INTERKAP

SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT

GRI CONTENT
INDEX
GENERAL STANDARD DISCLOSURES
GENERAL STANDARD DISCLOSURE PAGE EXTERNAL ASSURANCE
Strategy and Analysis
G4-1 1 -
Organisational Profile
G4-3 9 -
G4-4 6 -
G4-5 6 -
G4-6 16 -
G4-7 9 -
G4-8 16 -
G4-9 6 -
G4-10 10 -
G4-11 10 -
G4-12 14 -
G4-13 No significant change within the reporting period. -
G4-14 13 -
G4-15 6 -
G4-16 6 -
Identify Material Aspects and Boundaries
G4-17 There is no entities other than Interkap is involved
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in the financial statements provided in this report.
G4-18 4-5 -
G4-19 5 -
G4-20 5 -
G4-21 5 -
G4-22 This report is the first sustainability report of
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Interkap A.Ş.
G4-23 This report is the first sustainability report of
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Interkap A.Ş.
Stakeholder Engagement
G4-24 4-5 -
G4-25 4-5 -
G4-26 4-5 -
G4-27 4-5 -

GENERAL STANDARD DISCLOSURES
GENERAL STANDARD DISCLOSURE PAGE EXTERNAL ASSURANCE
Report Profile
G4-28 2 -
G4-29 This report is the first sustainability report of
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Interkap A.Ş.
G4-30 2 -
G4-31 Tuncay Kırbıyık
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tuncay.kirbiyik@interkap.com.tr
G4-32 2 -
G4-33 No external assurance applied for this
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sustainability report.
Governance
G4-34 11 -
Ethics and Integrity
G4-56 13
MATERIAL ASPECT
SPECIFIC STANDARD DISCLOSURES
DMA AND
INDICATORS
PAGE
EXTERNAL ASSURANCE
CATEGORY: ECONOMIC
DMA 19 -
Economic Performance EC-1 20 -
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENTAL
DMA 21 -
Energy EN-3 25-26 -
EN-7 25-26 -
Emissions EN-15 23-24 -
EN-16 23-24 -
EN-17 23-24 -
Wastes EN-23 22 -
CATEGORY: SOCIAL
DMA 37 -
Occupational Health and Safety LA-6 37-38-39-40 -
LA-7 37-38-39-40 -
Training and Education LA-9 42-43 -
Non-discrimination HR-3 44 -

INSPIRED BY THE VALUE WE
ADD TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS
WITH OPERATIONAL
EXCELLENCE.
WHAT DOES THIS REPORT CONTAIN?
1ABOUT THE
REPORT
3ECONOMIC
PERFORMANCE
2CORPORATE
IDENTITIY

5PRODUCT
LIFE CYCLE
MANAGEMENT
4SENSITIVITY TO
ENVIRONMENT
6SOCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY

MESSAGE
FROM OUR
CHAIRMAN
Dear Stakeholders,
G4-1
With a strong appreciation of its social and environmental responsibilities,
İNTERKAP, a leading producer of plastic caps, closures and components, is crowning
its 25th anniversary celebrations with this, its first Global Reporting Initiative report.
This GRI report describes our many efforts to achieve and facilitate a high living
standard for future generations.
Since it was founded in 1991, İNTERKAP has prioritized its employees’ education
and welfare, and has pursued the highest production quality and client satisfaction
as consistent goals. But we are aware of the impact we have on climate change, as
well as our consumption of energy and resources during our production processes,
and we have never forgotten our responsibility to sustain the environment for future
generations. We have therefore set ourselves goals to minimize our impact, and
continuously strive to achieve them.
Although İNTERKAP published this first Sustainability Report for 2015, the institution
has since undergone a more concrete analysis of its environmental and social
impacts via product sustainability measurements and Life Cycle Assessment.
Consequently, İNTERKAP has started its sustainability journey with the attitude
“understand your impact first”.
From its early days, İNTERKAP has supported the business model of ‘sustainability’:
the method of achieving economic growth and improvements in welfare, while
preserving the environment and maintaining the living standard of all people.
Through this report, we hope to inspire our stakeholders, who are a central part of
our value chain, with our enthusiasm for a sustainable outlook.
1
We are proud to publish this, our first Sustainability Report which presents our
economic, environmental and social efforts transparently to our respected clients,
employees, suppliers and other stakeholder.
Livio Manzini
Chairman of the Board

ABOUT THE
REPORT 1
While proudly looking back on the past 25 years of operation, we present
for the consideration of our valued stakeholders this Sustainability Report,
published for the first time this year, containing the economic, environmental,
social and ethical issues which have remained at the forefront of our activities
throughout the last quarter-century.
The report describes the economic, environmental and social impacts which
arose as a result of our activities in 2015, in accordance with the option
Core of the GRI G4 Guidelines. Relying on our principles of transparency,
veracity and accuracy, we have included in the report the primary issues
for continuation of our social, environmental and economic sustainability
policies.
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G4-30
G4-32
At İNTERKAP A.Ş. we aim to renew our Sustainability Report periodically.
Throughout the period which this report covers there has been no change in
the scale, organization, ownership or supply chain of our enterprise.
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STAKEHOLDER
COMMENT
“Sustainability is a concept that has recently found its way onto the agenda of
several companies. This concept refers to the aspiration of a more sustainable
future and a more livable world for all. However, we actually know that it is a long
and highly challenging journey.
Yet, we are at a turning point in history, where we all need to make some changes
and take radical decisions for the future of both our planet and humanity.
