Patrick Herhold
Managing Director & Partner
Munich
Patrick Herhold is a long-term core member of Boston Consulting Group's Energy, Operations, and Strategy practices.
Patrick is an expert in climate change topics including abatement levers and their economics, markets and emissions regulation, and related strategies for private and public sector organizations. He serves as an advisor to energy companies, OEMs, investors, and associations. He is currently focused on de-carbonization projects.
Among other projects, Patrick led the development of a long-term 'zero emissions' strategy for German industry as a basis for European and national policymaking, and the development of a climate strategy for a large industrial goods player, including scenario definition, lever assessment, portfolio impact, strategy implications, and financial disclosure.
Before joining the firm, Patrick was co-founder and CEO of Dresden Silicon, a semiconductor startup company.
The company’s approach to corporate responsibility offers powerful lessons for setting goals and sustainability reporting.
Even companies with modest direct-emissions footprints can make a global impact on decarbonization by implementing nine initiatives in their supply chains.
Companies that get it right will create financial value and help save the planet.
The COVID-19 crisis may have accelerated a key inflection point in fossil fuels – fundamentally altering many energy companies’ economic position and outlook.
Ours is the last generation that can prevent a global disaster. Unilateral action may be the answer.
COVID-19 recovery efforts can contribute to solving two crises at once—if leaders direct recovery-focused investments toward sustainable infrastructure, green jobs, and environmental resilience.
The climate crisis can’t become last year’s news. Investments in climate infrastructure can be an important part of current economic stimulus efforts.
As technology advances and the costs of unchecked global warming rise, taking aggressive action against climate change has become a winning economic proposition.
Countries taking ambitious action against climate change can benefit macroeconomically without suffering an early-mover disadvantage.
