Turkey Report of CDP Climate Change Program is released to the public by Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum under the sponsorship of Akbank and with the support of Deloitte Turkey’s rating system and report. The report was released at the meeting organized in Sakip Sabanci Museum, the Seed Center, November 19, 2015. Creating a platform in which companies can share their strategies towards climate change with their institutional investors, CDP is considered as the world’s most prestigious and widespread environmental initiative. 2015 Turkey CDP Climate Change Report includes the analysis of the responses from 46 companies including some from Turkey.
From the beginning of CDP Turkey Climate Change Project, the number of companies responding has increased 250%. 95% of the responding companies reported that they are approaching climate change as a senior and board of directors level issue. In addition 89% stated that they are integrating climate change into their business strategies.
During the meeting that  the 2015 CDP Turkey Climate Change Report was announced, the opening speech was made by Akbank Investor Relations and Sustainability Department Manager Cenk Göksan.  After that, General Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres’s speech was featured. The main speaker of the meeting, Head of BlackRock Europe, Middle East and Africa Corporate Governance, Amra Balic’s speech was followed by Paul Dickinson, Executive Chairman of CDP. Melsa Ararat, the director of Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum and CDP Turkey, gave further information on 2015 CDP Global Climate Change Report and 2015 CDP Turkey Climate Change Report. The speeches were followed by the award ceremony .
During the ceremony, CDP Turkey Climate Leaders were rewarded and companies from local “CDP Climate Disclosure Leadership Index” ,TSKB, Brisa, Garanti, Turkcell and Arçelik, were given the “CDP Turkey Climate Disclosure Leader” award. Garanti Bank was the only Turkish company that was in the global “CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index” list  and therefore was given “CDP Turkey Climate Performance Leader” award.

You can find the complete 2015 CDP Turkey Climate Change Report here. 
You can reach the newsletter including the summary of the report from here.