At Unilever, we believe that sustainability should be a philosophy that reaches
beyond obligation for companies. We have adopted sustainability as a business
philosophy to be integrated into all our processes. The aim behind this philosophy is
to pass on a more livable world to the next generation and to transform our efforts
to welfare, collaborating with our stakeholders.
In the future, new business models which will focus on sustainability, will have
a fundamental role in increasing quality of life all over the world. Sustainable,
equitable growth is the only acceptable business model. In addition, I believe that
only the businesses that grasp this will survive. Only those who grow sustainably will
thrive.
I sincerely congratulate İnterkap A.Ş., one of our valued stakeholders, on its notable
efforts to build a sustainable future.
In short, we encourage all other business partners, suppliers, consumers, and
stakeholders to stand by us in achieving this goal.’’
Mehmet Altınok
CEO Unilever Turkey, Central Asia and IRAN
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Stakeholder scope
Permanently remaining in active communication with our stakeholders and meeting
their expectations at top level are the underlying objectives of İNTERKAP A.Ş. That’s
why we have prepared this Sustainability Report, published for the first time, with
the purpose of expressing ourselves primarily to our clients, our employees, our
suppliers and all other stakeholders, and to help them obtain the most correct and
accurate information about us.
OUR
STAKEHOLDERS
MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION
Group
Clients Employees Suppliers Shareholders
companies
Informative Informative Informative Meeting Informative
e-mail e-mail e-mail
e-mail
Telephone Telephone Telephone Telephone Telephone
Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting
We have tried to portray ourselves as objectively as possible while prioritising
the economic, environmental and social aspects of the results of intracompany
meetings in our communications with our stakeholders. When
determining the underlying issues, we have focussed on the areas in which
İNTERKAP A.Ş. has been active as well as considering the topics which may
have importance for our base stakeholders. Every element of this report is
based on data related to 2015 and has been managed by us; the report has
been prepared based on sound principles of transparency and veracity.
The ‘primary issues matrix’ below has been created in accordance with
communications with our stakeholders. Every element in this matrix is of
primary importance for us and for our stakeholders. As the supplier of leading
brands worldwide, our economic performance is of paramount importance
to İNTERKAP A.Ş. and to our clients as vital stakeholders in our company.
Besides our corporate impact on climate change as the manufacturer of
plastic caps and components, the environmental performance of the life cycle
of our products and our product sustainability studies, the impact of which is
calculated scientifically, follow our economic performance.
We have prioritized the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Quality
Systems Department, created with awareness of, respect for and responsibility
towards our activities, our employees and all our stakeholders. OHSAS 18001
embraces all studies conducted within the Department; our adoption of Energy
Management System ISO 50001 and Environmental Management System ISO
14001 show our respect for and responsibility towards the environment and
nature and training issues.
G4-18
G4-24
G4-25
G4-26
G4-27
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G4-19
G4-20
G4-21
G4-24
G4-25
G4-26
G4-27
Influence on Stakeholder Assessments and
Decision
Low Medium High
Waste
Management
Energy
Management
Trainings and
Human Rights
Climate
Change
Economic
Performance
Product
Life Cycle
Assessment
Occupational
Health and Safety
Low Medium High
Significance of Economic, Environmental and Social Impact
As İNTERKAP A.Ş., where we explain our corporate identity and activities our
objective in this Sustainability Report is to express ourselves transparently, primarily
to our clients but also to our employees. In this matter, the comments and thoughts
of our stakeholders are of great importance to us. For this reason, in the course of
preparing this report we organized a stakeholder meeting with one of our clients,
Unilever, to share our excitement over this first report, to get feedback on the report
and our company, and to understand exactly the expectations of our supply chain
clients. We visited Unilever in company with Metsims Sustainability Consulting,
which has provided consultancy services for us in the preparation and design of this
report, and captured their expectations in a meeting with the competent staff from a
range of departments.
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INTERKAP AT A GLANCE
Our headquarter is located in Hadımköy/Istanbul, from where
production activities are also carried out.
With its skilled employees using innovative technologies,
İNTERKAP is a business partner creating added value and
offering innovations to meet the expectations of all current
and future clients for our plastic products, which are
produced with responsibility towards the environment, society
and our stakeholders.
7 Departments
100 Employees
Production distribution of 2015
19%
30%
7%
44%
Pharmaceutical
Food
Home Cleaning and
Home Care
Personal Care and
Cosmetics
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G4-5
G4-9
G4-15
G4-16
Registered organizations and institutions
ISTANBUL CHAMBER OF INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION OF ISTANBUL CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND
PRODUCTS EXPORTERS
ASSOCIATIONS OF ISTANBUL MINERALS AND METAL
EXPORTERS
SEDEX
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2
CORPORATE
IDENTITY
Our vision
To be a preferred and sustainable manufacturer of plastic
caps, closures and components on a global scale.
INTER = Global
KAP = Cap
To be a preferred business partner with
a sense of responsibility towards
the environment, society and its
stakeholders, creating added
value innovations for its clients,
and with employees able to
use the most up-to-date
technology.
Our mission
1990
7 7
1999
ISO 9002 quality assurance
achieved
Foundation of Interkap A.Ş.,
start of production
2004
ISO 9001 Quality
Management
System achieved
2005
2008
Preparation and
commencement of
operation of the facility for
production of food-grade
plastic items
2007
Reduction of environmental
impact with investment of
electrical machinery
Start of export sales to North
Africa and continents of
Europe and Asia

2011
2012
Production of thin
walled container and
cap
Export sales reaching the
level of %32
Move to the Hadımköy facility
with an area of 18500 m 2
2013
Conformity to SEDEX
BRC-IOP Certification
obtained
Product Life Cycle
Assessment achieved
2015
ISO 14001 Environmental
Management System
achieved
OHSAS 18001 achieved
ISO 50001 achieved
GRI Sustainability Report
prepared
Fundamental Values
Customer Satisfaction – Superior Quality
Devoted Team Work
Quick Service Understanding
Principle of Working Transparently with Stakeholders
Understanding of Global Vision
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İNTERKAP A.Ş.
