Climate Change & Sustainability Consulting

Climate change is the defining challenge of our time—and companies around the world are stepping up with ambitious net zero commitments. Our climate and sustainability team helps clients turn those pledges into action and seize new opportunities to build competitive advantage.

Avoiding the most devastating impacts of a warming planet demands a step change. But while the task ahead is significant, there are signs that a fundamental shift to mitigate climate change is well underway. Change is sweeping every industry as companies reimagine how to incorporate sustainability into business. The early-movers are establishing leads in burgeoning new markets and capturing value created by the push for sustainability.

Our Climate Change and Sustainability Services

BCG works with clients to accelerate their climate and sustainability journey. We help them identify and harness climate innovation, embed sustainability at scale into their business, and capture the value they create. Our work is as far-reaching as the challenge.

Climate Risk, Adaptation, and Resilience
Societies and economies must take action today to thrive in the future. We work with national and local governments and corporations to build their climate-risk resiliency.

Sustainable Investing and Finance
A growing number of large institutional investors today are incorporating sustainable finance into their portfolios. Learn more about sustainable finance from BCG's social impact experts.

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Energy Transition
Decarbonizing the global economy will require the rapid expansion of renewable energy sources and a firm embrace of business sustainability strategy by heavy industry. We are working with clients to pave the way forward.

Alternative Proteins
Our experts help clients seize opportunities in the fast-growing alternative proteins industry—and create a more sustainable future.

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Climate Innovation, Technology, and Growth
New technologies and business models are needed to drive the global economy to net zero by 2050. Our team works with clients to accelerate the development and scaling of climate innovation that will protect the planet.

Sustainability Strategy and Transformation
Many companies underestimate the pace and scope of change required to achieve sustainability at scale. We work with clients to transform their business for a new decarbonized era.

Food Systems and Security
Agriculture is a major driver of global greenhouse gas emissions. Our sustainability consulting team works with clients to develop strategies for addressing those emissions while strengthening the stability of global food systems.

Supply Chain Management and Procurement
Decarbonizing supply chains is a game-changer in the push to build a net zero global economy. We work with clients to adopt key levers and proven technologies to slash emissions and catalyze climate impact.

Client Success in Climate Change and Sustainability

BCG leverages partnerships and proprietary products to support clients on their net-zero journey.

Digitizing E.ON’s Core Business

BCG helped E.ON reshape its core business into a powerful tool capable of addressing the challenges facing the power and utilities industry, such as how to mitigate climate change.

Insights from Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative

Industry players have come together to create a $1 billion fund that will pilot, deploy, and scale new emission-reduction technologies—accelerating the global energy transition.

BCG and NBI for Climate Resilience in South Africa

An equitable transition to net zero must address South Africa’s poverty, inequality, and unemployment. Combining BCG’s analytic expertise with NBI’s local relationships has moved stakeholders beyond ideological discussions to a common understanding and collaborative solutions.

Our Climate Change and Sustainability Products

CO2 AI by BCG

BCG’s artificial intelligence solution enables organizations to measure, simulate, reduce, track, and report their environmental footprint—and to advance their business sustainability strategy.

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Supply Chain Net Zero Academy

BCG’s best-in-class sustainability learning platform upskills suppliers and procurement teams so they can accelerate Scope 3 decarbonization and their journey to net zero.

Circelligence by BCG

Behind every product are raw materials, but we are using resources faster than nature can regenerate them. Circelligence by BCG helps companies become circular businesses and drive more value from fewer raw material inputs.

CO2 FI by BCG

CO2 FI by BCG helps financial institutions meet their climate impact goals.

KEY by BCG

A successful sustainability transformation requires unparalleled transparency—from initial design through execution. Our portfolio and program management software helps leaders unlock value and manage complexity through every phase.

Our Climate and Sustainability Partnerships

BCG at COP27

BCG is proud to have been the exclusive consulting partner for the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27). We're excited to continue to bring our experience and expertise to the ongoing drive toward climate sustainability.

Quantis to Join BCG to Accelerate Sustainable Transformation

BCG recently acquired Quantis, a pioneering environmental sustainability consultancy, to help further strengthen its climate and sustainability expertise and transformation capabilities.

BCG Joins Breakthrough Energy Catalyst

Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, co-founded by BCG, is working to accelerate climate innovation, including the development and scaling of green hydrogen and sustainable fuel.

Our Climate Change Center of Excellence

The BCG Center for Climate and Sustainability brings together more than 550 experts covering the full range of sustainability topics, including biodiversity, circular economy, climate innovation, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, transition financing, water management, and other ESG topics—across all sectors—to support our clients around the world.

Our Climate Consulting Leader

Our climate change and sustainability consulting team helps clients seize the opportunity in the emerging net-zero world.

Meet the rest of our climate changing consulting team

Our Latest Insights on Climate Change and Sustainability

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Climate Vision 2050 Bonus Episode: The Ballad of the Wind Rigger

An exclusive sneak preview of BCG’s new climate podcast, Climate Vision 2050: We look back from 2050, exploring how the world radically reduced carbon emissions and saved itself from climate catastrophe. Full series launching 2023.

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