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Legal Compliance, Corporate Responsibility and Youth Participation are Essential on the Path to Sustainability
31 Jul 2025UN 2030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, NEW REGULATIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES WERE DISCUSSED IN THE ÇEVKO FOUNDATION CONVERSATION
In ÇEVKO Foundation's interview, attention was drawn to the delay in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and it was emphasized that accelerating legal regulations to achieve the goals, adaptation of the private sector to the process with a holistic approach and active participation of young people in decision-making mechanisms are of critical importance.
The online interviews organized by ÇEVKO Foundation, which brings together the identities of an expert industrial initiative and an active non-governmental organization, in cooperation with the Global Warming Congress Committee, continue in their 5th year. The fourth of the talks organized in 2025 under the title "Latest Developments in Climate Change and Sustainability" was held with intense participation.
The speakers of the online conversation, moderated by Celal Toprak, Chairman of the Global Warming Congress Committee, were ÇEVKO Foundation Secretary General Mete İmer, İstinye University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Bestami Özkaya, TFI-TA B Gıda Yatırımları A.Ş. Deputy Director of Sustainability Bengisu Gürcü and Yıldız Technical University Climate Ambassador Merve Nur Elmas.
In the ÇEVKO Foundation interview, where it was pointed out that current efforts are insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the latest report of the United Nations on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, upcoming legal regulations and the necessity of transformation of the private sector were brought to the agenda. In this context, it was discussed that combating the climate crisis and sustainable development will only be possible with a holistic approach.
UN Report: Unless Global Efforts Are Accelerated, Achieving Goals in 2030 Doesn't Seem Possible
ÇEVKO Foundation Secretary General Mete İmer, in his opening speech, drew attention to the report on the Sustainable Development Goals published by the United Nations on July 14, 2025. He stated that the report revealed that significant progress has been made in areas such as maternal and child health, access to education, reduction of infectious diseases, increased access to electricity and widespread use of renewable energy in the last 10 years, but that the momentum of these advances is not sufficient to achieve all of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Istinye University Vice Rector Prof. drew attention to the new legal regulations awaiting industrialists within the framework of the European Green Deal. Dr. Bestami Özkaya stated that taxation will begin within the scope of the Border Carbon Regulation Mechanism (SKDM) as of 2026.
Emphasizing the importance of the climate law and the draft National Emission Trading System regulation that Turkey has enacted in order to adapt to this process, Prof. Dr. Bestami Özkaya said, "These steps are very important to keep this tax burden within the country. In addition, in 2026, the European Commission is expected to enact a Circular Economy Law, which includes issues such as waste management and digital product passport. Obligations to prevent deforestation are also coming. The world is experiencing a change and transformation. We can turn this process into an opportunity by developing high-tech green transformation technologies."
Holistic Sustainability Spanning the Value Chain is Possible
TFI-TAB Gıda Yatırımları A.Ş. Deputy Sustainability Manager Bengisu Gürcü shared the sustainability practices they implemented within the institution.
Gürcü emphasized that sustainability cannot be achieved with a single environmental or social project and that a sustainable business model must be created, and said, "Thanks to our integrated ecosystem structure, we can manage sustainability in the entire value chain from raw materials to the restaurant. Behind a product that reaches the consumer, we have animal welfare standards, sustainable agriculture criteria, water and energy efficiency projects and science-based targets for carbon reduction." Gürcü, who conveyed the concrete steps they have taken such as RSPO certified palm oil-containing products and the use of Rainforest Alliance certified coffee, turning to FSC certified sources in packaging, providing electricity consumption of restaurants from renewable energy sources and zero waste certification, stated that TAB Gıda prioritizes transparency with the TSRS and GRI compatible sustainability reports they published for the first time this year.
Young People Expect an Active Role in Policy Making Processes
Yıldız Technical University Climate Ambassador Merve Nur Elmas stated that the generation that will be most affected by the climate crisis is young people, and that young people should take an active role not only in awareness activities but also in policy-making processes.
Elmas stated that they made the voices of young people heard in national (LCOY) and international (COP) platforms thanks to the Climate Ambassadors program carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, and said, "While states and companies are looking for solutions to the climate crisis, we expect our solutions and ideas to be taken into consideration. As young people, we expect support from states, companies and schools in this journey. It is very valuable for us that our academics in our schools bring these issues to the fore and that companies regulate their policies within the scope of the climate fight."
You can watch the conversation titled "Latest Developments in Climate Change and Sustainability", prepared by ÇEVKO Foundation in cooperation with the Global Warming Congress Committee, on ÇEVKO Foundation's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRANiWVSaLA
About ÇEVKO Foundation
ÇEVKO Environmental Protection and Packaging Waste Utilization Foundation is a non-governmental organization that supports a sustainable recycling and environmental protection approach in Turkey.
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