We actively monitor the social, environmental, and chemical performance of our suppliers who manufacture Boyner Group's private labels. We aim to align our value chain with Boyner Group's standards. We closely monitor our suppliers based on our values, working principles, and legal regulations. After conducting audits, we implement capacity-building programs based on the findings, striving for continuous improvement throughout our value chain. We closely monitor the production processes of the products offered to our customers, and we control the suitability of the materials used by our suppliers in terms of customer health and safety. To achieve this, we analyze the life cycles of purchased products and verify the compliance of production conditions with employee rights, occupational health, and safety through contracts and audits conducted by our Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability team. As a result of all these efforts, we create corrective action plans for our suppliers to address identified deficiencies and inadequacies.

To increase the use of sustainable energy at our BR Mağazacılık headquarters in Torbalı, İzmir, we implemented the "Green Roof" project. With this project, operational in May 2022, we started generating energy with the Solar Power Plant (GES) installed on our 14,000 square meter area. As a result of our continuous efforts throughout the year, we increased the energy we produced through the GES to 2.13 GWh in 2023. This allowed us to meet all the electricity needs of our factory and headquarters. This achievement solidified our commitment to our sustainability goals and enabled us to reduce our environmental impact significantly.

Since 2021, we've been working with Nivogo to focus on our goal of revaluing and reintroducing products that couldn't be sold for various reasons back into the economy. This collaboration, aimed at preventing textile waste, is a significant step in contributing to both the fashion world and the sustainability of our planet. Products in our warehouses that were unsaleable and could be considered waste for various reasons, such as stains, wrinkles, or shelf defects, were brought back into use through our collaboration with Nivogo. With this partnership, we have transformed over 1 million products since 2021, saving 8 billion liters of water and reducing carbon emissions by 10 million kg. These gains translate to water savings equivalent to the annual drinking water needs of 14.7 million people and carbon emission reductions equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of 11,319 homes.

Since 2021, we've been working with Nivogo to focus on our goal of revaluing and reintroducing products that couldn't be sold for various reasons back into the economy. This collaboration, aimed at preventing textile waste, is a significant step in contributing to both the fashion world and the sustainability of our planet. Products in our warehouses that were unsaleable and could be considered waste for various reasons, such as stains, wrinkles, or shelf defects, were brought back into use through our collaboration with Nivogo. With this partnership, we have transformed over 1 million products since 2021, saving 8 billion liters of water and reducing carbon emissions by 10 million kg. These gains translate to water savings equivalent to the annual drinking water needs of 14.7 million people and carbon emission reductions equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of 11,319 homes.

At BR Mağazacılık, we believe resource transfer is only possible in a sustainable world. As a result of our R&D efforts, we started producing naturally colored cotton that does not require dyeing processes, and in 2023, we harvested our first crop of products. With this innovation, we aim to reduce the environmental impact caused by dyeing processes and take an essential step in combating climate change by obtaining directly colored cotton. The production of naturally colored cotton offers the advantage of eliminating specific chemical processes and achieving significant energy savings. Since naturally colored cotton fibers possess an inherently soft texture, there is no need for additional treatments like softeners and finishing agents. This results in substantial savings in water, energy, electricity, labor, auxiliary materials, dyes, and chemicals.

With our Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certified products, we transformed 3.4 million PET bottles in 2021, 6 million in 2022, and 2.9 million in 2023 into raw materials, preventing 87.5 tons, 155 tons, and 124 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, respectively and achieving energy savings. Furthermore, we manufacture products with the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) certification, utilizing wool, a natural and sustainable fiber. In 2023, 91% of our production consisted of RWS-certified wool fabrics. With our sustainable fiber certifications, we ensure the uninterrupted continuation of the value chain by using certified raw materials, and we utilize the "Textile Genesis" program, which is at the forefront of traceability programs.