What happened
Development agencies have issued their first sustainability report, covering activity carried out during 2025. The publication brings together work across environmental, social and governance topics and frames it in relation to sustainable regional development.
Its stated focus areas include the green transition, using resources more productively, social inclusion, employment, institutional and financial sustainability, disaster management, and resilient cities. It also records work undertaken in these areas, outcomes identified by the agencies and their outlook for the coming period.
The announcement was published by İzmir Development Agency (İZKA) on 24 September 2026. Readers seeking the underlying publication and announcement can access the report announcement on İZKA’s website.
For practitioners, the immediate next step is to review the report’s treatment of the relevant theme—such as resource use, employment or urban resilience—and compare its stated work and outlook with regional priorities.
Why it matters
The report places environmental, social and governance considerations in one account of development-agency activity. That is relevant to sustainability professionals working with regional institutions, because it sets out the areas in which the agencies describe their contribution to sustainable, inclusive and resilient development.
Rather than limiting the discussion to environmental measures, the publication also addresses social and institutional questions. The inclusion of employment, financial sustainability, disaster management and resilient cities indicates the breadth of the framework used to assess 2025 activity.
The report may therefore be useful as a reference point for organisations engaging with regional development agencies on transition planning, inclusion or resilience-related work. Its reported outcomes and forward view provide the basis for that assessment, although the announcement does not specify further delivery dates or deadlines.
What to watch
Future updates should show how the agencies develop the priorities identified in the report and whether subsequent reporting continues the same environmental, social and governance coverage. The announcement does not set a timetable for future publications or implementation milestones.
