COP31 Business ForumTOBB
Seven working groups for business engagement with COP

Where the agenda is built.

Each group develops policy recommendations on key climate topics, supports select private-sector initiatives and showcases best practice. The groups are steered by co-chairs drawn from different regions, reflecting a plurality of voices.

7Working groups
4Thematic working groups
3Cross-cutting working groups
0Co-chairs from different regions
Thematic working groups
1

Electrification & Energy Transition

5 co-chairs
Co-chairs
  1. Sabancı HoldingMurat Pınar
  2. Octopus EnergyGreg Jackson
  3. Schneider ElectricVincent Petit
  4. ACCIONAJosé Manuel Entrecanales
  5. GE VernovaRoger Martella
2

Climate-Resilient Cities

4 co-chairs
Co-chairs
  1. Rönesans HoldingErman Ilıcak
  2. MeridiamThierry Déau
  3. HoneywellAmanda Hickman
  4. EBRDMatteo Patrone
3

Industrial Decarbonization

3 co-chairs
Co-chairs
  1. TÜSİAD, İnci HoldingPerihan İnci
  2. JSW SteelJayant Acharya
  3. Heidelberg MaterialsKatharina Beumelburg
4

Food Security & Agri-Business

3 co-chairs
Co-chairs
  1. Yıldız HoldingMehmet Tütüncü
  2. WBCSDDiane Holdorf
  3. PepsiCoJim Andrew
Cross-cutting working groups
5

Climate Finance & Investments

3 co-chairs
Co-chairs
  1. Ziraat BankAlpaslan Çakar
  2. ICCJohn W. H. Denton AO
  3. BBVAJavier R. Soler
6

SMEs & Emerging Economies

2 co-chairs
Co-chairs
  1. KUTSOEsin Güral Argat
  2. SintesaShinta Kamdani
7

Climate Tech & AI

3 co-chairs
Co-chairs
  1. ArçelikCan Dinçer
  2. Just ClimateClara Barby
  3. Emerald AIVarun Sivaram

Representation built in

  • The Forum is open to the full breadth of the business community, small and medium-sized enterprises and the Global South included.
  • Their priorities are carried through into the working groups' outputs.