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AXA Sigorta Joins Forces with TURMEPA in the Second Year of Act for the World

AXA Sigorta is cooperating with DenizTemiz Derneği/ TURME-
PA in the second year of the ‘Act for the World’ project, which it
implemented last year.

Supporting the fight against climate change with its ‘Earth
Friendly Insurance’ approach, AXA Sigorta joins forces with
DenizTemiz Association/TURMEPA as its new NGO partner
in the second year of its corporate social responsibility project
‘Move for the World’, which has left its first year behind. Draw-
ing attention to the benefits of physical activity for human health
as well as planetary health, the project turns its focus to the seas,
which are 4 times stronger than forests as a carbon sink, and
aquatic ecosystems that cover two-thirds of the Earth, with the
support of TURMEPA this year.
sea to protect the climate of our world, clean up our environment
AXA Sigorta also maintains its goal of creating environmental and beautify life for every living thing on Earth. That is why in
benefits by encouraging people to act more in their daily lives in the second year of ‘Act for the World’ we have taken the seas
the new era of “Move for the World”. In this direction, the in- and water ecosystems to the center of the project. We are glad
surance giant will encourage people to reduce their carbon emis- to be working with our value partner TURMEPA, who has been
sions, protect ecosystems, take action with TURMEPA for the working on the protection of the coast and seas of our country
health of the seas and increase physical mobility through civil for 27 years this year, where we focus on the seas. I am sure
society activities such as voluntary beach cleaning actions. AXA that we will achieve very good things together with their expert
Sigorta CEO Yavuz Ölken stated that creating value for social contributions. We have always been inspired by them, and we will
life and the environment is of strategic importance for AXA, as continue to receive.”
well as leading the sector with innovative solutions in the field
of insurance and said: “Global warming and climate change The Chairman of the Board of Directors of TURMEPA, Şadan
threaten the future of our world. The increase in the frequency Kaptanoğlu said: “Nature has been trying to make its voice
and severity of natural disasters such as forest fires and floods heard to us for many years. The forest fires and floods that we
and extreme weather events, which have been witnessed all over have experienced recently, which deeply upset us all, are the most
the world only this summer and which we have unfortunately ex- painful examples of this call. Just like forests on land, seagrasses
perienced in Turkey, reveals how serious the climate crisis has and plankton in our seas produce oxygen and provide us with
reached. As AXA Sigorta, we are working to protect what is one of the two breaths we take. But our seas are also in a very
important to humanity on behalf of the development of human- bad condition due to pollution. The mucilage problem in the Sea
ity; at this point, planetary health and climate change have an of Marmara has surfaced a fire that has existed for many years
important place in our work. With this perspective, we want to under the sea but has not been seen. Unfortunately, these events,
show people that taking action against climate change is actually which we experience more often with the climate crisis all over
simpler and more important than they think with ‘Act for the the world, are the inevitable result of human behavior. The fact
World’. In the first year of the project, we encouraged people to that the climate crisis has not turned into a global catastrophe
walk or bike instead of motor vehicles that consume fossil fuels depends on people making a new start in their relationship with
and cause carbon emissions, that is, to spend their own energy, in nature. As TURMEPA, we emphasize that nature has been our
order to combat the excessive carbon emissions that threaten the friend and not our enemy for 27 years with this awareness, and
Earth’s climate. On the one hand, we drew attention to how im- we explain that a sustainable planet can only be possible with a
portant carbon sinks are. In parallel with our global strategy, we lifestyle friendly to nature. In doing so, we have close to 10 thou-
have focused on forests; we have donated over 50,000 seedlings. sand volunteers who are working unrequitedly for our breathing
Because forests are famous carbon-trappers, but there are also source seas. Aware of how valuable volunteering is, we are very
hidden heroes who are also part of our global strategy for carbon happy to take part in this project, which we believe will set an ex-
capture: Seas. The seas harbor a biodiversity that photosynthe- ample for corporate volunteering in our country as TURMEPA.
sizes, such as seagrasses and phytoplankton. This biodiversity, I wish that during this period, when we need to know the value of
which tuesday oxygen by consuming carbon on Earth with the our world the most, the number of institutions such as AXA Sig-
photosynthesis they make, is under threat due to climate change. orta that implement the spirit of volunteering both in employees
The mucilage we saw in the Sea of Marmara a few months ago and management staff, saying that I am for nature, will increase.
embodied the threat we face in marine ecosystems. We need to I wish that this meaningful cooperation will continue for many
take action against pollution, biodiversity loss and change in the more years.”