G4-3
G4-7
İNTERKAP was founded in 1990 as part of the Bell Holding Group of Companies and
started production of plastic caps, closures and components using plastic injection
technology. Since 1990, our company has been engaged in the production of caps
in various colours and designs. As of 2011 Interkap is continuing its production
operations in the 18500 m2 Hadımköy facilities in Istanbul.
Since the first year of foundation, our mission has been to meet the expectations of
all clients which use and may use plastic products, to operate responsibly towards
the environment, society and our stakeholders with a competent workforce capable
of using innovative technologies.
Aiming to be a preferred global-scale brand from onset till today, İNTERKAP
continues to produce plastic caps, closures and components for leading
international companies in the cosmetics, home care, food and drug industries.
Even though it is not a public joint-stock company, because ‘transparency’ is one
of its stated core values, this report is a transparent statement of all İNTERKAP’s
economic, social and environmental sustainability studies.
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İNTERKAP achieves its production activities with its own permanent workforce. The
demographic distribution of our 100 employees is shown graphically below.
DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES
By gender;
G4-10
G4-11
7%
Female
Male
93%
By age distribution;
32%
8%
19%
41%
18-30
31-40
41-50
50+
By position;
23%
Blue-collar
White-collar
77%
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GOVERNANCE
G4-34
As well as İNTERKAP’s seven departments, the Environmental Safety Board, the
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Board and the Energy Management Board
have been created and gather periodically with the purpose of establishing and
maintaining oversight of issues such as environmental sustainability, occupational
safety and energy management.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT BOARD
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TASK
Deputy of the Employer (Head of Board)
Environmental Safety Supervisor (Board Secretary)
Occupational Physician
OHS and Quality System Manager (Representative
of Management)
Technical and Mass Production Manager
Manager of Human Resources
Foreman, Master Representative
Representative of Employees
Manager of Quality Assurance
Storehouse Supervisor
OHS AND RISK ASSESSMENT BOARD
TASK
Deputy of the Employer (Head of Board)
Specialist of Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Physician
OHS and Quality System Manager (Representative
of Management)
Technical and Mass Production Manager
Manager of Human Resources
Foreman, Master Representative
Representative of Employees
Manager of Quality Assurance
Storehouse Supervisor
ENERGY MANAGEMENT TEAM
TASK
Manager of Energy
Representative of Management
Technical Maintenance and Mass Production
Manager
Tooling and New Projects Manager
Application Team Leader
Electrician Master
MEMBER
Factory Manager
Environmental Staff
Physician
Department Manager
Department Manager
Department Manager
PERMANENT-RESERVE
PERMANENT-RESERVE
Department Manager
Department Executive
MEMBER
Factory Manager
Specialist
Physician
Department Manager
Department Manager
Department Manager
PERMANENT-RESERVE
PERMANENT-RESERVE
Department Manager
Department Executive
MEMBER
Factory Manager
Department Manager
Department Manager
Department Manager
Department Executive
Occupational Training Certified Master

OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
QUALITY
ISO 14001:
Environmental
Management System
BRC/IOP: Certificate
of Food Packaging and
Packaging Materials
OHSAS 18001:
Occupational Health
and Safety
BRC/IOP: Certificate of Food
Packaging and Packaging Materials
This is a standard issued by the British Retail
Consortium/Institution of Packaging (BRC/
IoP) to help retailers and food packaging
manufacturers fulfil their legal obligations.
The BRC/IoP Standard ensures the protection
of consumers by forming a general basis
for inspection of the companies supplying
packaging for food products for the retailers.
The standard sets the safety, quality and
application criteria necessary for companies
supplying the packaging for retailers, suppliers
or for those using the standard.
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ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
G4-14
G4-56
It is of great importance to us that our employees and management team work
within a corporate culture and with personal values of high ethical standards. The
Code of Ethics that we at İNTERKAP apply was announced in 2014 in the meetings
held by Bell Holding, to which we are affiliated, and is communicated in bulletins to
our employees.
Elements of our corporate culture in the journey of sustainable growth as İNTERKAP
are:
Honesty
Respect
Transparency
Team Spirit
Humility
Perfectionism
As the supplier of many leading international companies
in the industry, İNTERKAP is a member of the Supplier
Ethical Data Exchange, SEDEX, a social inspection
standard organization which facilitates inspection of
the supply chain. In this way, we add value to the supply
chains of the brands with which we cooperate and thereby
become a link in the sustainable supply chain.
What is SEDEX?
The Supplier Ethical Data Exchange is a non-profit organization headquartered in
London, UK, whose member companies are committed to permanently improving
the ethical performance of supply chains.
As a manufacturing company, we bear a sense of responsibility for monitoring,
managing and reducing all economic, environmental and social impacts which
occur because of our activities. We are therefore trying to improve our social
and economic values while also minimizing our damage to the environment by
integrating into our company policy Article 15 of the Rio Declaration on reducing
environmental impacts in particular.
