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New Initiatives to Fight the Climate Crisis in ÇEVKO Foundation Interview: Hybrid Financing Systems, Legal Compliance, Corporate Responsibility and Youth Participation
20 Oct 2025In ÇEVKO Foundation's interview, it was emphasized that a multi-stakeholder and holistic approach in waste management, from hybrid financing models to corporate sustainability strategies, from legal regulations to youth-led actions, is essential in the fight against the climate crisis. In the interview, it was emphasized that the climate crisis is no longer an environmental issue but has reached a human rights dimension and is causing "eco-anxiety" in young people.
The online interviews organized by ÇEVKO Foundation, which brings together the identities of an expert industrial initiative and an active non-governmental organization, in cooperation with the Global Warming Congress Committee, continue in their 5th year. The sixth of the talks organized in 2025 under the title "Latest Developments in Climate Change and Sustainability" was held with intense participation.
The speakers of the online conversation, moderated by Global Warming Congress Committee Chairman Celal Toprak, were ÇEVKO Foundation Secretary General Mete İmer, Izmir University of Economics Lecturer Lawyer Özlem Altıparmak, Henkel Turkey R&D Manager Büşra Akçalar and Climate Pioneers Linda İncir.
ÇEVKO Foundation Secretary General Mete İmer: "Hybrid Financing Models, Traceability and Transparency are Necessary for Success in Waste Management"
ÇEVKO Foundation Secretary General Mete İmer gave information about the issues discussed at the EXPRA Balkan Workshop, hosted by the Foundation, held in Istanbul with 37 participants from 14 countries. "It is very important for industrialists and producers to take part in waste management, because packaging waste is no longer just waste, but reusable secondary raw materials and resources. In addition to transparency and reliable data, sustainable financing models are also required for a sustainable waste collection system. The most effective method of increasing recycling rates in packaging waste is to implement the Extended Producer Responsibility (GÜS) system, which our Foundation has pioneered in our country and is widely implemented in the world. In our region and Europe, deposit return systems, public funds and "There are various models such as extended producer responsibility. The conclusion reached at the workshop is that a hybrid structure in which all these systems can be implemented together is the most effective solution. Our recommendation for Turkey is to re-establish and implement a traceable, verifiable and transparent GÜS model and to allow the relevant expenses of producers who document that they have fulfilled their financial obligations to be offset from GEKAP. Success is possible if a management model based on transparent and reliable data is established."
Henkel Türkiye R&D Manager Büşra Akçalar “Sustainability is Being Taken to the Center of the Strategy with a Holistic Approach from Production to Packaging”
Explaining the company's corporate sustainability strategies, summarized with the slogan "Being a pioneer for the good of future generations", Henkel Turkey R&D Manager Büşra Akçalar said, "We address sustainability with a holistic approach in three main dimensions: the regenerative planet, developing communities and reliable partnerships. In this context, we designed 100 percent of the packaging of our consumer products in Turkey to be recyclable or reusable. Last year, we used 341 tons of recycled plastic. "We implemented rainwater recycling in our Ankara factory and covered 16 percent of our electricity use with solar panels. While contributing to the recycling infrastructure thanks to our cooperation with the ÇEVKO Foundation, we collected 132 tons of polyethylene last year. Our goal is to double this amount every year."
Izmir University of Economics Lecturer and Lawyer Özlem Altıparmak: "The International Court of Justice Now Considers States' Inaction on the Climate Crisis as a Human Rights Violation"
Izmir University of Economics Lecturer, Lawyer Özlem Altıparmak, drew attention to the legal and human rights-oriented dimension of the climate crisis. Stating that effects such as forest fires and drought have brought the issue to everyone's agenda in 2025, Özlem Altıparmak said, "The Climate Law enacted in Turkey is an important step in terms of introducing concepts such as 'climate justice' and 'just transition' into our law for the first time, despite the criticisms. Climate change is no longer a pure environmental issue but has reached a human rights dimension. One of the most important developments this year is that the International Court of Justice has ruled that the climate inaction of states is a violation of rights and that the inaction of states is a violation of rights." "This is a historic decision that should be followed and taken as a reference by binding decision-making bodies such as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) or courts at the local level, coming from the highest point in terms of climate cases," he said.
Climate Pioneer Linda Incir "We Turn Concern into Action. If Not Us, Who, If Not Now, When?"
Linda İncir from Climate Pioneers emphasized that they are working to transform the "eco-anxiety" that young people feel about the climate crisis into hope and action. Linda İncir, who started her speech by saying, "I want to start by saying how are you, because sometimes we need to stop and really think about how we are. How we are now is more valuable than how we will be; because the future needs us today, that is, us today", continued her words by revealing the determination of the young people: "Our motto is 'Lead the change'. Because we know that if we change, the world changes. The question that young people ask the most is 'So what can we do?'. It is our duty to turn the desperation underlying this question into action. The climate crisis is also a crisis." It is a matter of justice. Real transformation will happen when the private sector, NGOs, academia and individuals come together. Our struggle grows in solidarity. I would like to end my words with a question I always use: If not us, when?
Taking the floor again at the end of the conversation, ÇEVKO Foundation Secretary General Mete İmer thanked all participants for their valuable contributions and, referring to Linda İncir's emphasis on unity, said, "If we, as humanity, want to achieve success in this issue, we really need to embrace this work together, all parties, all stakeholders, and carry out this struggle together, because the climate crisis is not a joke." Stating that ÇEVKO Foundation will continue to support young people, Mete İmer added that the Green Dot Student Awards, which are held every two years in this context, will be given on December 2 this year.
You can watch the conversation titled "Latest Developments in Climate Change and Sustainability", prepared by the ÇEVKO Foundation in cooperation with the Global Warming Congress Committee, on the ÇEVKO Foundation's YouTube channel.
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