Akcoat’s Sustainability Journey Advances with Tangible Achievements
Developing the technologies behind surfaces that touch many aspects of everyday life, Akcoat considers sustainability an integral part of this journey. Through an approach ranging from more resource-efficient production processes and solutions with reduced environmental impact to R&D, innovation, and investment in people, the company strengthened its sustainable transformation with tangible achievements in 2025. Through two energy-efficiency projects, Akcoat achieved energy savings of 567,000 kWh, while a water-efficiency project delivered savings of 64,800 liters of water.
With nearly half a century of experience, Akcoat, an Akkök Holding company, operates across five main product groups: ceramics, enamel, glass, non-stick decorative coatings, and pigments. Through the surface and coating technologies it develops, the company provides solutions tailored to the needs of different industries. Akcoat approaches sustainability not only as a means of reducing environmental impact, but as a holistic area of transformation encompassing innovation, resource efficiency, people, and long-term value creation. In line with this perspective, the company embraces its “Sustainable Transformation for the Future” approach. Prepared with consideration of the Turkish Sustainability Reporting Standards (TSRS) and based on the GRI Standards, Akcoat’s 2025 Sustainability Report presents the company’s sustainability performance as well as its future goals.
“As We Touch Different Areas of Life, We Also Consider the Future”
While Akcoat’s products and technologies touch many different areas of everyday life, the company also keeps the value it creates for the future at the heart of its approach. In line with its “Sustainable Transformation for the Future” strategy, Akcoat focuses on using resources more efficiently, reducing its environmental impact, and transforming its technology and innovation capabilities into more sustainable solutions. In 2025, the company achieved tangible results across a wide range of areas, from energy and water efficiency to R&D and innovation, employee development, and social impact. By addressing today’s needs while also considering those of the future, Akcoat aims to create long-term value.
Creating More Value with Fewer Resources
Through two energy-efficiency projects implemented in 2025, Akcoat achieved energy savings of 567,000 kWh, while its water-efficiency project delivered savings of 64,800 liters of water. Improvements in production processes also resulted in a 3% reduction in natural gas consumption per ton in ceramic frit production and a 19.5% reduction in pigment production.
To support the use of renewable energy, the company continued its I-REC Certificate practices. In 2025, Akcoat also initiated work on the verification of its corporate carbon footprint calculations and on life cycle assessment applications. Through these efforts, the company continued to strengthen its infrastructure for measuring and monitoring environmental impact, alongside improving resource efficiency.
Innovation and People Drive Sustainable Transformation
Akcoat does not limit sustainable transformation to production processes, positioning R&D and innovation among the key components of its approach. Exporting to 65 countries across six continents, the company filed 38 patent applications in 2025 through its R&D Center, which operates with a team of 40 employees. During the same period, Akcoat carried out R&D collaborations with six universities and the Ceramic Research Center. The company focused on developing solutions that improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions and waste generation, and support the use of alternative and environmentally responsible raw materials.
Keeping the human dimension of transformation at the center of its sustainability approach, Akcoat delivered 8,651.8 hours of Occupational Health and Safety training and a total of 207 hours of sustainability training in 2025. The “Stronger Together for Women” panel, organized in collaboration with Sakarya University, was also among the company’s initiatives aimed at creating social value.
