Green Transformation and Carbon

Carbon Data Is Not an Environmental Report, It Is an Export Document

What carbon data means for the board in the era of TR ETS and EU CBAM.

Author: Av. İlke Gizem Laledemir · Date: 14 July 2026 · 1 min read

With the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, product-level carbon data has become a condition of exporting to Europe. In Türkiye, the same data is turning into a domestic obligation through TR ETS.

Carbon data is therefore not an environmental department report; it is a board indicator in terms of export access, financing conditions and the sustainability commitments in customer contracts.

Recommended first step: an environmental and carbon risk screening and a 90-day data plan. Investments made before it is clear which facility, which product and which verification level require data are both costly and incomplete.

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