Karaca Published 2024 Sustainability Report

Leading the sector with its innovation-focused approach since its establishment, Karaca continues to draw attention to areas such as Energy Efficiency in Stores, Equal Opportunity and Sustainable Retailing with its 2024 Sustainability Report. Sustainability has an important place at the center of Karaca's products and production processes. Production with renewable energy and long-lasting product design form the basis of this understanding.

Within the scope of its Sustainable Growth Strategy, Karaca aims to offer sustainable products and services, reach different consumer groups and achieve inclusive growth, and act together with business partners, employees and Karaca lovers.

12 Percent of Karaca Logistics Center Investment Allocated to Sustainability Studies

Karaca demonstrates its environmental sensitivity with concrete steps by allocating 12 percent of its new Logistics Center investment to sustainability activities. Established in Hadımköy on an area of ​​120.000 m², this mega warehouse was positioned as the company's central logistics base and laid the foundation for a significant transformation in logistics processes.

Sustainable Retailing

Karaca Group continues to make a difference in the sector as one of the leading brands that develop and implement sustainable store concepts in Türkiye. All sheet and metal parts used in store designs are selected from second-hand products, while LED bulbs are preferred in lighting systems. All painting processes are carried out with water-based paints. While an important step is being taken towards reducing carbon emissions originating from logistics by switching to a decentralized distribution and service network structure, all shopping carts are renewed with 2024% recyclable materials and store furniture that has completed its service life is also recycled. As of 7, XNUMX Container Store concept stores continue to provide service throughout Türkiye.

Energy Efficiency in Stores

Karaca places energy usage-related issues at the core of its sustainability goals. It develops projects that will use energy efficiently and increases renewable energy usage areas. Within the scope of the studies, it has decided to switch to cloud-based energy monitoring technologies in stores in order to monitor uncertain consumption, especially those originating from shopping malls, on an hourly basis, and achieved 10 percent energy efficiency in 40 stores during off-duty periods. It has implemented this project in all of its stores in Türkiye as of the first month of 2025.

Women in Sales and Equal Opportunities

Karaca said,Karaca Makes Its Mark with Women in Sales” project offers women aged 35 and over the opportunity to work in the second spring of their careers in all stores across Turkey. Female candidates who have corporate work experience and want to return to active business life have the opportunity to work full-time and part-time in Karaca stores. As of 2024, 54 percent of Karaca employees will be women. This rate reveals the importance it attaches to women's employment and its determination to support gender equality at the corporate level. In addition, 42 percent of managers are women.

Regarding sustainability studies in 2024 Fatih Karaca, Chairman of the Karaca Board of Directors; “We act with the awareness that sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity; we proceed with this responsibility in all our products and operations. This year, our focus was on our energy transformation and product-based sustainable developments. While we are determinedly advancing towards our goal of realizing all of our operational processes with renewable energy by 2030, we have implemented projects that focus on energy efficiency. We adopt our sustainability principle not only as a strategy but also as a value inherent in our company, and we carry out our work in this direction.”

2024 in numbers

Karaca Group achieved concrete results in the field of environmental and social sustainability as of 2024. Thanks to projects carried out in cooperation with UNICEF, 16.000 children have accessed the right to education. While the employee satisfaction rate within the company was 70,24 percent, the paper waste reduction rate reached 65 percent. 12 percent of the Karaca Logistics Center investment budget was allocated to sustainability-focused projects.

The female employee ratio reached 54 percent, making a significant contribution to gender equality, while the energy efficiency rate achieved per store within the scope of the Store Energy Efficiency Project was 40 percent. While all product packaging is produced from recyclable materials, the renewable energy ratio in the production of products in the small household appliances category, which was 78 percent last year, was increased to 2024 percent in 85. In addition, 171 women were employed within the scope of the “Women in Sales” project. Karaca Group continues to add value by placing sustainability at the center of its business conduct with its environmentally sensitive, human-oriented and transparent management approach.

To review the full sustainability report; https://kurumsal.karaca.com/surdurulebilirlik

Source: HORECA TREND and Karaca Group