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SUPPLY CHAIN
İNTERKAP A.Ş. procures items such as boxes, box sealing tape, polyethylene
(PE) bags, labels and pallets used in packaging of the products, as well as
raw material and granulated dye used in production of plastic packaging,
from domestic and international companies. We also procure services -
such as security, cleaning, catering and personnel services - from related
companies.
G4-12
We keep the quality of our products at a maximum by using quality raw material
procured from large international companies, and thereby maintain the highest
possible customer satisfaction.
55%
45%
Domestic
Abroad
At İNTERKAP A.Ş., we have demonstrated that we take the utmost care of
sustainability of our supply chain; we have calculated both the carbon footprint
of our production supply chain and many environmental impacts using a method
compatible with the ISO 14040/44 Life Cycle Assessment standard, which we
conducted for one of our plastic cap products in 2012. For the results of this
detailed (*) LCA study, which was conducted with a scientific approach, see the
section on Product Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment.
(*)LCA (Life Cycle Assessment): a scientific method defined in ISO 14040/44 standards, assessing all phases
of environmental aspects of all kind of any process or service, extensively and as a whole, starting from
acquiring the raw material up until disposal of the waste occurring after usage (from cradle to grave).
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OUR PRODUCTS AND THE
MARKETS WE SERVE
We are the business partner of many international
companies with our vision and understanding of
superior product quality.
As well as producing standard caps, we also ensure maximum customer satisfaction
by manufacturing superior quality custom made caps and closures of various
variants, for pharma, food, cosmetics and home-care companies amongst others. In
2015, our production of caps was 44% for pharmaceutical packaging, 30% for home
care, 19% for personal care and 7% for food products.
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DISTRIBUTION OF OVERSEAS MARKETS
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BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
PRODUCT QUALITY
ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PRODUCTION
RESPECT FOR SOCIETY AND EMPLOYEES
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3 ECONOMIC
PERFORMANCE
G4-DMA
Our top priority is to create added value by combining the expectations of current
and potential clients with our creative approach applying innovative technologies
and our responsible attitude towards the environment, society and our stakeholders.
As a company producing caps and components, both our presence in the global
supply chain of reputable fast moving consumer goods manufacturers and our
economic and operational achievements also bring added value for our clients.
Our journey started with the production of caps in 1962 and we became a Joint
Stock Company (A.Ş.) in 1990. Our service offering is a plastic caps and closures
manufacturer for multinational and local companies in cosmetics, personal care,
home care, pharmaceutical and food industries, with knowledge and experience
accumulated over 50 years. Our company enjoys a leading position in plastic
cap manufacturing, particularly in the personal care, cosmetics and home care
industries.
İNTERKAP A.Ş. has achieved very high capacity in production of plastic caps by
strengthening its machinery and infrastructure and by modernizing its technology
over the years, while contributing to the Turkish economy, the company and its
stakeholders and adopting healthy growth as an objective. In the two years from
2013, growth in the conversion of raw material has been 60%, and sales volume
has grown 38%.
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Increase of Raw Materials Used Over the Year%)
Increase of Product Sold Over the Years (%)
%21
%26
%17
%18
2013 - 2014
2014 - 2015
2013 - 2014 2014 - 2015
23% of our revenue now comes from exports made actively to 13 countries, while
our export performance has been continuing to grow gradually over the years,
contributing to the state economy and ensuring our overall growth.
G4-EC1
This growth is also set to increase with new projects and work due in the near
future.
Income Growth by Years (%)
Yıllara Göre Gelir Artışı (%)
%20
%49
İhracat Export Revenue geliri
Yurtiçi Domestic gelir Income
%13
%42
2013 - 2014 2014 - 2015
We are strongly aware that our employees are the most valuable stakeholders that
allow us to achieve operational excellence. Therefore, keeping the economic wellbeing
of our employees at the highest level and provide them with a pleasant work
environment are one of our priorities.
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4 SENSITIVITY TO
ENVIRONMENT
G4-DMA
As İNTERKAP, our objective is to determine all adverse impacts which may damage
the environment and human life that occur due to production of plastic caps and
components, and to keep a tight rein on such impacts and minimize them as much
as possible.
To this end, we commit to:
Comply with all local and state laws and regulations on environment.
Use the world’s limited resources efficiently, care about use of recycled
materials and be aware of responsibilities towards the environment.
Minimize as far as possible the waste which our activities generate, and make
sure not knowingly leave any waste which may damage the environment.
Consider environmental factor in our new investments, activities and our
decision-making,
Prevent environmental pollution by following scientific research and
technological developments, and continuously improve our environmental
performance.
Raise environmental awareness in our employees, clients, suppliers and our
business partners.
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Waste Management
We are aware of our role in the course of improvement, protection and development
of all environmental values, in all aspects, which form the living space both for
present and future generations, without putting in jeopardy the existence and
quality of resources that future generations will need, and attach a great importance
to sustainable environment. By complying with Environmental Law and procuring
this service from professional environmental consulting firms, our company has also
created a temporary waste storage facility for waste management.
Wherever possible, packaging waste (plastic, paper boxes, etc.) is utilized technically
in internal processes; otherwise they are sorted for recycling in a controlled manner
and without damaging the environment, and they are collected for recycling by
licensed firms authorized by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.
G4-EN23
Waste derived from maintenance work and classified as hazardous waste (such as
residual grease, machinery filters, contaminated waste, metal chips and fluorescent
lamps) are disposed of by licensed firms authorized by the Ministry of Environment
and Urbanization.
