As the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce, we have established the Green Transformation Support Centre to guide businesses through their green transformation processes. Our centre provides guidance and consulting services to businesses in critical areas such as eco-friendly practices, sustainable production, energy efficiency, carbon footprint management and waste management.

To assess the current situation of businesses in these areas and determine their needs, an online diagnostic tool has been developed that is integrated with our Chamber’s digital infrastructure. This tool analyses businesses’ green transformation processes and reveals their development needs. In addition, various seminars, information meetings and training sessions are organized to help businesses manage these processes more effectively.

Activities Carried Out at Our Centre

• Online Green Transformation Report Card: A tool that helps businesses assess their current green transformation status and aims to guide them on issues such as the EU Green Deal, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), while ensuring alignment with Türkiye’s climate law.

To use the tool, click on.

 https://yddm.gto.org.tr/tr/survey/64ae9c9b8eda5-yesil-donusum-ihtiyac-tespit-formu

• Monthly Newsletters: Every two months, our members receive up-to-date information on topics such as climate change in Türkiye and around the world, compliance with the EU Green Agreement’ and green transformation.
• Seminars and Meetings: We aim to increase the knowledge and awareness levels of businesses through seminars and meetings that we organize periodically. Some seminars and meetings organized:
  • European Green Agreement and Green Transformation in Industry Seminar
  • Access to Financial Resources for Businesses in Green Transformation Seminar
  • Industrial Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Transition Seminar
  • Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in the Manufacturing Sector
  • Strong and Green SME’s Online Meeting
  • Information Meeting on the Green Industry Support Programme for SME’s
  • Business World’s Inevitable: Green Transformation, Sustainability and Digitization Information Meeting
  • Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Türkiye Sustainability Reporting Standards Information Meeting
  • Green Opportunities: Information Meeting on Grant Support for Accelerating Transformation Focused on Women and Youth
• Education Programmes: Training courses that organized to enable business representatives to acquire the knowledge and skills they need in green transformation processes:
  • Green Transformation Training Programme for Businesses (May 2024)
  • Green Transformation and Sustainability Expertise Training Programme (April 2025)
• Green Transformation Consultancy Support Programme: This programme, launched with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), provided group advisory services to SMEs. Consulting packages have been used to support companies in achieving their sustainability goals:
  • Package – 1: Low Carbon Production
  • Package – 2: Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency

Climate Action and Beyond Platform (TRAction)

The Climate Action and Beyond Platform (TRAction), which is a part of the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce and implemented in collaboration with WWF- Türkiye (World Wildlife Fund), TÜSİAD and UN Global Compact Türkiye, supports the Türkiye business world in complying with the European Green Deal. Through this platform, the aim is to increase cross-sector cooperation and strengthen dialogue with public stakeholders. To help institutions better understand science-based target setting processes, the Getting Started Guide for Science-Based Targets, provided as part of the project, is now available to the public. You can access the guide

https://traction.org.tr/download/Bilim-Temelli-Hedef-Belirleme-icin-Baslangic-Kilavuzu.pdf

For contact and detailed information,

Directorate of External Relations and Project Development

Tuğçe Ayçil

Phone: +90 342 220 30 30 (329)

Email: tugceaycil@gto.org.tr