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“OIZs will be pioneers in green transformation”
“There will be a transformation process in every
field” Minister Kurum emphasized that the global problems
experienced, especially the Covid-19 pandemic,
Stating that they will experience a transformation Russia-Ukraine War, food and energy bottleneck, also
process in every field from energy to industry, from include a permanent change in the world, and that
transportation to buildings, from waste sector to sink
while the world is going through this difficult period,
areas within the scope of the National Contribution
Türkiye has taken confident steps towards the future
Declaration, Kurum said: “We have reached the
with projects that are innovative, dynamic, steady-
final point in our efforts to establish the National
state and will carry it to the top in global competition.
Emissions Trading System, the pilot of which we will
Minister Kurum continued his words as follows: “By
start in 2024. With the Emissions Trading System, we
will implement a system in which those who produce encouraging industrial facilities to make climate and
more emissions are punished and those who environmentally friendly production, we will make
produce less emissions are rewarded. There will be all our industrial regions compatible with our green
income from the carbon pricing mechanism. With development goal of centering on zero waste and
this income, we will support the clean production centering on people within the framework of green
and investment processes of our industrialists. transformation. Our goal is to turn all organized
Within the framework of the green development industrial zones into ‘Green Organized Industrial Zone’
revolution, we will center on not polluting while
with our universities, business people and institutions.
producing. We will produce, grow and develop, but
Our OIZs will spread the green transformation with an
we will not harm our environment. At this point, we
exemplary model. With each step we take, we will open
have great expectations from our industrialists and
a new page in green transformation in industry. We will
private sector”.
issue ‘Green Transformation Certificate in Industry’ as
an indicator of environmental production to the facilities
showing energy and resource efficiency, and zero
pollution principle for air, water and soil. We will take all
necessary steps to meet the environmental taxonomy
criteria of the facilities that receive this document
with an environmental approach and to benefit from
environmental investment funds and green financing
opportunities. OIZs, which make up 45% of our industrial
production, will be pioneers in green transformation. In
this way, in addition to environmental improvement, we
will ensure that our country’s industry reaches the level
of world-class production and reaches the competitive
power in the export market under equal conditions and
takes a high share in the world markets”.
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