2015 - WASTE AMOUNT
CONTAMINATED CLOTH, 1,740
kg
RESIDUAL OIL, kg 4,410
CHEMICAL LIQUID, kg 400
CAN OF CHEMICAL
200
LIQUID, kg
RAW MATERIAL BAG, kg 29,680
SCRAP BOXES,kg 50,500
PLASTIC SCRAPS, kg 135,360
BROKEN PALLET, piece 1,880
The cooling water we use in the manufacturing process circulates in a closed
system. We have looked at the feasibility of recycling and reutilizating the pulverized
(sprayed) water which we use in the heat exchanger of our main cooling equipment
during the summer, and which is spread on the woodland; a decision is already
taken on implementing in 2016 an energy efficient new technology equipment that
does not require water cooling.
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G4-EN16
G4-EN17
Corporate Carbon
Footprint
Our studies on our corporate carbon
footprint also include the impact of our
supply chain.
As an accountable manufacturing company we have completed a carbon
footprint calculation - both to know our impact on climate change and
to assess better the emergent risks and opportunities. We started to
follow our impact on climate change by calculating our carbon footprint
comprehensively, both by product and on a corporate level (Scope 1, 2, 3),
and we are thereby also making plans to reduce our footprint in the near
future.
We calculated our corporate carbon footprint for 2015; that emitted during
production and due to inter-corporate activities. Our calculation has been
made in accordance with the ISO 14064 standard and the Corporate
Accounting and Reporting Standard established pursuant to the Greenhouse
Gas Protocol.
The carbon footprint value of the activities included in the calculation
presents emissions of greenhouse gases (i.e., CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC,
SF6, NF3) as a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq).
Our corporate carbon footprint for 2015 is;
18,075 tCO2e
23
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
İnterkap Corporate Carbon Footprint,
tCO2 eq
36
7,648.1
10,390.8
Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3

SCOPE
SCOPE 1
Natural Gas
Consumption
Diesel Oil
Consumption
Use of Vehicle of
Company
INVENTORY
CARBON
FOOTPRINT
0 0 ton CO2 eq
1,921.85 kg 7.57 ton CO2 eq
91,810 km 28.6 ton CO2 eq
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G4-EN16
SCOPE 2
Purchased
Electricity
12,854 MWh 7,648.1 ton CO2 eq
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SCOPE 3
57.5%
SCOPE 3
SCOPE1
0.2%
Use of Non-
Company Vehicle
Raw
Materials and
Transportation
SCOPE 2
42.3%
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
276,194 km 86.2 ton CO2 eq
10,304.7 ton CO2 eq
Carbon Footprint Per Person, tCO2 eq
108.2
69.7
0.4
Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
We reduced carbon
emissions
by 10% resulted from
electricity consumption
during production process
within the period between
2014 and 2015 and will
make an effort to reduce our
carbon footprint by carring
on our energy efficiency
projects.
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MANAGEMENT OF
ENERGY
With the aim of both reducing our environmental impact based on energy and to
minimize consumption and cost of energy and to maintain and improve the longterm
economic and environmental sustainability of our activities, at İNTERKAP
A.Ş. we systematically carry out the following actions:
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G4-EN7
To obtain the means and resources to attain the objective and target of
energy efficiency.
To continuously improve energy performance.
To ensure conformity by following legal and other conditions imposed on
energy with respect to our company, at the national and international level,
To make all kinds of improvements and to develop energy performance
processes by taking into account energy efficiency in design activities,
To take into account energy efficiency in procurement of raw material,
machinery, equipment, auxiliary materials and energy,
To provide training for, and to raise awareness of energy efficiency.
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We put the ISO 50001 Energy
Management System into practice in 2015 for which
we launched preparations in the same year. We monitor the non-renewable
(fossil) energy resources we use in our production and support division on a monthly
and a yearly basis. Thus, we carry out actions to reach our targets by setting ourselves
the goal of reducing energy consumption year on year. We are examining the necessary
technical and resource requirements to be able to use renewable resources.
Electrical energy is the only energy used in the course of the injection process during
production of plastic caps and components. We use diesel oil in forklift operations at
our open facility. We do not use natural gas in our production processes, and the heat
generated by our production processes is used to heat the administrative building and
utility water.
When we consider our annual energy consumption
of 2015, we see that our electricity consumption
per year is 12,854 MWh while the total diesel oil
consumption is 2,261 litres.
MONTHS ELECTRICITY, MWh DIESEL OIL, Litre
JANUARY 1,095 275
FEBRUARY 1,013 200
MARCH 1,207 157
APRIL 1,064 208
MAY 1,017 149
JUNE 1,114 225
JULY 911 152
AUGUST 1,243 185
SEPTEMBER 920 153
OCTOBER 1,212 208
NOVEMBER 987 161
DECEMBER 1,071 188
G4-EN3
G4-EN7
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Environmental Studies
We replaced the urinals in the male toilets in our
administration building with waterless urinals, to protect
the environment and our water resources.
Each urinal has enabled us to save on average 150
tonnes of water per year, saving in total about 450
tonnes of water per year.
Thus, with less water needed to be produced and
recycled, we contribute to prevention of greenhouse gas
emissions - and to improved hygiene thanks to the lack
of need for water to flush.
We started to meet our drinkable water
need, consisting of average 300 dispenser
sized bottles of water per year (3 tonnes),
by switching to the WATERNET water
treatment system in March 2015. The
system is inspected in terms of conformity
to the requirements of the Regulation on
Use of Water for Human Consumption, by
using treated city water. Thus, we gained
an economic and environmental benefit by
preventing the transport of dispenser-size
bottled water to our site.
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We use the exhaust heat coming from
compressors during production to heat our
offices and water. Thus, we are not consuming
natural gas to heat the water and the offices.
