Sustainable (clean) production practices within the scope of ecopreneurship activities of businesses

Sustainable development, which started to come to the fore with the problem of increasing population and environmental problems at the beginning of 1970s, has led countries to develop policy implementation and solution proposals in this direction. It has been acknowledged that the development over time is not merely an economic criterion, but that it acts with a sense of sustainability that is included within environmental and social indicators. In this sense, sustainable (clean) production, based on the philosophy of creating more goods and services by adopting eco-entrepreneurial activities and using less resources and creating less waste and pollution, is of great importance for the steps taken in the sustainable development of manufacturing industry. The aim of this study is to show the policy adopted by Arçelik Refrigerator Factory in the direction of their approach to environment issues and the effects of ecogenerist activities on production processes and business performance. Within the scope of the study, a semi-structured interview form was used to analyze the company's eco-awareness and to identify sustainable (clean) production activities at the Arçelik Refrigerator Factory. In addition, the ecological footprint of the Arçelik Eskişehir Campus was calculated in order to determine the sustainability and eco-entrepreneurship of the enterprises. As a result of the evaluation, it has been determined that Arçelik has established an infrastructure and carried out studies in this field in order to realize sustainable (clean) production practices with national and international legislation compliance, environmental policies adopted and eco- entrepreneur activities carried out in this context. In this direction, what can be done to calculate ecological footprints and improve sustainable (clean) production performances is offered as recommendations to decision makers and other companies as well as to the company. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Ecopreneurship, Ecological Footprint, Sustainability, Cleaner Production.