We embark on this journey in 2016 to become an exemplary social enterprise.
In 2016, Fazla Gıda set out with a single mission: building a sustainable business model to create an impact on the world, and serve as a model for Turkish youth in the field of social entrepreneurship.
Therefore, we started our work by examining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. We started developing solutions by focusing on the 3rd target under the 12th goal, Responsible Production and Consumption, halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.
Sustainable Development Goals We Focus On
As we set out, we focused on Sustainable Development Goal 12.3: By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses. This target is at the heart of what we do, but our work also creates an impact on other target levels.
Food Recovery Hierarchy has given us a direction
We designed our services with the guidance of the “Food Recovery Hierarchy” issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
We launched our initial operations in 2017, pursuing social good.
We developed tech-based solutions to reduce food waste and waste-induced carbon emissions. With the guidance of the Food Recovery Hierarchy, we launched Animal Feed and Biogas services to recover surplus food that is not primarily suitable for donation operations. As we continue to improve our impact and expertise day by day, we have identified new solutions needed in the supply chain for the first step of the hierarchy, reduction at source, by analyzing operation-based data.
While expanding our R&D efforts for reduction at source, we pursued our journey without being affected by the global pandemic. During the pandemic, we built an online shopping platform, Fazla Market, and ensured that surplus food at risk of being wasted was returned to use.
The Smart Scale System, which avoids waste generation by tracking waste in professional kitchens, was added to our portfolio as an IoT solution developed by our R&D team. Launching a Business-to-Consumer (B2C) business model, we also blazed a trail by launching the Fazla İyi application. Thanks to the application, we have included local businesses and consumers in the food rescue movement.
With the solutions developed and the operations carried out, we have been expanding our impact each and every day.
Today, we are ready to manage all of your surplus products.
We always have a single question to ask when faced a global problem: What can we do? Such a proactive approach helped us introduce food circularity and our expertise to various waste streams. Today, we work to bring all surplus products, from food to packaging, textiles and chemicals, into the circular economy.
We'll be saving the world.
Fazla creates value with employees who work with passion.
Our dynamic and impact-driven team does not hesitate to take responsibility and pursues the same dream: a sustainable and fair world.
We manage the systemic change we dreamed of. For this transformation, we aim operational excellence encouraged by technology and innovation. While utilizing the waste generated throughout the supply chain with the highest value, we also focus on our main goal being reduction of at the source.
We push forward with our team, strengthening our impact and leading the waste management industry.
Fazla Has Become One of the First
Startups Selected for the
Turcorn 100 Program!
We are proud to announce that Fazla has been selected for the Turcorn 100 Program, which identifies the most innovative and fastest-growing startups in our country! This achievement reinforces our commitment to innovative solutions in sustainability and technology.
“Turcorn” is used to define technology-based startups operating in Turkey that reach a valuation of 1 billion USD.
Initiated by the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Technology, the “Turcorn 100 Program” aims to accelerate the scaling and global market entry of technology startups that have successfully passed their early stages and possess high growth potential, thereby bringing new Turcorns to the Turkish technology entrepreneurship ecosystem.
At Fazla, we embarked on our journey with the mission of reducing food waste and creating a sustainable future. By combining technology and innovation, we provide solutions to minimize waste in the food industry. Our business model and the results we have achieved in line with these goals have been recognized by the Turcorn 100 Program, and Fazla has been selected as one of the first 15 startups in the program.
This success is not only the achievement of the Fazla team but also of all our partners, collaborators, and supporters who work with us. Thank you for being with us on this journey.
With the support we’ll receive from this program, we will take even more confident steps in our journey towards globalization.
We are proud to be a part of
B Corp movement.
We are proud to be part of the B Corp movement, a certification system that identifies pioneering corporations working for a more inclusive, fair, and sustainable world.
We are stronger than ever with the responsibility of being the first organization selected from Turkey as a B Corp in waste management.
The B Corp process, which we joined with a total score of 94.4 after the evaluations lasting more than a year, is just the beginning for us. We set sights high for the upcoming years.