We build future-proof business

Who are we?

Kıymet-i Harbiye is an Istanbul-based consultancy offering sustainability services since 2009. From grand strategy vision to detailed performance indicators, materiality assessment to trainings, we provide services in every aspect of sustainability management.

We come up with creative and simple solutions to big problems. We help you make better choices for organizations, people and our planet. Our goal is to create a happy future for everyone.

How can we help?

Strategy

We strive to come up with a sustainability strategy that creates competitive advantage for you. We help you determine the goal you want to achieve, create roadmaps, prepare delegation plans, and identify performance indicators.

Trainings

We have a large number of training programs that offer theoretical and practical knowledge. We offer the only GRI certified training program in Turkey.

Reporting and Communication

Sustainability Report? Integrated Report? Progress Report? CDP Report? We cater to all your reporting needs. We share your sustainability journey with your stakeholders in creative formats.

Emission Services

Stakeholder Engagement

How to engage with your stakeholders? Which issues should you focus? We help you create stakeholder maps and get together with your stakeholders on efficient communication platforms.

Measure-Assess-Benchmark

What are your competitors and the best in the world are doing? What are the new trends? Where are you in these developments? We are searching for you with an in-house methodology based on global standards.

Sustainability Management

What should you know about sustainability? How should you manage material issues? Who should participate in sustainability management? How to monitor your performance? We find it together.

Value Chain Sustainability

Do your suppliers, dealers, business partners comply with your sustainability strategy? Which performance indicators can make your value chain more sustainable? We monitor the sustainability performance of your value chain with effective methods.

Social Responsibility Projects

Which social responsibility project serves your sustainability strategy better? Do your existing projects create the value you want? What purpose should your social responsibility practices serve? We help you decide.

Our Team

Murat Özden

Chairman of the Board

Murat ÖZDEN is a graduate of the University of Central Florida and Franklin College, where he majored in international business and marketing management. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kıymet-i Harbiye, of which he is one of the founding partners. Murat is an amateur yacht captain. He is a member of Cağaloğlu Anatolian High School and Franklin College Alumni Association.

Nazlı Şenol PhD

Founding Partner

Nazlı completed her undergraduate studies at Middle East Technical University and her master's degree at London School of Economics. She completed her PhD at Sabancı University in the field of management.

Since 2007, Nazlı has been providing strategic consultancy and training services in the areas of sustainability and corporate responsibility. Nazlı is among the founding partners of Kıymet-i Harbiye. Her main areas of expertise are sustainability reporting, performance evaluation and benchmarking, implementation of AA1000 standards, stakeholder engagement, and strategic management models.

Erdem Kolcuoğlu

Founding Partner

Erdem Kolcuoğlu has a bachelor's degree in political science from Marmara University and a master's degree in political science and international development law from Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis. After his experience in project management, since 2007, he provides consulting and training services to rooted institutions of Turkey in sustainability and social responsibility areas. His areas of expertise are sustainability reporting, performance evaluation and benchmarking, AA1000 standards, stakeholder engagement and strategic management models. Erdem is one of the founding partners of Kıymet-i Harbiye and he is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Between the years 2012-2014, Erdem acted as UNGC Local Network Observer Board Member and between 2015-2016, as GRI’s Regional Leader responsible from Turkey and the Central Asia. He represents our company in Regional Data Partners Network. Since 2016, Erdem has been a member of the GRI Stakeholder Council, a strategic advisor to the GRI Board of Directors and one of GRI's top management bodies. Erdem Kolcuoğlu is a Certified GRI Standards Instructor and gives seminars and lectures at many universities.

Hakan Gürel PhD

Founding Partner

Hakan studied business administration and organizational behavior at Marmara University. Since 2007, Hakan provides strategic consultancy and training services to Turkey's esteemed organizations on sustainability and corporate responsibility His areas of expertise are sustainability reporting, performance evaluation and benchmarking, stakeholder engagement, strategic management models and organizational change management.

Hakan is one of the founding partners of Kıymet-i Harbiye and serves as a Board Member. He has been a Certified GRI Standards Instructor since 2015. Hakan Gürel conducted trainings in many companies. Dr. Hakan Gurel also lectures on sustainability and management in reputable universities of Turkey.