THY flies to 2050 carbon neutreal airline target with sustainability eforts
Speaking at the 16th PAGEV Turkish Plastics Industry Congress with the theme of "Next Generation Sustainability in the Circular Plastics Economy", Levent Konukcu, Deputy General Manager Investment and Technology of Turkish Airlines (THY), was a speaker under the title of "Mindset Transition", one of the 3 Keys of Green Transition. Konukcu explained the important steps taken by THY, which has 90 years of experience in the sky, in the field of sustainability, and stated that as the airline brand flying to the most countries in the world, they are taking firm steps towards becoming the youngest and most modern fleet in Europe: "After announcing our Sustainability Vision in 2009, we have achieved many firsts to this day. In 2014, we published our first Sustainability Report. In 2016, we carried out ISO 14064-1 Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and received the LACP Award for our Sustainability Report. After our first flight in which we fulfilled the SAF Obligations, we became the first airline to directly receive the IEnvA Stage 2 Certificate. In 2022, we established our Voluntary Carbon Offset Platform and in 2023, we announced our 2050 Carbon-Neutral Target. Thus, we have succeeded in playing our leadership role in the developing regulations in the aviation industry worldwide. We are progressing step by step towards our 2050 Carbon Neutral Airline target by reducing our carbon emissions with our next generation aircraft, sustainable fuel use, operational improvements and the use of renewable energy in our new buildings. With a total of 437 aircraft in our young fleet, we ensure fuel efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions."
Significant local and foregin brands and names participated in the Congres
The following names were the speakers in the panels at the 16th PAGEV Turkish Plastics Industry Congress, which was held with a wide local and foreign participation and moderated by Habertürk TV Economy News Manager Zeliha Saraç: Levent Konukcu, THY Deputy General Manager Investment and Technology - Barış Tunçsiper, World Bank (IFC) Senior Investment Officer, Elif Baknalı European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Green Economy Executive - Vedat Kılıç, Association of Recyclable Packaging Materials Collectors and Sorters(TÜDAM) President - Ayşe Melis Kocatürk, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TÜBİTAK) Deputy Manader of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies, Tamer Güven, İnan PLS Makine Chairman of the Board - Tolga Yalnız, General Manager of SIBUR Turkiye - Manfred Wittner, Chevron Lummus Novolen Technology Direcctor Business Development Licensing- Serkan Orhan, TOMRA Recycling Sorting Turkiye and Middle East Sales Manager, Sven Ortner, Ngr Manager - Ümit Yasin Güven, Rep. Of Türkite Ministry of Industry and Technology General Directorate of Industry, Head of Department - Sabriye Ayhan, Rep. Of Turkiye Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Head of Circular Economy and Waste Management Department - Dr. Nesrin Gündoğan Üzer, Rep. of Turkiye Ministry of Trade Head of EU Technical Legislation Department - Yağmur Eroğlu, CERTILOOP General Manager - Serap Akalın Kızıloğlu, Rep. of Turkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Head of Food Establishments and Codex Department - Dr. Martin Engelmann, German Plastic Packaging Association (IK) Director General.
