CARREFOURSA TO PUBLISH ITS FIRST SUSTAINABILITY REPORT THIS YEAR

Kutay Kartallioglu was promoted to CEO of CarrefourSA from CFO in 2018. He says the pandemic was a great management lesson and taught him stress management.

One of the most important agenda items for Kartallioglu is sustainability, to which both Sabanci and Carrefour Group are very attentive. CarrefourSA has been collecting waste oil from its stores for a long time. The company converted 10 tons of waste into biodiesel last year. The proceeds from this operation were donated to the Tohum Autism Foundation. CarrefourSA is also the first and only retailer in Turkey to sign WEPs, the United Nations’ Women’s Empowerment Platform. The supermarket chain also prevented 30 tons of plastic waste last year. The vegetable waste at CarrefourSA is 6-7% compared to competitors, which are in the 10-15% band. The goal is to reduce this rate to 3%. “We are also minimizing our carbon footprint,” says Kartallioglu, adding that the first sustainability report from the company will be published this year.