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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 four projects with the World Economic Forum, exploring a broad spectrum of topics.

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Corporate Action for Climate

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. Moreover, the objective is to activate or accelerate climate initiatives at sector or ecosystem level.

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

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Data Sharing for Manufacturing

Data is central to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Manufacturing companies effective at data sharing can provide better products and services, optimize their value chains and make the best use of AI. In this project, we are developing a framework to improve data sharing in manufacturing and establishing a new network of pilots and collaborations to demonstrate its benefits.

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Share to Gain: Unlocking Data Value in Manufacturing

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Humanitarian Investing Initiative

With the increasing scale and complexity of humanitarian crises and the growing demand for sustainable investing, the Humanitarian Investing Initiative aims to mobilize investment capital to build resilience in people and communities in need while generating a return for investors. The project engages development finance institutions, non-profits, and governments to catalyze the Humanitarian Investing market, bringing in more private sector capital and enabling investors and corporates to take greater roles in co-designing proactive infrastructure, technology, insurance, and other solutions to the problems facing people in fragile and humanitarian contexts.

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Humanitarian Investing — Mobilizing Capital to Overcome Fragility

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Future of Sustainable and Impact Investing

Investors and corporate boards increasingly recognize that stronger performance on material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors will drive strong financial returns. Our aim is to surface better ways to anticipate materiality and drive performance on ESG factors – to create sustainable value for shareholders and stakeholders alike.

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Embracing the New Age of Materiality: Harnessing the Pace of Change in ESG

Seeking Return on ESG: Advancing the Reporting Ecosystem to Unlock Impact for Business and Society

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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