Europe’s simplified sustainability rules give companies a rare chance to move beyond compliance and rebuild reporting around strategy, value creation, and decision-useful insight.
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Sustainability Policy and Regulation
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February 19, 2025
Transitioning to green energy creates a healthier planet while providing countries with job growth and greater energy security. However, governments will have to make many policy tradeoffs.
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February 25, 2025
Although the energy transition will continue worldwide, the past year’s election results around the globe have prompted many government leaders to devote more attention to energy affordability and energy security.
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April 21, 2025
To thrive in uncertain times, packaging companies must remain flexible while investing in capabilities that will define future industry leadership.
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March 27, 2025
New fuels can decarbonize the commercial aviation industry, but stakeholders will need to move faster to achieve 2030 targets.
Six actionable opportunities for EU policymakers to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture at scale.
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January 23, 2025
To seize the economic opportunity presented by the global green transition, policymakers need to concentrate on the following principal levers and key success factors.
Article
November 19, 2024
By taking a strategic approach to ESG reporting—focusing only on materially relevant aspects—boards can meet regulatory requirements and concentrate attention on critical sustainability goals.
Highlights from UNGA & NY Climate Week
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October 1, 2026
AI Can Be a Force Multiplier for Impact
BCG’s Jim Larson and Hubertus Meinecke show how responsible AI can strengthen resilience, advance decarbonization, and help organizations deliver greater societal impact.
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October 2, 2026
Where Sustainability Leaders Are Seeing Business Opportunities
From avoiding disruptions and lowering costs to strengthening resilience, adaptation is a smart business strategy, say the WBCSD’s Peter Bakker and BCG’s Wendy Woods.
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October 5, 2026
Moving from Climate Targets to Meaningful Action
Alexander Nick of WBCSD and BCG’s Elfrun von Koeller discuss how companies are making the transition from climate commitments to implementation, investment, and value creation.
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October 2, 2026
Building a Framework to Achieve the World’s Climate Objectives
Making the Paris Agreement’s goals a reality requires a strategic plan, and that’s now underway, say Iochpe-Maxion’s Dan Ioschpe and BCG’s Santino Lacanna.
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The Sustainable Advantage: Build lasting impact through sustainability
Climate Innovation and Tech
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June 25, 2026
AI has already begun to radically transform the entire agricultural value chain, democratizing the information advantage on which entire businesses have been built. Is your company ready?
Video
February 25, 2026
The Climate Win-Win We Shouldn’t Ignore
BCG's Dave Sivaprasad and Sir Andrew Steer, Professor of Practice in Economics and Sustainability, discuss how coordinated action and private capital can advance mitigation and adaptation in tandem.
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February 18, 2026
The Future of Packaging: Balancing Sustainability, Cost, and Convenience
Are reusable systems always more sustainable? Alex Meyer zum Felde and Vytal’s Fabian Barthel reveal the real numbers, challenges, and incentives needed for scale.
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October 29, 2025
Reinventing Products for Profit, Performance, and Planet Through Design to Sustainable
Value
Alejandro Navarro shows how BCG’s Design to Sustainable Value can help companies cut costs, boost margins, and reduce emissions, turning disruption into opportunity.
Article
May 6, 2025
Forests can anchor a high-integrity voluntary carbon market—if developers, landowners, and market leaders shift from transactional credit models to long-term asset stewardship.
Finance and Investment
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September 14, 2026
Every philanthropic dollar can pull in more capital—if funders know how. BCG research reveals what’s blocking impact-first investing, and where the multiplier effect works.
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July 8, 2026
The growing risk of climate-induced financial tipping points requires cooperation among businesses, insurers, and policymakers.
Article
April 22, 2026
A blended finance approach could help the world manage and mitigate the impact of extreme weather events while supporting long-term value and stability.
Article
May 18, 2026
AI can produce both attractive investment returns and material sustainability outcomes in a wide range of industries. Our new report maps opportunities where the same efficiency gains deliver both commercial value and environmental or social impact.
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November 4, 2025
Mobilizing Private Equity is Key to Closing the Climate Finance Gap
Wendy Woods and Carbon Equity’s Saskia Bruysten explore how democratizing investment in private markets can funnel investment into much needed climate tech and innovation.
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February 25, 2026
What’s the Future of Climate Finance?
Veronica Chau unpacks where climate finance is accelerating, where it’s stalling, and what it will take to unlock capital for the next wave of climate solutions.
Nature and Environment
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May 1, 2025
As they face unprecedented volatility in global agrifood supply chains, decision makers can act today to build long-term resilience and competitive advantage.
In this short film, two experts share a meal to discuss the roles that corporations and individuals have to play in creating a more sustainable food system.
Article
November 7, 2024
Investment in sustainable agriculture will be key in order for farmers to keep up with rising global food demand.
Article
March 28, 2025
Greater biodiversity is the key to healthier soil. And healthier soil is the key to a range of environmental and economic benefits. Here’s how to achieve them.
Article
July 11, 2024
Governments and alternative protein players should follow three lessons that jump-started the growth of the electric vehicle industry.
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March 27, 2024
Next-generation soil carbon sequestration supercharges biological and chemical processes that naturally occur in the soil, helping corporate efforts to get to net zero and mitigate climate change.
Industry Spotlight
Article
June 11, 2026
Marketing muscle and big brand names cannot compensate for product portfolios that do not reflect today’s priorities, including those around health and nutrition.
Report
May 6, 2026
From raw material shocks to margin pressure, sustainability-related issues are hitting fashion P&Ls—and making it critical for CFOs to embed sustainability into financial decision-making.
Article
April 30, 2026
Maritime decarbonization faces powerful headwinds. Even so, carriers that take a strategic approach to seeking out opportunities can gain green value.
Article
March 30, 2026
Gas plants with carbon capture are best placed to meet the needs of data center developers at scale through 2030.
Article
December 17, 2025
Shipping won’t get the low-carbon fuels it needs unless it helps build them, working with other sectors that are already shaping tomorrow’s energy markets.
Slideshow
October 13, 2025
Proposed regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions will transform the competitive landscape for shipping companies, low-carbon fuel developers, and investors.
For Business Leaders
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September 14, 2026
BCG has reached the first major milestone in its net zero journey, demonstrating that business growth and meaningful emissions reductions can advance together.
Video
December 9, 2025
How Climate Shocks Could Break the Economy
Edmond Rhys Jones explores the massive gap between what science tells us about the climate crisis and how the economy measures its impact, advocating for economists to borrow tools from science (like simulations and digital twins) to prepare for the turbulence ahead.
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November 4, 2025
Building Competitive Advantage Through Green Growth
Momentum in the green transition remains strong. Mads Peter Langhorn and Siddharth Jain share how to capture enterprise value in a rapidly changing economy with Green Growth Accelerator.
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October 30, 2025
Reskilling for the Future: Why Sustainability Must Be Built into Your Talent Strategy
An ambitious sustainability strategy needs more than just ‘green jobs’. Alice Bolton reveals how core roles are evolving and why strategic upskilling is essential for a future-proof workforce.
Article
September 4, 2025
Companies reaching a meaningful green-revenue share can unlock higher valuations, cheaper capital, and a powerful edge in today’s competitive economy.
Article
January 16, 2025
Trade and AI, growth and climate imperatives, and workplace unity will define the CEO agenda in the year ahead. Here’s a closer look at each dynamic.
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