| Sustainability for a Better Life 2024 Report
Clarity in Vision,
Consistency in Action
Just as the first ray of light breaks through darkness, signaling the start of a new day, Sabancı Holding’s sustainability journey is a force of clarity, progress, and acceleration. By integrating resilient business models, rapid adaptation, and sustainable innovation, we are setting the pace for a future where speed, agility, and responsibility define success.
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Our Value Creation
Transforming Investments into a Spectrum of Impact
Light passing through a prism transforms into a spectrum of vibrant colors— just as Sabancı’s investments diversify and amplify their impact across industries. By integrating sustainability into our investment strategies, we convert challenges into opportunities, risks into resilience, and ideas into real-world transformation. Every initiative reflects a different wavelength of value creation, whether in banking, financial services, energy and climate technologies, material technologies, mobility solutions and digital sectors all converging into a cohesive and powerful impact.
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2024 Sustainability Indicators at a Glance
Our Nature Agenda14%
Reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions
(2021-2024)
Transforming our PortfolioUSD 5 billion
SDG-linked investments between 2022-2027
Our Social Agenda
1.4+ million
People reached through inclusion programs
in a year
Our Human Capital
1
Female-to-male
pay ratio
Transforming our Core Business Areas
71%
Ratio of SDG-linked R&D and
innovation investments to
total R&D investments
Our Governance44%
Ratio of women in the Board of Directors
Our Nature Agenda
Building a Nature-Positive Ecosystem
Nature has a way of illuminating itself even in the darkest environments— from bioluminescent organisms in the deep sea to fireflies lighting up the night. Similarly, Sabancı Holding is committed to nature-positive investments that restore, regenerate, and protect ecosystems. By integrating biodiversity protection, water stewardship, and circular economy principles, we ensure that businesses enhance, rather than deplete, natural resources. Our focus is on creating a thriving, self-sustaining balance between industry and nature.
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Our Social Agenda
Creating Lasting Social Impact
True progress is not just about speed but about inclusivity, equity, and empowerment. Like a torch being passed forward, Sabancı Holding’s social impact initiatives ensure that the benefits of progress reach all stakeholders— employees, communities, and future generations. Through education programs, workforce training, and diversity & inclusion initiatives, we empower individuals with the tools and knowledge they need to thrive in a rapidly evolving world.
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Transforming our Core
Business Areas
Business Areas
Driving Impact at Light Speed
Just as light moves with unparalleled speed, Sabancı Holding embraces agility and precision in transforming core business areas. The rapid evolution of technology, digitalization, and sustainability demands an approach that moves swiftly and seamlessly toward impact. By leveraging continuous investment, R&D, and a consistent execution strategy, we ensure that our businesses adapt, innovate, and lead in a rapidly changing world.
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Transforming our
Portfolio
Portfolio
Refining Vision for
Scalable Growth
Just as an optical lens gathers and concentrates light to reveal clarity and amplify energy, Sabancı Holding sharpens its focus to magnify the long-term value of its investments. Our portfolio transformation is driven by strategic foresight and precision, ensuring that every capital allocation strengthens our position in the industries of the future. Rooted in sustainability and focused on scalable growth, we invest in new growth platforms with an emphasis on energy and climate technologies, material technologies, mobility solutions and digital technologies. Pursuing our path of innovation, resilience, and global expansion, we identify businesses that are built to thrive.
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Integrated Sustainability
at Sabancı Group
at Sabancı Group
Capturing Light for a
Sustainable Future
Just as solar panels harness sunlight to generate clean energy, Sabancı Holding channels sustainability principles into every facet of its operations. By absorbing knowledge, adapting to new technologies, and continuously evolving, we ensure that our business remains efficient, future-ready, and purpose-driven. Our focus on renewable energy, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience enables us to be a catalyst for a net-positive impact across industries.
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Our Governance
Governance as the DNA of
Sustainable Transformation
Just as DNA carries the instructions for life, governance at Sabancı Holding encodes the values and principles that guide who we are and how we evolve. Our governance structure mirrors a double helix, where resilience and adaptability are built into every decision and process. Each strand — ethics, transparency, accountability, and strategic foresight — works in harmony to form a system that is both strong and agile. This structural integrity allows us to respond to change, protect stakeholder trust, and lead with clarity in a complex world.
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Our Human Capital
Illuminating the Future
through People
The aurora borealis is a phenomenon driven by energy and movement— just like Sabancı Holding’s dynamic workforce. Our people are at the heart of transformation. We invest in continuous learning, leadership agility, and future-ready workforce programs to ensure that our people drive transformation through their expertise, collaboration, and entrepreneurial mindset. Just as auroras light up the sky, our talent lights the way forward.
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