気候変動・サステナビリティ　最近の論考

不確実性が「常態」として経営の前提に組み込まれている今日、日本企業は変化を受容し、主体的に勝機を見極める姿勢が求められています。BCGコンサルタントが考える、2026年時点でビジネスリーダーが検討すべき10の経営論点を提示します。

BCGは、サステナブルな社会の実現に関する消費者意識や購買行動の変化を理解するために定点調査を行っています。その最新の結果を紹介します。

「BCGカーボンニュートラル・インデックス」は、日本企業を対象に、カーボンニュートラル経営への取り組みの成熟レベルを評価する指標です。最新の調査では、サステナビリティ経営も評価対象に追加しました。

ほとんどの消費者がサステナブルな製品を取り入れたいと考える一方で、実際にプレミアムを支払っているのは1～7％です。このギャップを解消し、サステナブルなライフスタイルを普及させるための3つの必須要件をご紹介します。

各国のダイナミクスの中で日本や日本企業がカーボンニュートラルにどう対峙するべきか、ヒントを提示するとともに、企業が描くカーボンニュートラルへのロードマップを3つのステップ、10の取り組みに分け、事例をまじえて解説します。

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After years of innovation in climate technologies, Carbon Clean’s Aniruddha Sharma and BCG’s Alex Dewar say significant scaling is next—and that will require partnerships.

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Joerg Wiese of the Kuehne Climate Center highlights why leaders must frame climate action as a business opportunity and build coalitions to scale their efforts.

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Trellis Group’s Joel Makower and BCG’s Diana Dimitrova discuss the findings from BCG’s latest decarbonization report.

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Investment in sustainable agriculture will be key in order for farmers to keep up with rising global food demand.

Greater biodiversity is the key to healthier soil. And healthier soil is the key to a range of environmental and economic benefits. Here’s how to achieve them.

Governments and alternative protein players should follow three lessons that jump-started the growth of the electric vehicle industry.

Next-generation soil carbon sequestration supercharges biological and chemical processes that naturally occur in the soil, helping corporate efforts to get to net zero and mitigate climate change.

Takeda’s Johanna Jobin and BCG’s Elizabeth Millman Hardin explore what organizations can do to evolve their services and products to address the impacts of climate change.

The global cement industry’s future competitive landscape will depend on who can reduce their carbon capture and storage (CCS) costs the most.

RE&UP’s Dennis Evers talks with BCG’s Catharina Martinez-Pardo about how RE&UP’s textile industry expertise and focus on recycling post-consumer waste are driving growth.

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Successful developers and investors take into account market differences. But they also rely on five factors that hold true across the region.

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