What happened
Dr Fatih Kemal Ebiçlioğlu, vice-chair of TÜSİAD’s board, spoke in a session at the Net Konuşalım summit, an event framed around the approach to COP31. TÜRKONFED and Nasıl Bir Ekonomi Gazetesi collaborated on the summit, which took place on 9 September.
Ebiçlioğlu joined the session in his capacity as TÜSİAD board vice-chair. Its subject was how companies can formulate strategy in the context of the climate crisis.
According to TÜSİAD, contributors considered the route from climate objectives and commitments associated with the COP31 process to tangible implementation and capital deployment. The session also covered the responsibilities business may take on during the green transition.
The discussion did not report a new corporate target, policy measure, financing facility or collective business commitment. It was a forum for examining the practical and commercial dimensions of climate action.
Why it matters
The summit agenda brought climate commitments into direct conversation with investment decisions. It also treated the green transition as an issue spanning finance, export activity and competitive positioning, rather than as a standalone environmental topic.
For sustainability and corporate strategy teams, the subjects raised point to the need to connect climate plans with implementation processes and investment priorities. The evidence does not set out a single recommended approach, but it identifies these areas as themes discussed by participants.
Export competitiveness and financing were specifically included in the conversation, alongside investment. That framing is relevant for companies assessing how transition planning intersects with their broader commercial operations.
What to do next
Readers can review whether their climate objectives are linked to identifiable delivery and investment decisions, while considering the role of finance, exports and competitiveness in transition planning. This reflects the themes covered at the session rather than an outcome announced by the summit.
TÜSİAD’s notice provides no subsequent timetable, further event actions or agreed next steps. It does not specify the individual contributions made by Ebiçlioğlu or other participants.
The event information was published by TÜSİAD.
