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What Job Seekers Wish Employers Knew | rectangle

January 18, 2023

For In-Demand Job Seekers, a Poor Recruiting Experience Is a Deal Breaker
Protectionism, Pandemic, War, and the Future of Trade | rectangle

January 17, 2023

Global Trade Growth to Lag Behind GDP for the First Time in 25 Years, While Familiar Trade Patterns Will See Massive Shifts
BCG-WEF Project: The Net-Zero Challenge

January 12, 2023

Growing Green-Market Demand Provides Opportunities for Early-Movers to Commercialize Sustainability
Put Talent at the Top of the Sustainability Agenda | Rectangle

To Reach Sustainability Goals, Organizations Must Address Critical Sustainability Skills Gap

New Research from BCG and Microsoft Finds Significant and Widening Sustainability Skills Gap as Increasing Number of Companies Make Commitments to Reduce EmissionsCompanies Could Face Upskilling Up to 150 Million People in Under Ten Years to Turn Sustainability Ambitions into ActionRoughly 2/3 of Sustainability Leaders Are Hired from Within; More Resources Needed to Support Skill-Building Efforts for Initial Talent and to Scale Efforts Across the OrganizationBOSTON—From 2007 through 2022, the number of companies setting science-based targets has grown by a factor of 36—to more than 4,200 companies. According to separate BCG research, only 17% of those that have set targets are on track to meet them. Meeting these goals will require organizations to embed sustainability across their business; however, according to new research by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Microsoft released today, there is a systemic sustainability skills gap that must first be closed.
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