic), South Africa (Defy), and Pakistan(Dawlance). Headquartered in Istanbul, thecompany has over 30,000 employees and22 production plants in eight countries.

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Sustainability is integral to Arçelik’s business model,
so it takes account of leading initiatives, including
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(UN SDGs). It has taken major steps to reduce its
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with UN SDG 12
Responsible consumption and production, and UN SDG
13 Climate action.
To achieve this, reliable data is critical, and Arçelik
chose BSI to provide third-party verification of its
GHG emissions quantification and reporting against
ISO 14064, the global standard for measuring GHGemissions and removal. The confidence BSI verificationhas given Arçelik in its aspirational GHG reduction
targets inspired employee confidence towards achieving
the GHG goals. BSI verification has also contributed toits inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI),
where it was named an Industry Leader in 2019 and2020. Such recognition has greatly enhanced Arçelik’sreputation around the world.

“We have become carbon-neutral for direct andenergy-indirect GHG emissions in 2019 and 2020
in global production, with our own carbon credits
obtained by the Carbon Financing Project forEnergy Efficient Refrigerators in Turkey. With
BSI’s valued support, we have taken important
steps in the fight against climate crisis as wecontinue to expand our GHG emissions
monitoring and reduction programme
in line with ISO 14064-1.”

Arçelik’s challenge

Impact of BSI’s solution

As part of its global sustainability strategy, Arçelik has
set itself ambitious science-based targets to reduce
its absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 30% andScope 3 emissions by 15% between 2018 and 2030.

With BSI’s guidance, the Arçelik team was able toimplement the 2018 version of ISO 14064-1, educating
employees in the monitoring requirements of the newstandard and updating its GHG emission management
system to include direct and indirect energy emissions
from the whole product lifecycle. BSI verification hasenabled Arçelik to demonstrate that:• In Turkey, it has reduced GHG emissions by 70% over anine-year period• In its Turkey, Romania, China, Russia and South Africa
operations it has reduced its energy consumption per
product by 46.3% compared to 2010
• Its purchasing rate of electricity generated fromrenewable energy sources increased to 100% in itsTurkey and Romania operations in 2019.

Arçelik has long held BSI certification to both ISO 14001
for environmental management and ISO 50001 forenergy management for its Turkey operations. Since2010 it has also achieved independent assurance of its
GHG emissions quantification and reporting through
BSI verification to ISO 14064. Initially, this applied tooperations in Turkey, before extending to Romania in2015, Russia in 2016, China in 2017 and South Africa
in 2019. In 2020, the company wanted to take a stepfurther by transitioning to the latest version of thestandard ISO 14064-1:2018.

BSI verification acts as a tool to inspire stakeholder trustin Arçelik’s sustainability management.

Why BSI?
“BSI’s verification process is an essential step toincrease our credibility and transparency in theglobal business market.”
Fatih ÖzkadıCopyright ©2021 The British Standards Institution

Fatih ÖzkadıQuality, Sustainability andCorporate Affairs Director,Arçelik