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According to the report of the Global Sustainable Investment Association, it is estimated that sustainability investments made on a global scale will reach 50 trillion dollars by 2025. While the sustainability goal of the companies goes hand in hand with the goal of profitable growth, SMEs can receive consultancy services by benefiting from the grants of different institutions.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - In recent years, when the world is on the verge of a major climate crisis, the sustainability goals of companies have become an integral part of their profitable growth goals. According to the report of the Global Sustainable Investment Association (GSIA), global sustainable investments exceeding $35 trillion in 2021 are estimated to reach $50 trillion by 2025. According to the results of the 2022 Own Your Impact study conducted by the IBM Business Values ​​Institute in collaboration with Oxford Economics in more than 40 countries, 83% of CEOs believe that their sustainability investments in the next 5 years will lead to better company results. CEOs who have successfully integrated sustainability and digital transformation, say that they have started to see the positive results of transformation on profitability within 2 years, in the survey, in which 3,000 CEOs working in 28 sectors, 60 of whom are from Turkey, participated. 68% of CEOs in Turkey plan to use more than 10% of their income to invest in a more sustainable future.

Başak Tulga Önen, the Founding Platform Director of Mentoro, one of the leading consultancy companies in Turkey, pointed out that companies that want to take concrete steps on issues such as strategy, digitalization and sustainability in the current conditions should receive support to draw the right roadmap. He said: “We offer the roadmap they need, we give a sigh of relief to the managers who want the process to progress in a controlled manner, with our senior team and tested methodologies, and we bring new competencies to their teams. We are also included in the local consultant pool of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). TThe bank helps SMEs that meet the eligibility criteria receive management consultancy project support and covers a certain percentage of the project cost, mostly with donor funds.”

“We ensure the profitable growth of companies and sustainable growth”

Pointing out that Mentoro's consultants, which offer solutions that will create a long-term competitive advantage in 4 main areas namely strategy, structure and governance, digital transformation and sustainability; are high-level professionals with years of experience in the business world, Başak Tulga Önen said: “The methodologies we have developed with a common mind are put into practice by our customers after they are tested in the field. As Mentoro, we focus on the most important issues of management sciences in the companies we work with, design the most suitable solution for the company, and then include technology business partners in the solutions. By working with the teams in the institution and taking an active role in the implementation of the developed systems, we ensure the profitable growth of the companies and the sustainable growth.”

“We realize projects much faster with lower costs”

Mentoro's Founding Platform Director Başak Tulga Önen, who has many success stories in sustainability, digital transformation, innovation, new business strategy, innovative organizational model, customer experience, agile management and operational design, continued: "We share our methodologies with our client's team, providing them with new and valuable competencies that they can use for a lifetime. With the methodologies we use and real work experience, we complete the projects of other consulting companies that take months, in a few weeks. By taking advantage of the platform structures, Mentoro realizes projects at a much lower cost and much faster.”

Grant support from the EBRD to companies that meet certain conditions

Stating that it is a privilege to be in the EBRD's consultant pool, Başak Tulga Önen says that companies that make the right investments in the field of sustainability and meet the criteria sought are eligible for consultancy project grant support. She added: “If they work with the consultants of the company and meet the eligibility criteria, they can receive grant support from the EBRD. In order to be included in the EBRD's support scope, it is necessary to be included in the European Union's SME definition, which means that the company has a turnover of less than 50 million euros or a balance sheet size of less than 43 million euros and having less than 250 employees. Companies that are expected to present financial data for 2 years with at least 2 years of commercial history and show a growth trend, can benefit from grant support regardless of their field of activity.”