Green Transformation Support Program Implementation Principles and Procedures Communique
On July 26, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Technology issued the Green Transformation Support Program Implementation Procedures and Principles Communiqué in the Official Gazette.
This Communiqué establishes the implementation procedures and principles of the Green Transformation Support Program (“Program“), aimed at supporting investments in Turkey that are consistent with the circular economy approach, conserve natural resources, contribute to climate and sustainability goals, and promote resource-efficient and low-carbon production.
The Communiqué regulates the procedures and principles to be applied in the application, evaluation, monitoring, revision, and completion processes of the Program, as well as matters related to its management.
Project Objective:
In the roadmap report, investors will set one or more concrete and measurable project objectives, quantified or expressed as percentages, for the project they are applying for. Project objectives include:
- Energy consumption
- Greenhouse gas emission amount
- Air pollutant emission amount
- Carbon footprint
- Water footprint
- Raw material consumption
- Waste amount
- Water consumption
- Wastewater amount
- Wastewater pollution load
- Amount of recycled input from facility waste
The project objective must show improvement in at least one of these performance indicators. The baseline measurement data before the implementation of the project will be included in the roadmap report submitted at the application stage, and the measurement data after the implementation of the project will be included in the final status measurement.
The achievement of the project objectives will be evaluated by comparing the baseline and final status measurement data.
Application Process:
According to Article 7 of the Communiqué, only capital companies operating in the manufacturing industry and based in Turkey are eligible to apply. The Ministry of Industry and Technology may open calls for applications, either general or sector-specific, setting different conditions and durations for each call. Within this scope, investors will prepare a roadmap.
Roadmap Report:
Under the Program, the investor will prepare a roadmap report that includes the green transformation practices to be implemented at the facility level within the framework of the green transformation strategy. The roadmap report, prepared in the format specified by the Ministry, will include the investor’s medium and long-term plans (at least five years) for the green transformation process, the current status of performance indicators determined for the project, targets, and practices. The report will be uploaded by the investor at the application stage through the program portal.
The investor will ensure that this report is prepared by individuals or institutions of their choice, using the template announced by the Ministry. The application will be completed upon the submission of the report by the investor.
Scope and Elements of Support:
For projects approved for support under the Program, supports defined in Article 17 of the Council of Ministers Decree No. 2012/3305 dated June 15, 2012, on State Aid for Investments will be provided.
The conditions for supported projects include the approval of the roadmap report, serving the purposes of the Program, containing measurable project objectives, incorporating green transformation practices, and meeting the conditions specified in the call.
The supported projects, limited to manufacturing facilities and auxiliary units operating in the manufacturing industry, include expenditures for land acquisition, building construction, machinery, equipment, technology, software and hardware, as well as services for measurement, verification, certification, study, testing, and consultancy, aimed at achieving the project objectives.
It is stated that support will not be provided for new investments outside the additional investments to be made to the facility under the scope of the Program, nor for R&D or investment activities aimed at developing or producing technology and products to be used in the green transformation process.
Monitoring and Revision:
For projects with an investment period of more than one year, the monitoring process will be carried out after the completion of each calendar year. The status of the project will be monitored by an evaluator assigned by the Directorate General of Strategic Research and Productivity.
The investor’s requests for revisions to the project objectives, the green transformation practices intended to achieve these objectives, and the Investment Incentive Certificate issued under the Program will be made through the program portal.
A new revision request cannot be made until six months have passed since the previous revision request.
Completion:
Within thirty working days following the end of the investment period stipulated in the project, the final status measurement will be conducted by an evaluator chosen by the investor from the Evaluator List. The Evaluator List, published on the program portal, includes institutions accredited or authorized for green transformation practices, such as TÜBİTAK MAM and TSE. The final status measurement results will be uploaded by the evaluator and approved by the investor.
For each project objective, at least seventy-five percent of the predicted project objectives must be achieved, and any threshold values required by the relevant legislation in force at the time of application must be exceeded.
Facilities that successfully complete the roadmap report will be given one year to submit a new roadmap report. The Green Transformation Center title of facilities that do not submit a new roadmap report within this period will be canceled.
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