We are thereby saving 35,018 Turkish Lira per
year and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
by 50,696 kg CO2 eq per year.
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PRODUCT
5 LIFE CYCLE
MANAGEMENT
We want to share our awareness of the importance
of being able to measure the environmental impact
of the plastic caps and closures that we produce
at all life cycle stages. Starting with the philosophy
‘If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it’ in this
sustainability journey, we see the year 2015 as a
turning point.
We proudly present our environmental impact calculated using the scientific
method of LCA to our stakeholders in this Sustainability Report, displaying the work
accomplished in this journey and reflecting on our awareness
to humanity and nature.
Day after day, the depletion of resources that has become
a concern for every living thing in the world is also of close
concern to us industrialists. Being one of the major causes
of environmental pollution, industrialisation brings a great
responsibility – that of ensuring the sustainability of the
world. As this is a global issue, we are working hard to be part
of the solution rather than a spectator.
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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
is a scientific tool for the evaluation of
environmental effects of products or services
throughout their complete life cycle, “from cradle
to grave” according to ISO 14040/44 standards. It
includes the extraction of raw materials, refining,
fabrication, transportation, use, recycling and
disposal - both of the product and the energy and
ancillary materials supplies.
As a company that believes in the sustainability of the product and its supply chain
as the basis for its corporate sustainability, we have had the environmental impacts
of our plastic cap products assessed and calculated by experts
Metsims Sustainability Consulting as part of a wider project
supported the Istanbul Development Agency. Being believers
in innovation as the contributor to sustainable production we
identify ‘hot spots’ in our production to enable us to find the
most beneficial solutions in the shortest time and at lowest
cost.
A detailed and comprehensive study of the LCA performed
guides us to focus our efforts on the right hotspots and select
the most effective way to reduce our environmental impact to a
minimum.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
The world’s leading LCA software, SimaPro, is used in LCA
studies along with internationally accepted evaluation
methods. For energy density, cumulative energy demand;
for water footprint, Hoekstra et al. 2012 (Water Scarcity);
and for climate change and other environmental impacts,
CML-IA (developed by Center of Environmental Science of
Leiden University, The Netherlands) impact assessment
methodologies are used for calculations.
DEPLETION OF ABIOTIC RESOURCE
The value of the abiotic resource consumption of a substance (e.g. lignite or
coal) is a measure of the scarcity of a substance. That means it depends on
the amount of resources and the extraction rate. It is formed by the amount
of resources that are depleted and measured in antimony equivalents (kg
Sb eq).
As the main raw material for the
cover production, Polypropylene
(PP) granules, fossil based resource
depletion is one of the major concern
for plastic product manufacturers.
Being aware of such fact, we found
that about 81% of preliminary
resource consumption caused during
the product life cycle comes from
petroleum derivatives.
Supply Chain
70%
CLIMATE CHANGE (CARBON FOOTPRINT)
Climate change can be defined as the change in global temperature caused
by the greenhouse effect that the release of ‘greenhouse gases’ by human
activity creates. There is now scientific consensus that the increase in
these emissions is having a noticeable effect on climate. This rise of global
temperature is expected to cause climatic disturbance, desertification,
rising sea levels and spread of disease.
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Supply Chain
45% 46%
Manufacturing
Disposal
9%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
-20%
Manufacturing
31%
0.048
kg Sb eq /
kg caps
Disposal
-1%
4.7
kg CO2 / kg
caps
Climate change is one of the major environmental
effects of economic activity, and one of the most
difficult to handle because of its broad scale.
Factors developed by the UN’s Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are expressed as
Global Warming Potential over the time horizon
of a range of years, the most common being 100
years (GWP100), measured in the reference unit,
kg CO2 equivalent. The geographic scope of this
indicator is at global scale.

IMPACTS
ACIDIFICATION
Acidic gases such as sulphur dioxide (SO2) react with water in the atmosphere to 0.022
form ‘acid rain’, a process known as acid deposition. When this rain falls, often
a considerable distance from the original source of the gas, it causes ecosystem kg SO2 eq
impairment to a varying degree, depending upon the nature of the ecosystems. / kg caps
Gases that cause acid deposition include ammonia (NH3), nitrogen oxides (NOx)
and sulphur oxides (SOx). Acidification potential is expressed using the reference
unit, kg SO2 equivalent. The time span is eternity and the geographical scale
varies between local scale and continental scale.
EUTRIFICATION
Eutrophication is the build-up of a concentration of chemical nutrients in an
ecosystem which stimulates excessive plant growth (e.g. of algae in rivers),
which then causes severe reductions in water quality and animal populations.
Emissions of ammonia, nitrates, nitrogen oxides and phosphorous to air or
water all have an impact on eutrophication. This category is expressed using
the reference unit, kg PO43- equivalents. Time span is eternity, and the geographical
scale varies between local and continental scale.
EMBODIED ENERGY
Embodied energy is an accounting method which aims to find the sum
total of the energy necessary for an entire product life cycle. Determining
what constitutes this life cycle includes assessing the relevance and extent
of energy in raw material extraction, transport, manufacture, assembly,
installation, disassembly, deconstruction and/or decomposition. Embodied
energy is assessed using the Cumulative Energy Demand (CED) method.
0.011
kg PO4 eq
/ kg caps
29 kWh
/ kg caps
100% Supply Chain
80%
74%
60%
40%
20%
0%
-20%
Manufacturing
27%
Disposal
-1%
“According to the LCA study, the effects of global
warming potential, resource depletion, acidification and
eutrophication among evaluated environmental impacts
have prominence for our manufacturing.”
