[4]: fig 1.10  Due to its coal-fired power stations subsidiary Eren Enerji and its cement production it is one of the largest private sector greenhouse gas emitters in Turkey.

In 1998, Eren Holding entered the energy sector with Modern Enerji Elektrik Üretim Otoprodüktör Grubu A.Ş.

[8] Eren Holding controls businesses across several sectors, including energy, paper, cement, retail, ports, packaging and textiles.

[13] Eren Perakende represents a number of international brands in Turkey, including Lacoste,[14] Burberry, GANT, Nautica and Converse.

In addition to its physical stores, it sells online through Occasion, Sanal Çadır, SuperStep and FashFed [15] e-commerce sites.

As the largest private sector owner of coal-fired electricity generating capacity in Turkey the company is on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List,[20]: Output sheet row 1025  and is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the country: however although corporate emissions measurements are reported to the government they are not published.

[21] Climate Trace estimates Eren Energy’s coal-fired power plants emitted 16 million tons, over 2%, of the country’s greenhouse gas in 2023.