Transforming Burgo Group into an ESG Leader
BCG helped define ambitious decarbonization targets and chart a path toward greater sustainability.
Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation—and companies around the world are stepping up with ambitious net zero commitments. Our climate and sustainability consulting team helps clients turn those pledges into action.
Avoiding the most devastating impacts of a warming planet demands a step change. But while the task ahead is significant, there are signs that a fundamental shift to mitigate climate change is well underway. Changes to address climate concerns and broader threats to the planetary boundaries are sweeping every industry. The early-movers are reimagining their businesses and capturing value created by the push for sustainability.
BCG works with clients to accelerate their climate and sustainability journey. We help them identify and harness climate innovation, embed sustainability at scale into their business, and capture the value they create. Our work is as far-reaching as the challenge.
Sustainability Strategy and Transformation
Many companies underestimate the pace and scope of change required to achieve sustainability at scale. We work with clients to transform their business for a new decarbonized era.
Climate Risk, Adaptation, and Resilience
Societies and economies must take action today to thrive in the future. We work with national and local governments and corporations to build their climate-risk resiliency.
Sustainable Finance and Investing
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.
Energy Transition
Decarbonizing the global economy will require the rapid expansion of renewable energy sources and a firm embrace of business sustainability strategy by heavy industry. We are working with clients to pave the way forward.
Alternative Proteins
Our experts help clients seize opportunities in the fast-growing alternative proteins industry—and create a more sustainable future.
Food Systems and Security
Agriculture is a major driver of global greenhouse gas emissions. Our sustainability consulting team works with clients to develop strategies for addressing those emissions while strengthening the stability of global food systems.
Nature-Based Solutions
Decarbonization is just one of the many steps necessary to protect our planet. We help clients build comprehensive environmental strategies that align business priorities with the boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable.
Sustainable Operations
BCG works with companies to improve operational sustainability in procurement and supply chain and unlock the value from sustainable operations.
Decarbonization
Companies are facing intense pressure to remove carbon from their operations. We take a sector- and company-specific approach to help clients identify and implement high-impact decarbonization methods.
Renewables and Low-Carbon Solutions
We draw on deep commercial, technical, and regulatory expertise to help companies identify the right strategies, investments, and operating model around low-carbon and renewable energy.
Climate Innovation, Technology, and Growth
New technologies and business models are needed to drive the global economy to net zero by 2050. Our team works with clients to accelerate the development and scaling of climate innovation that will protect the planet.
BCG helped define ambitious decarbonization targets and chart a path toward greater sustainability.
A global leader in plant nutrition and phosphate fertilizers transformed its core business to provide agricultural solutions to ensure global food security and combat climate change.
Caroline Stern, head of Circular Economy at Hilti Group, discuss the benefits of Circelligence, a solution developed in partnership with BCG and BCG X to measure circular economy performance and help companies make better informed decisions on sustainability initiatives.
Alberto Milvio, former CFO of Autostrade per l’Italia Group, and Concetta Testa, head of sustainability, share how the company is working to realize sustainable infrastructure.
BCG Announces Collaborations with NASA and USRA
We are privileged to work with NASA’s Ames Research Center and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to launch a GenAI lab for science and engineering.
Part of our partner ecosystem, CO2 AI enables organizations to measure, simulate, reduce, and track their environmental footprint at scale—and to collaborate across the supply chain.
BCG’s best-in-class sustainability learning platform upskills suppliers and procurement teams so they can accelerate Scope 3 decarbonization and their journey to net zero.
Behind every product are raw materials, but we are using resources faster than nature can regenerate them. Circelligence by BCG helps companies become circular businesses and drive more value from fewer raw material inputs.
A successful sustainability transformation requires unparalleled transparency—from initial design through execution. Our portfolio and program management software helps leaders unlock value and manage complexity through every phase.
With global food systems facing significant sustainability challenges, we need a change in global agricultural practices. That’s why BCG—together with the COP28 Presidency, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions—is chairing a flagship initiative to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture. Discover the critical role soil health plays in capturing carbon, maintaining biodiversity, retaining water, and supporting local economies, and learn about the barriers and benefits farmers are experiencing in changing their practices—as well as the role the private and public sector can play in supporting this initiative.
The Center for Climate and Sustainability Policy and Regulation brings together experts with deep industry- and technology-specific knowledge, providing clients in both the public and private sectors with a comprehensive view of the policies and regulations they face today—and may face tomorrow.
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Our climate change and sustainability consulting team helps clients seize the opportunity in the emerging net-zero world.