Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation—and companies around the world are stepping up with ambitious net zero commitments. Our climate and sustainability consulting team helps clients turn those pledges into action.
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. Changes to address climate concerns and broader threats to the planetary boundaries are sweeping every industry. The early-movers are reimagining their businesses and capturing value created by the push for sustainability.
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.
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.
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 Finance and Investing
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nature-Based Solutions
Decarbonization is just one of the many steps necessary to protect our planet. We help clients build comprehensive environmental strategies that align business priorities with the boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable.
Sustainable Operations
BCG works with companies to improve operational sustainability in procurement and supply chain and unlock the value from sustainable operations.
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.
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.
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.
BCG’s artificial intelligence solution enables organizations to measure, simulate, reduce, track, and report their environmental footprint—and to advance their business sustainability strategy.
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.
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.
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.
The Center for Climate and Sustainability Policy and Regulation brings together experts with deep industry- and technology-specific knowledge, providing clients in both the public and private sectors with a comprehensive view of the policies and regulations they face today—and may face tomorrow.
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We don't just partner with clients to address climate change and protect our planet. Learn more about how we put it into practice at BCG.
Learn moreOur climate change and sustainability consulting team helps clients seize the opportunity in the emerging net-zero world.
Henk Ovink Dutch, Special Envoy to the UN for Water, joins BCG’s Wendy Woods to discuss the importance of water and how to deal with the ever-growing challenges of water scarcity and pollution around the world.
Companies that meet ESG challenges in emerging markets find that being a sustainability leader unlocks growth opportunities.
