The World Economic Forum engages leaders from all facets of society—business, politics, academia, and beyond—to shape global, regional, and industry agendas and drive positive change. Like our fellow members, BCG attends the Annual Meeting in Davos, the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China, and many other regional gatherings.
Our relationship goes beyond these meetings. The World Economic Forum taps our people and insights for its collaborative projects, publications, and global communities to engage stakeholders, improve policymaking, inform business decisions, and share best practices. Over the years, more than 100 BCGers have engaged.
BCG joined more than 1,500 leaders at the 15th Annual Meeting of New Champions in Dalian, People’s Republic of China. Leaders from business, government, academia, and the nonprofit sector explored actionable solutions to drive the next frontiers of growth.
FEATURING: BCG's Neeraj Aggarwal
ASEAN's digital economy is growing exponentially, with experts estimating that the implementation of the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) could unlock an additional $1 trillion-$2 trillion for the region by 2030.
How can countries enhance cooperation, foster innovative solutions and address common challenges to realize this potential for sustainable and inclusive growth in ASEAN?
FEATURING: BCG's Aparna Bharadwaj
With its announced growth target of around 5%, China is forecast to be the single largest contributor to global growth in 2024, yet much attention is being paid to the drivers of growth.
What short-term economic stimulus and longer-term systematic approaches are needed to strategically revitalize growth prospects and ensure economic development?
This session was developed in collaboration with China Global Television Network.
Business leaders can adopt Chinese management philosophies of agility, continuous learning, collective strength, and resilience, which embodies bamboo spirit and traditional Chinese philosophy.
Asia is now at a crucial juncture at which the progress of the last few decades has come together to add a new chapter to the region’s history. What is fueling Asia’s rise? Let’s connect the dots.
How AI agents are transforming industrial operations, opening new automation opportunities, enhancing efficiency and driving innovation across sectors.
China’s efforts in the green transition of value chains will help the environment, create business opportunities, and accelerate the adoption of green products and services in China and beyond.
BCG's delegation attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos alongside public and private sector leaders to address global societal and business challenges. Explore insights related to Davos 2024.
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We are currently involved on the below projects with the World Economic Forum, exploring a broad spectrum of topics.
Leaders from both the public and private sectors must take bold action to protect communities, organizations, and natural systems from the impacts of climate change. A new generation of data-driven and digital technologies will play a central role in this effort.
As global decarbonization efforts accelerate, there is a risk that the costs of the transition will not be fairly distributed. Coordinated action can help advance equity.
BCG is partnering with WEF to improve health outcomes, equitable access, and efficiency by unleashing and scaling the potential of data and digital solutions.
Manufacturers need to optimize for increased productivity, improved sustainability, greater resilience, and a stronger workforce. How can they harness the latest technologies to realize these goals?
The move to autonomous vehicles—part of the broader shift to software-defined vehicles—has profound implications not just for the automobile industry but also for society. Developing these technologies effectively and responsibly requires collaboration across the value chain and beyond.
A community of leading CEOs from ASEAN are working to develop a vision for the region’s just energy transition and drive collaborative action.
BCG actively contributes to key alliances and partnerships born out of the World Economic Forum in the spirit of unlocking the potential of those who advance the world.
Getting to net zero by 2050 is possible if the right technologies are brought to commercial scale within the next decade. BCG is a founding member of the First Movers Coalition, a group of forward-thinking companies that aim to jumpstart the global demand for critical emerging solutions by mobilizing the necessary investments and lowering costs. The coalition will work across eight key sectors: steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals, shipping, aviation, trucking, and direct air capture. FMC is a public-private partnership led by the US State Department (through John Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate), and the World Economic Forum.
A major international initiative aims to cut carbon emissions by guaranteeing demand for new breakthrough technologies in hard-to-abate industries such as steel, transportation, and concrete.
This white paper presents the finding of the First Movers Coalition India workshop, which brought together private and public sector stakeholders working on India's decarbonization.
This report covers insights from a workshop where companies, government officials, financiers, and others met to discuss opportunities and challenges for industrial decarbonization in Brazil. Specifically, it focuses on surfacing supply of near-zero steel, aluminum, and aviation fuels.
Drawing on insights from 20+ leading organizations along the shipping value chain, this report highlights 10 key barriers limiting final investment decisions (FIDs) for zero-emission shipping fuel projects today, including an initial perspective on how to start breaking them.
BCG’s Christoph Schweizer and Rich Lesser are members of the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders— a global network of CEOs working to catalyze action in all sectors to deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement. Rich Lesser also serves as chief advisor to the Alliance.
BCG is a member of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, a global network of public and private stakeholders mobilizing to advance natural climate solutions that address the climate challenge. BCG's Paulina Ponce de Leon Barido serves on the Alliance's steering committee.
BCG is a founding member and active participant of the coalition committed to accelerating LGBTI equality and inclusion globally. BCG’s Michael Schachtner and Elliot Vaughn serve on the coalition’s steering committee.
BCG is a founding member of this global coalition, which strives for racial and ethnic justice in the workplace. BCG’s Matt Krentz serves on the coalition’s steering committee.
Rich Lesser serves as a champion for the EDISON Alliance—an ecosystem of changemakers with a shared goal of empowering individuals across the globe to affordably participate in the digital economy.
BCG Chairman Hans-Paul Bürkner serves on the Executive Board of the Global Coalition for Value in Healthcare—a public-private platform working toward a vision of more sustainable and efficient healthcare systems.
