With support from BCG, the Government of Japan is accelerating its Net Zero ambition - partnering across industry and civil society to drive climate impact, industrial renewal, and global technology leadership.
Our Social Impact Services
BCG works with businesses, foundations, and governments to help build sustainable food systems and security, even in the face of climate-related threats.
BCG's consulting experts partner with leading organizations, corporations, and nonprofits to arrive at solutions for global health issues.
Across private, public, and social sectors, BCG helps drive innovative approaches to humanitarian response. Learn more about our strategic consulting approach.
Governments seeking economic growth and improvements in well-being can rely on BCG's Sustainable Economic Development Assessment and approach to economic development.
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.
BCG works with both governments and companies to develop a comprehensive, end-to-end approach to climate risk, adaptation, and resilience.
Our work helps organizations thrive by developing inclusive strategies that promote both business advantage and societal impact.
Our social impact consulting drives major initiatives across a broad spectrum of global challenges to shape a better future. Our work is closely aligned with addressing and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Our Clients' Success in Social Impact
In this time of accelerating systematic change, customers, employees, and investors increasingly demand that organizations act in socially aware and sustainable ways and demonstrate that they are doing so. It is necessary, strategic, and profitable for organizations to have a positive social impact because driving such change is a source of sustainable competitive advantage. For instance, biopharma companies that conduct ethical human clinical trials and expand access to medications have margins that are 6.7 percentage points higher, and valuations that are 12% greater, than the average for the industry. We help organizations to plan, implement, assess, and communicate their social impact initiatives and social impact strategy. Examples of our social impact consulting work include:
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We joined forces with the Rwanda Development Board to help the country attract private investors to create new jobs. As a direct result, more than $130 million was invested and 9,000 jobs were created; an additional 20,000 jobs were created indirectly.
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We supported the Indian state of Haryana as they quickly and sustainably boosted the quality of education for millions of students, which led to an immediate 15% savings in the state’s education budget.
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We created
three principles to guide Africa’s COVID-19 response, based on our work supporting COVID-19 responses around the world and our broad range of support for governments in Africa.
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May 20, 2025
Client Success
Explore how BCG experts helped reduce health disparities by eliminating barriers and improving care access for patients in low- and middle-income countries.
Client Success
BCG partnered with a global payments firm to develop data-driven strategies that go beyond access—supporting financial growth for their customers. Learn more.
A partnership between Rajasthan’s School Education Department, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and BCG has already brought 400,000 students out of learning poverty.
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April 23, 2025
Powering up Social Impact for Sustainable Growth
Working with BCG, FEMSA redefined their social value and impact strategy by putting community at the heart of business.
BCG worked with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to support the design and operationalization of a ground-breaking digital transformation program, called JICA DXLab, that has revitalized JICA frontline operations in emerging markets.
Client Success
BCG experts helped launch a clean energy tech hub with $80M+ in funding—driving innovation and jobs in underserved communities.
Meet Our Global Social Impact Partnerships
We partner with leading organizations to mobilize shared expertise and to develop their organizational strengths toward solving some of the world's most pressing challenges.
Our Latest Thinking on Social Impact
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February 20, 2025
Can Salad Dressing Transform Capitalism?
Alex Amouyel, president and CEO of Newman's Own Foundation, shows what the “100% for purpose” movement can teach us about doing business, philanthropy, and capitalism differently
Talent can be hard to source and retain, even as segments of the US population lack access to satisfying, supportive jobs. Three initiatives are making a difference.
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June 12, 2023
Companies Still Need ESG—But They Must Do It Right
BCG’s Rich Hutchinson talks about
socially transformative businesses and how they can create competitive advantage while making a positive impact on the world.
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February 10, 2021
BCG's Social Impact Theory of Change
At BCG, we are developing a rigorous approach to solving the world's toughest challenges. Our theory of change holds that we can drive change directly—by implementing profitable solutions and incentivizing solutions that are not profitable—and enable change indirectly—by directing capital and shaping ecosystems to encourage innovation.
