Zorlu Enerji, Levent, Istanbul, Turkey: Zorlu Enerji

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Established in 1993, Zorlu Enerji has 7 hydroelectric, 1 wind, 4 geothermal plants in Turkey, 1 wind farm in Pakistan, and 3 natural gas power plants in Israel. With its high-capacity generation power, qualified human resources, balanced portfolio, diversified resources, and innovative solutions, it invests in energy security and sustainability. 100% of the company's electricity production in Turkey is based on renewables. Zorlu Enerji gathered its new technology activities under the ZES brand in 2018. It aims to facilitate the driving experience of electric vehicle owners and accelerate the movement of electric vehicles through fast charging stations installed in 81 provinces. As of 2021, ZES established companies in 7 countries in Europe and Israel. By 2017, Zorlu Enerji had become the only authorized distributor and business partner of First Solar PV thin-film solar panels in 26 countries in Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It became the Turkey distributor of SolarEdge in 2019, and Jinko Solar and Enphase in 2021. Its operation areas are generating electricity from solar energy, selling, purchasing, exporting solar photovoltaic panels, installation, maintenance, and consultancy of roof panels domestically and internationally. Under ZES, the company outsources from local original material manufacturers for solar modules.

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• It is the first and only company to invest in every city in Turkey with the ZES brand, serving more than 1,500 stations in more than 1000 locations. It is the most extensive charging station network with the most significant market share.
• Breaking new ground in Turkey, it contributes to the widespread use of environmentally-friendly electric vehicles with its brand "electrip" -the electric car-sharing platform that offers hourly car rental services only with electric cars- and with ZES. It aims to reduce carbon emissions in cities. It is also a partner of the eCharge4Drivers project launched in Europe for this purpose.
• Within the scope of the European Union's Horizon 2020 program, it has 8 projects -awarded grants- in the geothermal power plants, electric vehicles, and electricity distribution sectors.
• It became the first company in its sector to digitize its services and commissioned Digital Subscription Services. 88% of more than 250 thousand subscriptions made digitally in 2021 and thus approximately 14 tons of paper was prevented, 378,000 liters of water were saved, and 17.73 tons of carbon dioxide emissions were prevented.
• In 2021, Turkey's first sustainable SUKUK (lease certificate) issuance of Zorlu Enerji was realized by the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey. Including sustainable infrastructure and clean transportation projects, the first sustainable Sukuk framework was successfully built.
• Its ESG activities have been evaluated by Vigeo Eiris since 2018. This year its performance score was increased by 8 points compared to 2020. It ranked 4th among 54 energy companies.

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• Adopting United Nations Global Compact’s principles, Zorlu Enerji signed the 2°C Declaration.
• It is the first energy company from Turkey to participate in the Carbon Disclosure Project in 2010 voluntarily. within its Water Program, the company has been transparently sharing its carbon footprint annually since 2011, and water footprint since 2015. It has been regularly publishing the Sustainability Reports prepared with GRI since 2009.
• It became the first energy company in Turkey to receive ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas Verification Standard.
• It is the first company to publish a sustainability report in the Turkish energy sector.
• It became the first energy company in Turkey to sign the "Carbon Emission Sales Agreement" with the project at Gökçedağ Wind Power Plant.
• Rotor Elektrik Üretimi AŞ Gökçedağ Wind Power Plant -a 100% subsidiary of Zorlu Enerji- and the wind power plant in Pakistan received the "Gold Standard" Certificate. The contribution to environmental and social sustainability was approved as they prevented the annual CO₂ emission by nearly 100 thousand tons.
• To reach zero carbon footprint with the "Zero Carbon Footprint Forests Project", the company will contribute to the regaining of 1.2 million tons of carbon dioxide and plant 90,000 saplings annually until 2030.
• Combining its sustainability and annual reports, it published an Integrated Annual Report for the first time.
• It received 375 million dollars from international financial institutions to finance its electricity distribution investments.
• Its retail electricity sales company won the "Turkey's Best Workplace" award in the Kincentric Best Employers 2021 event.

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• It is one of the 14 companies from Turkey in the "Global Sustainability Leaders" research prepared by Argüden Governance Academy. 
• It received the "Reputable of the Year" award in the Energy category of The One Awards, organized with Akademetre.
• It received "The Company Making High Contribution to the Women's Workforce" award at the Sectoral Contribution Awards.
• Selected as the “Contact Center of the Year” and won the gold award in the 16th Stevie® Awards.
• Became the "brand that best provides customer satisfaction" for the 4th consecutive year in the Energy category of Şikayetvar.com’s organization.
• Its “Zero Carbon Footprint Forests” Project won the silver achievement award in the “Climate Action” category at the Sustainable Development Goals Awards. 
• ZES won the "Sustainability Product of the Year" award at the Sustainability Awards of the Business Intelligence Group in 2021. And it became the winner of the Best Sustainable Product and Process Category at the Best Business Awards. It became one of the “2021 Low Carbon Heroes” in the VII. Istanbul Carbon Summit. It won the “Our Energy is Our Future” award at the 4th Turkey Energy and Natural Resources Summit. It won the first prize in the "Innovative Products of the Year" organized by Marketing Turkey and YouGov.

• Osmangazi Elektrik Dağıtım AŞ (OEDAŞ) -an indirect subsidiary of Zorlu Enerji- won the "Exemplary Company in Energy" award with its "Our Energy is Equal" project at the Women Energizing Turkey Award Ceremony