20 Enabling the Digital and Energy transition THE STRATEGY Accordingly, Prysmian Turkey has an ambitious target to reduce its carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. "With the projects completed in 2021, we will have reduced more than 1,000 tons of CO2 by yearend" she said. "With the deployment of these projects, we enabled a reduction that could only be offsetted by trees covering an area of 280 football fields. We will continue to benefit from the early savings from our projects, which is estimated to correspond to 26% of our target, until 2030. On the other hand, we recognize our responsibility to do more in the coming years and commit to work hard." Ozcan’s strategy for Turkey is fully aligned with the group’s global ESG efforts. In 2020, Prysmian Turkey committed to producing low polluting products, cutting down on emissions and waste. It also aims to build a “Zero and Beyond” culture that integrates workplace health and safety with the goal of becoming injury-free. And it will continue its strong progress made in the field of gender diversity. Under former CEO Cinzia Farisè Prysmian Turkey won external recognition as a Diversity & Inclusion center of excellence. Half of Istanbul-listed Prysmian Turkey’s board of directors is female, and so are 35% of white-collar employees and 25% of its senior managers. Prysmian Turkey’s achievement was recognized by the “Women Empowered Board of Directors” award by Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum in 2020 during the “Turkey Women Directors Conference.” Ozcan, who was named CEO in June 2021, shares her predecessor’s focus on female empowerment. “Equality is one of the most critical subjects now being discussed all over the world, and I believe inequality in business life and daily life is the biggest challenge we face as we work towards sustainable development,” she said. “The climate crisis is also worsening inequality in many dimensions. Disadvantaged groups like poorer people, women and girls are struggling for survival. Despite its critical importance, social equality has not been resolved, nor is it improving. On the contrary, the gap between the privileged and the rest are widening. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are some of the most important tools we have to tackle this inequality.”
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