Preparation for New Support Calls for the Green Transformation Program in Industry
New calls for the Green Transformation Program, which supports investments to reduce carbon emissions in manufacturing facilities, will open in the upcoming period.
Abdullah Başar, General Manager of Strategic Research and Productivity at the Ministry of Industry and Technology, announced at the Green Transformation Summit that new calls for the program supporting investments to reduce carbon emissions in manufacturing facilities will be opened in the coming period.
Strategic Importance of Green Transformation
Speaking at the Green Transformation Summit organized by Para Magazine, Abdullah Başar, General Manager of Strategic Research and Productivity at the Ministry of Industry and Technology, stated that green transformation investments are a strategic necessity to maintain competitiveness.
2030 Strategy and Supports
Başar conveyed that one of the five main pillars of the 2030 Industry and Technology Strategy, announced at the beginning of 2025, is the reduction of industry-sourced carbon emissions.
Noting that KOSGEB and TÜBİTAK supports, the World Bank-financed Green Industry Project, and Green OIZ (Organized Industrial Zone) efforts are being carried out, Başar stated that the minimum investment size under the program is around 15-16 million lira.
Conditions and Advantages for Companies
Various advantages such as VAT refund on machinery and equipment purchases, customs duty exemption, tax reduction, and interest support are provided within the scope of the program.
Companies receiving support are required to establish a Green Transformation Team consisting of at least three people, designate a Green Transformation Leader, and prepare a five-year roadmap. Facilities that receive approval are granted the title of Green Transformation Center by the Ministry.
Climate Finance and Sectoral Needs
Mürsel Akbulut, Head of the Climate Finance and Incentives Department at the Presidency of Climate Change under the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, emphasized that a national climate finance strategy is being worked on and highlighted the importance of the Turkish Green Taxonomy.
Dr. Hulusi Bahçıvan, who participated in the panel, stated that the resource needed by all companies for green transformation in the manufacturing industry reaches 57 billion dollars, while the current need of companies making investment plans is approximately 1.4 billion dollars.