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LCA is a scientific method which
forms the basis of clean production
approaches such as resource efficiency
and development of high environmental
performance products and processes, as well
as being used as a communication tool in B2B
relationships and/or reaching the final consumer
via Ecolabels, carbon footprint certificates and
environmental product declarations.
We undoubtedly believe that, as a manufacturer of a plastic packaging product
that ends up as waste at the end of its life on its own or as part of other packaging
products, our main task at the product level is to make a comprehensive evaluation
of environmental performance.
Because, we are aware of the fact that we are sustainable only as long
as our products are sustainable.
Environmental performance per kg product (Cradle to grave)
Ozone
Depletion
Terrestrial
ecotoxicity
Eutrophication
0.009 kg PO4
eq
Acidification
Product
Carbon
Footprint
4.70 kg CO2
eq
4.45E-8 kg
CFC-11
0.008 kg 1,4-
DB eq
Abiotic
Depletion
0.019 kg SO2
eq
Human
toxicity
0.048 kg Sb
eq
Fresh water
aquatic
ecotox.
3.07 kg 1,4-
DB eq
Photochemical
Oxidation
1.36 kg 1,4-
DB eq
Marine
aquatic
ecotoxicity
3515 kg 1,4-
DB eq
0.001 kg
C2H4 eq
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Evaluated from the ‘cradle to grave’
life cycle perspective, the energy used
in the production of raw materials used
in our products falls within our product’s
responsibility. This so-called ‘embodied energy’ is
quite high for the plastic raw materials we use. This is
simply due to the high amount of energy use in production
of our raw materials, which is an issue for our supply chain.
Although production of the raw material is beyond our control,
we believe this report will make a contribution in terms of raising
awareness. As a company we support activities to develop non-fossil
fuel based polymers to reduce the impacts of raw materials. As far as it
falls within our own control and management, our efforts to reduce productionrelated
energy consumption continue with the implementation of the ISO 50001
energy management system.
Distribution of energy consumption in production
When we analyse the energy consumption within production (the ‘gate-to-gate’
life cycle stage), injection appears to be a hot spot. By investing in energy efficient
injection machines, İNTERKAP A.Ş. shows its commitment to energy efficiency.
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SUPPLY CHAIN
Environmental impacts within the
supply chain mainly arise from
producers of raw materials that
we use in our production. With the
LCA study, we managed to assess
environmental impacts related to
PP, PE and auxiliary raw materials
used in our production. Resource
depletion and climate change are
the two prominent impact categories
in our supply chain.
END OF LIFE
‘End of life’ is the stage where
we evaluate the environmental
impacts of disposal processes after
the product is no longer in use.
At İNTERKAP A.Ş., we believe that
the environmental effect that our
products have once they leave our
plant is still on our responsibility.
With this in mind, we evaluated such
impacts with LCA studies. Product
sustainability is only possible
when the whole life cycle impacts
of a product are known and when
necessary actions are taken to
reduce them.
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PRODUCTION
The ‘production’ phase in the LCA
study evaluates environmental
impacts in production covering
transport of raw materials into
silos, injection molding and
packaging processes. In contrast
to environmental impacts at other
life cycle stages, climate change
potential is the most prominent
impact in the production stage.
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6 SOCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY
G4-DMA
G4-LA6
G4-LA7
İNTERKAP and OHS
Management
Occupational health and safety (OHS) is one of the priorities at
İNTERKAP A.Ş.; just as important as production and quality. All actions
we take to prevent accidents, carried out with the aim of ensuring and
sustaining healthy and safe working conditions, have positive influence
on our product. We understand that any accident occurring has moral
and material aspects beyond the loss of the workforce.
İNTERKAP A.Ş. will insist on persisting in holding occupational health
and safety at the forefront of its efforts, will continue its efforts in this
field, and will continuously improve and upgrade its system which it has
created for this purpose.
In our approach of ‘sustainability’, we put the safety at work of our
employees at the highest level of importance, just as we do with
environmental and quality issues.
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We support our decision-making OHS Board in which our employees
participate with their proposals, wishes, ‘near-miss’ and danger reports,
and with the knowledge that management regards a proactive approach
to occupational health and safety as vital.
Competent workplace physicians and work safety specialists take
any actions necessary while taking into account necessary suggestions on
conformity with legal regulations.
All our employees undergo health examinations before recruitment.
We provide orientation and basic occupational safety training, hygienedrug
addiction and ergonomic training for all our employees having
occupational training certification, who are approved by the workplace
physician that they are fit for the job.
Necessary precautions are taken by making risk assessments in
all working areas and by considering the operating environment or the
activities of people.
Training on actions in case of emergency, basic fire training, training
on working at height, on-the-job training and other occupational training
approved by Ministry of Education have been provided.
Forklifts, pallet jacks, and stacking and stretching machines are used
in conformity with the instructions on work safety provided in operating
areas.
G4-LA6
G4-LA7
We execute our activities with professionally competent and skilled
personnel. All machinery in use is furnished with automation systems.
Cranes and chain hoists are moved by a command system and close to
the ground (i.e. not passing overhead), and all periodic maintenance and
examinations are undertaken.
Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) has been
distributed to the employees according to their operational activities, and
their use is inspected.
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‘‘Target: Zero work related accident’’
The basic objective of the OHS process in İNTERKAP A.Ş. is to eliminate those
factors that have an adverse effect on the entire workforce, mentally or physically,
and to maintain operational activities under healthy and safe conditions. It is also
our aim to:
Replace the forklifts used in the warehouse with electrically-driven ones and
to improve the air quality of the space.
