Food and Water
Leveraging technology and innovation to transform food systems
Through six country-led hubs and a Food Innovators Network, this work accelerates technology and innovations to secure a positive food future.
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
BCG (Boston Consulting Group) partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. A pioneer in business strategy, BCG helps clients with total transformation – inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage and driving bottom-line impact. Its diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures – and business purpose. It works in a collaborative model, generating results that allow its clients to thrive.
Impact
Climate Action
First Movers Coalition: over 95 members send world's largest clean demand signal for emerging climate technologies
FMC has grown to over 95 members, representing the world’s largest private sector clean demand signal for emerging climate technologies.
Jobs and the Future of Work
How we are fighting systemic racism in the workplace and beyond
The Forum is working to eradicate all strands of systemic racism in the workplace against professionals with underrepresented racial and ethnic identities.
Manufacturing and Value Chains
Reducing the carbon footprint of the manufacturing industry through data sharing
The World Economic Forum is working with manufacturing companies to securely exchange data to help identify and reduce the carbon footprint of the manufacturing industry
Publications
Food and Water
Mainstreaming Food Innovation: A Roadmap for Stakeholders
Global food systems today are contending with a dwindling supply of arable land while attempting to feed a growing global population. Innovation in food systems can play an important role...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Accelerating an Equitable Transition: A Data-Driven Approach
With the rising social, economic, and humanitarian consequences of extreme weather events such as floods and heatwaves, countries need to double down on the pace of the green transition. ...
Climate Action
First Movers Coalition: Status Report
The global goal to reach net zero is critically dependent on transforming the high-emitting sectors of long-haul transportation and industrial materials that account for roughly 25% of al...
Towards Green Building Value Chains: China and Beyond
Buildings are responsible for 37% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and 34% of the earth’s species are enduring habitat loss as a result of urban development. The building sector’...
Decarbonizing South Africa’s Shipping and Trucking Sectors
This white paper presents the findings and recommendations from a First Movers Coalition workshop held in South Africa in March 2024, which focused on decarbonizing the country’s shipping...
Energy Transition
Accelerating an Equitable Transition: A Framework for Economic Equity
This paper offers a perspective on the intersection between climate change and inequality. It highlights the effects of climate mitigation on workers, entrepreneurs and consumers, aiming ...
Emerging Technologies
Innovation and Adaptation in the Climate Crisis: Technology for the New Normal
The impacts of climate change are increasing in frequency and intensity. Nearly half of the world’s population lives in regions that are vulnerable to these impacts. Virtually every secto...
Climate Action
Bold Measures to Close the Climate Action Gap: A Call for Systemic Change by Governments and Corporations
To retain a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, global emissions must decrease by around 7% annually until 2030 – but they are still increasing by 1.5% today.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Transforming Healthcare: Navigating Digital Health with a Value-Driven Approach
This insight report provides a blueprint for the Digital Healthcare Transformation Initiative, detailing healthcare challenges that digital solutions can tackle, key enablers for adoption...
Unlocking Safety and Innovation in Vehicle Software
The automotive industry is undergoing its most challenging transformation in over a century, and software has an important role to play in it.
Climate Action
Accelerating Asia’s Advantage: A Guide to Corporate Climate Action
This paper emphasizes the unique and crucial contribution that Asia can make to climate action and calls for businesses across the region to be at the forefront of this important drive. W...
Scaling Low-Carbon Design and Construction with Concrete: Enabling the Path to Net-Zero for Buildings and Infrastructure
Buildings and infrastructure are responsible for approximately 40% of global carbon emissions each year, around 15 Gigatons. Unabated, this number could grow dramatically, effectively und...
Forum Institutional
Winning in Green Markets: Scaling Products for a Net Zero World
To meet the goals of the Paris agreement, a major shift to non-fossil technologies is necessary. As demand for green materials is expected to surpass supply, companies that take a leading...
Nature and Biodiversity
What Ocean Sustainability Means for Business
The global economy heavily relies on the ocean, with around 90% of goods being transported by sea globally. Yet destruction, overexploitation and pollution continue to damage the ocean. I...
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Education and Skills
3 ways governments can solve the global skills crisis
Half of today's global workforce needs to upskill or reskill – but a lack of government orchestration is hampering the skills market.
Emerging Technologies
Why ethical AI requires a future-ready and inclusive education system
Research shows that marginalised groups are susceptible to job loss or displacement due to automation. Here's how ethical AI education and upskilling can help.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Without proper gender diversity, companies will fail
Despite the headlines, progress on women's equality is glacial. It's time CEOs led from the front, showed relentless commitment – and got male employees on board.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) contributors
Toong-Yuen Chong
Project Fellow, ASEAN Leaders for Just Energy Transition Community
Roy Choudhury
Managing Director and Partner
Julia Dhar
Partner and Managing Director and Fellow to BCG Henderson Institute
Katherine Duff
Principal
Martin Feth
Managing Director and Partner, Global Climate & Sustainability Lead Materials
Rich Lesser
Global Chair
William Lubega
Project Leader
Hamid Maher
Managing Director and Partner; Global Leader, Climate & Sustainability, BCG X
Trudi Makhaya
Senior Advisor
Sharon Marcil
Regional Chair, North America
Michael R. McAdoo
Partner and Director
Steven Mills
Partner and Chief Artificial Intelligence Ethics Officer
Jesper Nielsen
Senior Partner
Annelies O’Dea
Project Leader and Ambassador to BCG Henderson InstituteVarad Pande
Partner & Director
Sukand Ramachandran
Managing Director & Senior Partner
Stephen Robnett
Managing Director & Partner
Cristián Rodriguez Chiffelle
Partner and Director; Trade, Investment, and Geopolitics
Dave Sivaprasad
Managing Director & Partner
Trish Stroman
Senior Partner and Managing DirectorElia Tziambazis
Managing Director & Partner, Global Lead for ESG in Healthcare
Shalini Unnikrishnan
Global Lead, Societal Impact Practice; Managing Director and PartnerSumit Verma
Climate & Sustainability Consultant
David Webb
Chief Sustainability Officer, Managing Director and Senior Partner
Wendy Woods
Vice-Chair, Social Impact, Climate and Sustainability; Managing Director and Senior Partner
David Young
Fellow, BCG Henderson Institute; Managing Director and Senior PartnerRelated Centres
Centre for Cybersecurity
The Centre for Cybersecurity is reinforcing the importance of cybersecurity as a strategic priority and drives global public-private action to address systemic cybersecurity challenges.
Centre for Health and Healthcare
The Centre for Health and Healthcare is identifying and scaling up solutions for more resilient, efficient, and equitable healthcare systems.
Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is advancing the application of human-centred and society-serving technologies.