2020 Sustainability Report
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Energy Efficiency and Emissions

We collaborate with our stakeholders in our supply chain as well as with FCA to fight against climate change. We attach great importance to energy efficiency and emission reduction activities, since the fastest way to create an impact is to make improvements in our production processes. Accordingly, we aim to fulfill our responsibility in the fight against climate change by reducing energy and emission density of our products every year.

We monitor and improve our energy efficiency and emission performance in line with short-, medium- and long-term targets. Such topics as energy efficiency and management of emissions are regulated by Energy Guides Board Working Group and Tofaş Sustainability Committee, and the results are reported to the CEO. Thanks to our efforts we keep our emission values below the limit values determined by public authorities.

In our transition to low carbon economy, our energy efficiency works stand out. These projects help reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Within the scope of WCM Energy Management Methodology, Tofaş launched more than 200 energy efficiency projects in 2020. Taking into account the projects launched in the last quarter of 2019, the total number of energy projects implemented in 2020 reached 289. The majority of the projects are subject to very low investment costs (ROI<1) within the framework of Smart Solutions, LCA (Low Cost Automation), operational control techniques, and awareness activities, and amortize themselves very rapidly.

In line with the production figures that decreased compared to the previous year due to economic reasons, there have been changes in the working shifts. The fixed energy consumptions and decreased daily production rates had an adverse effect on the energy consumption per vehicle (GJ/vehicle) and GHG Emissions. Due to such negative impact and thanks to the reductions in fixed energy consumption, energy consumption was 4.02 HJ/ton, which is below the expected level of 4.07 GJ/ton.

As a result of the studies carried out to reduce fixed energy consumption in the last two years, during which the automotive industry was adversely affected by economic conditions, the base energy level was reduced by 24% compared to 2017.

TOFAŞ received the “Certificate of Achievement”, an award given to the projects that enhance efficiency, from the Minister of Energy at the Award Ceremony organized by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey.

We developed a special algorithm software that instantly analyzes the effects of different production conditions and parameters on energy consumption and that can indicate the losses occurred on a process basis. With our software called TEMAS (Tofaş Energy Monitoring Analyzing System), we aim to make a difference in our energy projects within the scope of digital transformation activities.

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions occur during painting applications, which is one of the main processes in automotive production. We managed to reduce the VOC emission weight per painted surface from 35.47 g/m2 (in 2014) to 30.88 g/m2 and continue our efforts to further reduce VOC emissions in line with our targets.

We support the transition to a low carbon economy through our studies on energy efficiency. We are continuing to reduce energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions with the projects we implement. Thanks to the projects launched in 2020 within the scope of WCM (World Class Production) Energy Management Methodology, we have managed to save 3,115 GJ worth of energy and reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 3,000 tons.

Besides these energy efficiency and emission reduction efforts, we also focus on the emissions mentioned under Scope 3, collaborate with our stakeholders, and produce solutions to reduce carbon density of our operations.