In a world in turmoil, the private sector can make a positive impact in the fight against climate change and inequality, securing companies’ long-term advantage in the process.
Companies can no longer simply focus on maximizing total shareholder returns. To win, they must hone sustainable business models.
As the impact of plastic waste in the ocean reaches crisis proportions, businesses are joining the call for a UN treaty to address the problem.
Big companies are working together to foster regenerative practices, revive high-value ecosystems, and increase the diversity of raw materials in their product portfolios.
As environmental, social, and governance issues become material to business with increasing speed, investors must equip themselves to react rapidly and flexibly.
For now, corporate sustainability spending may be curtailed. But investors believe that in the long run, ESG will remain a powerful driver of portfolio performance.
BCG’s Center for Climate Action
We partner with clients across the public, private, and social sectors to align their strategy, operations, and stakeholder engagement with a low-carbon world. Our work is supported by BCG’s experience across all industries and capabilities and by our reach of brands.
Our simulation of China’s climate-change pathways shows that it has economically attractive and socially viable pathways to achieve its decarbonization goals.
Companies looking to implement a successful climate response must follow a robust mitigation hierarchy to truly address the crisis and help stop nature loss.
As the global fire count hits a new record in 2020, at least 75% of wildfires are due to human activities. WWF & BCG call on governments, companies and consumers to implement critical climate change action.
Protecting our planet's most precious resource isn't just a matter of environmental stewardship. It's a substantial business problem.
African governments must develop a response that is comprehensive, adaptive, and implemented effectively in order to take fast action in several areas.
An impact-driven investment model that can mitigate crises and strengthen the self-reliance of fragile communities while providing financial returns.
Applying a new approach to chronic child hunger in Tanzania yields powerful lessons for governments and organizations that are tackling other tough challenges.
BCG Managing Director & Partner Johanna Benesty looks at barriers to "equitable access"—making sure COVID-19 therapeutics are available to all—and shares a creative approach to vaccine research and development.
COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on people who were already vulnerable: low income earners, racial minorities, and those without access to technology. We believe that public, private, and social sector leaders have a moral—and business—imperative to place inclusion at the heart of their response and recovery strategies.
Learn more about the advanced analytics techniques that allow us to better understand at-risk populations, predict patterns of disease, and optimize treatment decisions for HIV/AIDS.
The humble toilet is undergoing a transformation, unlocking a vast new opportunity—not just to capture value but also to change lives.
Africa’s digital maturity trails other regions, but its digital adoption is rapid. To maintain momentum, companies and governments need to coordinate to build scale, nurture talent and build innovation hubs.
Governments need a dashboard—one that tracks not just economic growth but also citizens’ well-being and happiness levels—in order to understand how their performance stacks up.
Empowering women who own businesses by removing barriers to equality of opportunity could fuel massive global economic growth.
Entrepreneurs who offer banking via mobile devices could finally put financial services within reach for 1.7 billion adults around the globe.
Global biodiversity loss becomes an imperative for all of society. Find out about the immense value provided by our ecosystems, and what is needed to protect them.
The environmental, economic, and social costs of food aren’t included in the price. Stakeholders must account for them to limit agriculture’s adverse effects and increase its positive impact.
Portuguese retailer Sonae piloted five initiatives that could ultimately slash the loss and waste of fruits and vegetables across its supply chain by 12,000 tons.
Each year, 1.6 billion tons of food goes to waste. This infographic shows what’s behind the problem—and how we can solve it.
