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BCG Partners with World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum engages leaders from all facets of society—business, politics, academia, and beyond—to shape global, regional, and industry agendas and drive positive change. As a strategic partner of the World Economic Forum, BCG joins a select group of about 120 global companies closely aligned with the Forum's commitment to improving the state of the world.

Like our fellow members, BCG attends the renowned Annual Meeting in Davos, the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China, and many regional meetings. As a strategic partner, we do even more. The World Economic Forum taps BCG’s people and insights for its collaborative projects, publications, and global communities. The goal of this work is to engage stakeholders, improve policymaking, inform business decisions, and share best practices.

BCG@Davos

Each year, BCG attends Davos alongside global business, government, social sector, academic, and media leaders. We take this opportunity to learn from our peers, connect with clients, and contribute our own thought leadership on an international stage. 

EXPLORE OUR INSIGHTS FROM DAVOS 2020

Around the World with WEF

Africa 2019 (Cape Town), Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman, participates in a panel on Investing in the SDGs.
Fang Ruan, Managing Director and Partner, and Lars Faeste, Managing Partner, BCG Greater China, host a press conference on their recently-published white paper “Transform and Thrive: How to Win in China’s Era of Uncertainties”
Annual Meeting 2020 (Davos): Rich Lesser, CEO, participates in "A Strategy for the Next Growth Cycle" panel.
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Our Projects

We are currently collaborating on five projects with the World Economic Forum, exploring a broad spectrum of topics.

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The Net-Zero Challenge

The latest climate science is clear and makes the imperative for climate action indisputable. This project aims to create a fact-based, ambitious, unequivocal call for accelerated climate action, highlighting the roles of corporations and governments. In 2020-21 we will deep dive into the topic of supply chain decarbonization, highlighting how companies can have significant climate impact by tackling their Scope 3 emissions with influence across geographies.

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The Net-Zero Challenge: Global Climate Action at a Crossroads (Part 1)

The Net-Zero Challenge: Fast-Forward to Decisive Climate Action

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Unlocking Value in Manufacturing Through Data Sharing

On the threshold of a data and analytics-driven revolution, manufacturers rely on data collaborations to unlock the full value in their operations. Leveraging data and advanced analytics, companies provide better products and services, optimize their value chains and maximize return on capital. In this project we examine successful data sharing applications to define key success factors and pre-requisites for manufacturers to derive value from manufacturing data.

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Share to Gain: Unlocking Data Value in Manufacturing

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Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative

With the increasing scale and complexity of humanitarian crises and the growing demand for sustainable investing, the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative aims to mobilize flow of private capital to projects that enhance resilience in communities trapped in fragility while generating a financial return. Investor capital is essential in filling the persistent funding gap hindering progress towards the SDGs. The initiative engages development finance institutions, humanitarian actors, donors, and investors with the goal of catalyzing the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing market by steering development of compelling proofs-of-concept that will act as signals and exemplars for the broader ecosystem.

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Humanitarian Investing — Mobilizing Capital to Overcome Fragility

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Mission Possible

The World Economic Forum's new Mission Possible Platform aims to support coalitions in heavy industry and transport sectors that are researching and promoting approaches to decarbonization. In this project, we’re developing a strategic plan for the Mission Possible Platform and initiatives that the platform can take on to accelerate progress in hard-to-abate industries.

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Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) in Capital Markets

The World Economic Forum is convening a series of workshops to explore the role of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) in capital markets. The purpose of this dialogue series is to bring together technology experts, capital market participants, and relevant policy-makers to answer key questions such as: Is there a role for Distributed Ledger Technology in the future of capital markets? What are the promising use-cases, in-flight experiments and anticipated transformations in market structure? What kinds of collaboration are needed to realize the benefits and mitigate risks?

Recent Past Projects

Our Engagement

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Project Fellows

BCG consultants have worked as "Project Fellows" with the Forum, playing key roles in managing projects—from initial analysis, to multistakeholder input, to publication of the research.  

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Global Councils

BCGers have joined invitation-only councils focusing on critical topics including gender parity, education, emerging multinationals, telecommunication, and more. 

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Young Global Leaders

Current and former BCGers have been selected to join this community of exceptional people under 40 years old, who share a commitment to shaping the future through inspiring and impactful leadership. 


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Global Shapers

Current and former BCGers have been selected to join this community of engaged young people in 156 countries, driving action for meaningful change.  

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