Tüpraş Publishes 2019 Sustainability Report

The company integrates sustainability across all processes, from supply chain to post-sales operations. In 2019, it realized a total of TRY 311.5 million in R&D, environmental management and investment expenditure. Noting that since 2008 the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have been placed at the center of their sustainability approach, Tüpraş General Manager İbrahim Yelmenoğlu said, "The pandemic that has gripped the world for some time reminds us that we need to place sustainability perspectives higher on our agenda, both institutionally and individually." Tüpraş, which maintains its leadership through pioneering practices in sustainability management alongside the economic added value it generates, published its 2019 Sustainability Report. Through regularly published reports, Tüpraş presents to its stakeholders the social, economic and environmental impacts of its operations, as well as the society-conscious, innovation and digitalization-focused practices it has developed in these areas. The report covering 1 January 2019–31 December 2019 demonstrates the sustainability dimensions of Tüpraş's operations and the company's contribution to the circular economy.

"The pandemic has reminded us once again of the importance of sustainability"

Tüpraş General Manager İbrahim Yelmenoğlu said, "The pandemic that has gripped the world for some time reminds us that we need to place sustainability perspectives higher on our agenda, both institutionally and individually." Addressing Tüpraş's sustainability approach, Yelmenoğlu stated, "With our sustainability-based production policies and corporate responsibility understanding, despite the difficult period the world is experiencing, as a company that continues to meet our country's energy needs uninterrupted; since 2008 we place the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the center of our sustainability approach, which we continue to develop with this awareness. While continuing our operations uninterrupted under all circumstances, we are working to integrate sustainability across all our processes, from our supply chain to our post-sales operations." Noting that Tüpraş continuously works to develop safe working environments for its employees, whom it sees as its most valuable capital in every period, and to nurture the qualified workforce of the future, Yelmenoğlu shared the following information about the company's work on equal opportunity: "In a sector long considered male-dominated like refining, we have long been a supporter and monitor of creating an egalitarian and inclusive work environment. In 2019, parallel to the practices supporting this approach, we brought female field operators and technicians to our refinery sector for the first time in our country." Tüpraş's 2019 Sustainability Journey

We Focused on Energy Efficiency in Production and Reducing Resource Use; With Our Projects We Contribute to the Circular Economy

• In 2019, TRY 268 million was spent on environmental management and investment expenditure.
• As a result of our energy savings projects and modernization efforts, the energy intensity index, which was 99.1 in 2018, was reduced to 98.4 in 2019.
• Tüpraş protects water resources and works to reduce negative impacts on biodiversity value through practices that reduce water consumption in refineries and reuse wastewater in processes. While the rate of water need met from recovery was realized at 41 percent, water consumption per barrel of crude oil processed was reduced to 0.6 m³/ton.
• In terms of waste management, priority was given to reducing waste amounts, and waste recovered through source separation contributed to the circular economy.

We Draw Strength from Our R&D and Innovation Capability and Qualified Human Resources

• A total of TRY 43.5 million was allocated to R&D activities carried out in 2019.
• With 12 Horizon 2020 projects implemented by the Tüpraş R&D Center, the company qualified to receive a total of EUR 6 million in support.
• Within the scope of innovation activities, emerging new technologies and business models worldwide were evaluated, and application areas for these innovations were created in operations.

We Create Added Value Through a Responsible Value Chain

• Tüpraş continued to contribute to the economy with a local procurement rate of 80 percent in 2019.
• In line with compliance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) rule requiring sulfur content in marine fuels to be less than 0.5 percent, scrubber investments were made in 3 tankers.
• An agreement was reached for Turkey's first hybrid locomotives.

We Work for Social Development Through Partnerships

• In collaboration with the Ministry of National Education, with the aim of increasing new generations' access to technology, the "Our Energy for the Future; Coding, Modeling, Creating" project was implemented.
• With the aim of raising awareness in society on gender equality, the partnership launched with the slogan "Our Energy for Equality Never Runs Out" with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) HeForShe movement and Fenerbahçe Sports Club continued at full pace.