Göltaş Cement Factory; raw material supply, clinker and cement production and service activities at every stage by adopting the principle of sustainable development, continues environmental activities within the scope of Environmental Legislation aimed at the most efficient use of natural resources. We aim to contribute to the circular economy with the production of products with low clinker content and the use of alternative fuels for the development of sustainable living spaces. We adopt a comprehensive approach focusing on electricity generation from waste heat and reducing our energy consumption with our energy efficiency investments. Environmental regulation and green field studies have been carried out in our factory, which has been very sensitive to the environment since its establishment, and it is still continuing. 1 million trees have been planted on 144,000 acres with 40,000 m2 of green field work. An average of about 20,000 seedlings are planted on a private forest site every year, and regular annual maintenance work is carried out on the site.
With our culture committed to environmental values, we are committed to ensuring compliance with applicable legal and other requirements by constantly monitoring the environmental aspects related to all our activities, preventing pollution at the source, using natural resources efficiently, protecting ecosystems and preventing environmental degradation by reducing the negative effects of our activities on the environment, and implementing and managing an appropriate environmental management system.
There are continuous emission measurement devices in the main chimneys of the rotary kiln in our factory, and the data of the 3 main process chimneys are constantly monitored by the SIM (Continuous Monitoring Center) system connected online to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanism and Climate Change and controlled by the legal authority. Legal compliance is one of the foundations of environmental management studies. Environmental Management processes are also audited by public institutions within the framework of relevant legal regulations. In these chimneys, emission values far below the upper limit value of 50 mg/Nm3, which are European Standards, are being studied.
The use of alternative fuels, which is one of the leading waste materials with calorific value, also supports the waste management process of other industries and also minimizes the environmental impacts arising from waste. Within the scope of alternative fuel use, an Environmental Permit and License have been obtained dated 07.10.2022, which includes Air Emission, Wastewater Discharge, Waste Incineration and Co-Incineration. By increasing the alternative fuel ratio, it is aimed to reduce the use of conventional fuels such as petrocok, coal, fuel oil and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Göltaş Cement A.Sh. as part of the low carbon strategy, reducing furnace calories by using energy efficiently, increasing the use of alternative fuels, especially directing them to biomass sources, and increasing the production of additive cement are among our goals.
In order to implement all environmental activities as a systematic management method, the Company started to establish ISO 14001 Environmental Management System since the end of 2009. She was awarded with "ISO 14001: 2005 Environmental Management System Certificate" by the QEB on 12.07.2010. With the TS EN ISO 14001 environmental management system that it has established by integrating it into other management systems, environmental performance is monitored systematically and continuously improved.
Dec May 2-4, 2018 in accordance with TS EN ISO 14001: 2015 Standard, Göltaş Lake District Cement with the Integrated Management System transition audit conducted by the Quality and Environment Board between the dates of 2-4 May 2018 San.ve Tic.A.Sh. It has been awarded the ISO 14001:2015 certificate.
Göltaş Cement A.S. In accordance with its Integrated Policy, the Company's commitment is to continuously improve its environmental performance and to make sustainable contributions to its activities and society. In accordance with the environmental policy it undertakes, it allocates relevant resources for the studies to be carried out with the aim of continuous improvement and improvement of environmental performance.Our factory has fulfilled its obligations under the Environmental Legislation and our activities are carried out in accordance with all legal regulations and respecting the environment.