As part of setting up of the logistics centre, make space for the creation of
clear demarcation lines for forklifts and walkways or to expand the warehouse.
Also as part of setting up of the logistics centre, provide appropriate location
instead of stacking at height which may be dangerous.
G4-LA6
G4-LA7
2014 2015
Number of
Employees
90 100
Number of Work
Related Accidents 2 2
Total Daily Working
Hours 7.5 7.5
Total Days Lost
to Workplace
Accidents
Total Number of
Days with Accrued
Premium
Number of Working
Days
103 2
202,500 225,000
300 300
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2014 2015
Accident Frequency Ratio 9.9 8.9
Accident Weight Ratio 508.6 8.9
No case of occupational disease has been diagnosed in the workplace.
There are no critical points where accidents occur continuously. The accidents
occurring in the workplace mostly result from unsafe acts, which differ among the
divisions.
The rules applied for monitoring and recording accidents in our company are stated
below:
1
2
3
4
5
Accident investigation procedure and following annexes are
filled;
Accident preliminary information form
Accident investigation report
Work accident and occupational disease noticing form
The accident preliminary information form is filled in on
occurrence of an accident at work which is recorded by taking
comments from the witnesses about the mode of occurrence
of the accident.
The staff that will do necessary actions and follow up such
actions is determined by making root cause analysis in the
accident investigation report.
The company sends a notice to Social Security Institution
(SGK) about the accident within three days of the occurrence
of the accident at work.
Any employees who were off work after accident are
examined by the workplace physician before they start work
again to ascertain whether there would be any detriment
to their state of health to start work. Those who are cleared
by the examination start working again only after they get
supplementary training on work safety.
G4-LA6
G4-LA7
İnterkap A.S. has one vehicle on permanent stand-by expressly for the purpose of
taking victims of any accident at work to the appropriate health centre, pursuant to
the State of Emergency – Health Vehicle Using Instructions.
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‘Our biggest goal is
the improvement of
our employees.’
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Education and Training
We consider both personal and occupational improvement of our
employees to be of great importance. We therefore provide in-house and
external training for self-improvement of our employee on all occasions, to
raise their motivation and to make them competent and well informed in
operational tasks.
Every employee of our company is scrupulously given basic Occupational
Health and Safety training. In addition to this, every employee of our
company gets training based on his/her field of competency and position;
such as Environmental Awareness, State of Emergency Management
Planning, Process Improvement, Quality and Working at Height Raising
Awareness training.
G4-LA9
Training fees, travelling and accommodation expenses if the training is
outside the city, is paid by İNTERKAP A.S. for our employees who join the
training. Staff participating in the training enjoy paid leave during training.
Our employees received 1888 hours of training in total, throughout 2015.
Blue Collar (İnterkap
+ Sub-Employer)
Female
Male
24 hours 672 hours
White Collar 38 hours 1154 hours
Total 62 hours 1826 hours
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Training and activities
provided for our employees
G4-LA9
We organize entertaining
and motivating events for our
employees to have diversified
activities outside work.
We encouraging employees to
take part in such activities by
organizing team events that
will contribute not only to their
occupational development
but also to their personal
We create all kinds of training
opportunities necessary for the
occupational development of
our employees. We support their
participation in individual and
group training and provide the
necessary environment for it.
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Human Rights and Our
Contribution to Society
While carrying out our production activities, we pay ultimate attention
to human and employee rights and act with deep respect, and with
understanding of fairness and equality, towards such values. All our
employees are treated equally, free from discrimination on the grounds
of language, race, skin colour, sex, political thought, philosophy, belief,
religion, sect or similar reasons, and we keep our employees informed
through the İNTERKAP A.Ş. INTERNAL REGULATION booklet.
We do not employ child labour in our company and also we are aware that
local and international companies in our supply chain pay utmost care to
this issue and treat it very sensitively. To improve employee satisfaction,
starting in 2015 we have put into practice an application of İNTERKAP A.Ş.
Employee Satisfaction Questionnaire.
As part of the Bell Group of Companies, together with our employees we
joined the new project Bell Group of Companies 75th Year Memorial Forest
to protect the environment and natural resources, to reduce our carbon
footprint, and to raise awareness among our employees. With the aim of
contributing to re-afforestation and to the struggle with erosion in Turkey,
as the Bell Group of Companies we have launched a project to re-forest the
areas of 4.5 hectares of disrupted forest located at Çatalca town, Durusu
Forest Sub-District Directorate in Village of Örenköy. This follows efforts
started with the Ministry of Forest and Hydraulic Works, General Directorate
of Forestry, on planting a total of 7,500 trees.
The planting of Maritime Pine (Pinus pinaster) on the project site and the
maintenance work reqired for three years following planting and replanting
of the trees, if required, will be carried out under the supervision of the
competent staff in charge of the Department of Forestry.
G4-HR3
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İNTERKAP Ambalaj San. Tic. A.Ş.
Adress: Hadımköy Mahallesi Elvan Sokak No:10 Arnavutköy 34555
İstanbul ,TURKEY
+90 212 482 30 20
info@interkap.com.tr
www.interkap.com.tr
Contact:
Tuncay KIRBIYIK
HSE and Quality System Manager
tuncay.kirbiyik@interkap.com.tr
REPORTING AND DESIGN:
METSIMS SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING
Adress: Elmas Studio Levent Lalegül sok.
No:7 D:18 4 Levent/İstanbul
+90 212 281 13 33
infoTR@metsims.com
www.metsims.com
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