How to Tell If Your Business Model Is Truly Sustainable
Use a nine-point robustness and resilience framework to determine if your business model can provide ongoing competitive advantage.
Use a nine-point robustness and resilience framework to determine if your business model can provide ongoing competitive advantage.
In today's context, a resilient and competitive business model must optimize for both business and environmental/societal value. Gauge your model against the six dimensions of E/S impact.
Companies can no longer simply focus on maximizing total shareholder returns. To win, they must hone sustainable business models.
Big companies are working together to foster regenerative practices, revive high-value ecosystems, and increase the diversity of raw materials in their product portfolios.
Hydrogen is on the verge of becoming instrumental in the fight against climate change—and providing a $200 billion revenue opportunity for machinery makers.
Is the promise of a greener world closer than we think? BCG Partner & Associate Director Jens Burchardt maps out the costs and considerations of producing planet-friendly products, and explains why curbing climate change does not have to break the bank.
Even companies with modest direct-emissions footprints can make a global impact on decarbonization by implementing nine initiatives in their supply chains.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to reduce companies’ greenhouse gas emissions and cut costs by monitoring their carbon footprint and then reducing it through increased efficiency.
Companies looking to implement a successful climate response must follow a robust mitigation hierarchy to truly address the crisis and help stop nature loss.
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As environmental, social, and governance issues become material to business with increasing speed, investors must equip themselves to react rapidly and flexibly.
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The humble toilet is undergoing a transformation, unlocking a vast new opportunity—not just to capture value but also to change lives.
Governments that can balance urgent economic stabilization with structural reforms supporting long-term development will build a stronger foundation for the future. Nigeria’s inclusive approach is a case in point.
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.
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.
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The shift to alternative proteins based on plants, microorganisms, and animal cells is just beginning to pick up speed. The market will hit $290 billion by 2035.
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.
The current crisis may seem like an existential threat that supersedes all other objectives. But building a more inclusive workforce isn’t a distraction—it’s a critical part of the solution.
In this moment of national reckoning, how can business leaders best show their support and advance racial equity in the workplace? By revitalizing their corporate purpose.
Anti-Black racism in Canada is worse than most Canadians want to believe. With the COVID-19 pandemic amplifying the injustices against Black People, it is now more important than ever for Canadians to take action.
Closing the wealth gap demands radical disruption in the way financial organizations and investors prioritize, target, and invest in Black consumers.
Postsecondary institutions are facing calls for accountability. Smart academic advising reforms can boost graduation rates—without breaking the bank.
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