Giving back has always been a key part of our DNA. BCG globally is committed to helping make the world a better place for all, and gives back a portion of its consulting time to charities each year. We help our corporate clients be better. Read more about BCG’s Total Societal Impact here.
In Canada, we use our donated time to focus on issues that support and help improve lives in the communities in which we operate—from helping top charities scale their impact across Canada to developing new models to attack well-known problems. In addition to the dedicated approximately $3 million of annual pro bono consulting we provide, our staff also volunteer their time: leading local mentorship programs with Pathways to Education, fundraising for United Way, and using their consulting skills to support LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact's selected and scale what works in social impact.
Last year almost 200 staff volunteered over 10,000 hours to social impact work in Canada. We have collaborated with some 30 leading local, regional, and global organizations to increase their efficiency and effectiveness—and ultimately their impact. It's part of who we are as a firm and as individuals.
Inspired by the legacy of the late David Pecaut, BCG helped found and continues to house LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact to help scale what works to drive change in our communities. The Centre invests in early and growth-stage ventures in health, education, and employment to develop sustainable, high-impact solutions to complex social problems. LEAP has supported scaling six ventures through their "scale-a-rator" and ten ventures through an accelerator it ran with the Google Impact Challenge. In 2020, LEAP is launching its next accelerator—more news on this will be coming soon. BCGers across the country support the work through both volunteering and pro bono casework on an ongoing basis.
Canada's historic successes as an economy will not necessarily be what drives us into the future. As such, BCG launched the Centre for Canada's Future to help shape the national agenda and make Canada an even better place to live, work, and run a business.
In 2017, to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, BCG launched the CCF to contribute to the national dialogue, help shape the country’s agenda, and identify the greatest opportunities for Canada. By tackling the most pressing issues in our country, the CCF delivers the best of BCG's consulting and analytical capabilities, partners with Canadian organizations from across industries, and convenes Canada’s leaders from the public and private sectors to foster collaboration.
The centre is a nonprofit venture dedicated to serving as a catalyst that moves Canada forward by identifying, analyzing, and leading action on the nation’s greatest opportunities within topics including diversity, climate, and infrastructure.
