Helping companies optimize operations for improved environmental sustainability
Increased environmental regulation and customer demand for environmentally sustainable buildings and supporting infrastructure, products, and services, are requiring organizations to reimagine their operations and supply chains. Environmental sustainability is moving from aspiration to expectation for all stakeholders, from investors to clients, customers, and employees. In turn, approaching operations with a sustainability lens can be a source of competitive advantage.
We help organizations deliver Change that Matters by optimizing resources, implementing governance programs, building supply chain transparency, and adding innovative delivery solutions and after-sales services. Our technology underpins transformations when appropriate, with digital and analytics solutions providing insights that drive recommendations. Our capability building solution ensures that the transformations stick by equipping teams at all levels of the organizations with the skills and knowledge required to implement the changes and identify further opportunities for improvement.
Featured Capabilities
Resource Cleansheet: Our tool maps a product or service’s cost and CO2 footprint along its entire value stream and life cycle. Using advanced analytics, proprietary solutions, and benchmarks enables a decision-making process that can guide CO2-abatement strategies.
Electric vehicle benchmarking: We benchmark cost, consumer, and technical insights to guide the design and manufacturing of electric vehicles and their parts to generate bottom-line impact. With a virtual reality interface that delivers an advanced digital-twin experience, our solution provides key technical and granular cost insights into electric vehicles.
Featured Insights
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Building sustainability into operations
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The path discrete manufacturing companies have taken to make their operations carbon neutral has important lessons for any business pursuing the dual mission of profitability and sustainability.
Report
Retailers’ climate road map: Charting paths to decarbonized value chains
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Most emissions captured in the average retailer’s Scope 3 metric are generated via product value chains. These value chains...
Blog Post
New opportunities: Capturing value from CBAM regulation
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The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will create both opportunities and challenges in many sectors....
Article
Decarbonizing logistics: Charting the path ahead
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Companies need to reduce their logistics emissions to meet decarbonization targets, but a new McKinsey survey finds that few...
McKinsey Direct
A new holistic view on circular value chains
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Reimagining the traditional linear flow of supply chains to support circularity could be a growing source of value for companies,...
McKinsey Direct
Europe’s €10 billion savings opportunity to deliver onshore wind and solar
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With Europe’s demand for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power set to more than double by 2030, the industry will be hard-pressed...
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Enabling socially responsible sourcing throughout the supply chain
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With consumer expectations rising and regulatory scrutiny intensifying, pressure is mounting on consumer-packaged goods companies...
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The Scope 3 challenge: Solutions across the materials value chain
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Addressing Scope 3 emissions across industries can be complex but has the potential to radically transform business models and...
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Battery recycling takes the driver’s seat
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Electric-vehicle demand is accelerating rapidly and so is the need for EV batteries. As these batteries reach end-of-life, significant...
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A new operations formula for the chemicals sector
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Facing spiraling costs, looming skills shortages, and the decarbonization imperative, manufacturers of chemicals and agricultural...
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Battery 2030: Resilient, sustainable, and circular
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Battery demand is growing—and so is the need for better solutions along the value chain.
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The next chapter: Lighthouses shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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The story of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is moving forward at speed, with members of the Global Lighthouse Network grasping...
Podcast
Batteries included: Building and operating sustainable gigafactories
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As the demand for electric vehicles grows, so does the demand for the batteries to power them. Meeting that demand will require...
Podcast
114 down, 10 million to go: The Global Lighthouse Network’s mission
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Global Lighthouse Network members show that Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies help to deliver better workforce engagement,...
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Accelerating capital projects to secure advantages in the net-zero transition
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Ambitious net-zero deadlines require speedy project completion. Here’s how leaders of capital projects can strike a balance between...
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The scaling imperative for industry 4.0
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Global Lighthouse Network organizations continue to light the way in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To keep up, companies...
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Mastering the dual mission: Carbon and cost savings
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OEMs will need to move quickly to achieve their “dual-saving” ambition of reducing both total product emissions and...
Article
Future-proofing the supply chain
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With supply chains in the spotlight, three new long-term transformation priorities form a fresh focus for competitive advantage....
Podcast
Reaching net zero—what will it take?
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The quest for sustainability requires action on many fronts, with changes to supply networks, manufacturing processes, and business...
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Outsprinting the energy crisis
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High energy costs are hitting Europe’s industrial players hard. Bold action could protect margins today and make companies...
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It’s not easy buying green: How to win at sustainable sourcing
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Green steel, recycled plastic, and other materials with low emissions intensity are already scarce—and will get even harder...
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Product sustainability: Back to the drawing board
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Up to four-fifths of a product’s lifetime emissions are determined by decisions made at the design stage. By building on...
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Industrial-resource productivity and the road to sustainability
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As industrial companies—especially in process industries—strive for a zero-carbon future, a time-tested approach...
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Lighthouses unlock sustainability through 4IR technologies
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At manufacturing lighthouses, the Fourth Industrial Revolution makes sustainability easier. Environmental sustainability and...
Issue
Meeting the sustainable infrastructure challenge
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Welcome to the September 2021 issue of Voices on Infrastructure, a collection of insights on how infrastructure can...
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Buying into a more sustainable value chain
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Two-thirds of the average company’s environment, social, and governance footprint lies with suppliers. Procurement leaders...
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Call for action: Seizing the decarbonization opportunity in construction
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As decarbonization initiatives gain momentum, construction players can benefit from this growing trend—but only if they...
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Making supply-chain decarbonization happen
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Active supply-chain decarbonization is becoming a license to operate for businesses, but companies aiming to be role models in...
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Net zero or bust: Beating the abatement cost curve for growth
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Companies can both decarbonize and boost long-term growth. But it means pushing beyond abatement curves’ focus on cost...
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Investing in infrastructure for a ‘green recovery’
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Asset managers must understand climate change's impact on portfolios. Lawrence Slade of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association...
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What infrastructure stimulus investments could be the most important for governments to pursue now and why?
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Industry leaders from Beijing, the UK, Canada, and at the World Bank weigh in on the infrastructure stimulus investments governments...
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Infrastructure options for the future of cities
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Leaders must tackle increasingly complex economic, social, and environmental challenges to ensure cities stay competitive. Experts...
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A low-carbon recovery is vital—and achievable
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The post-pandemic recovery could be decisive in the fight against climate change. Our analysis illustrates how policy makers...
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To take off, flying vehicles first need places to land
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The buzz about vehicles flying above hides the infrastructure challenge below.
Article - MGI Research
COVID-19 and climate change expose dangers of unstable supply chains
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With the world undergoing its second “once in a generation” disruption in 12 years, a reappraisal of supply chains is in order....
Article - MGI Research
Could climate become the weak link in your supply chain?
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Greater frequency and severity of climate hazards can create more disruptions in global supply chains—interrupting production,...
Featured Experts
Seunghyuk Choi
PartnerSeoul
Advises advanced industries clients from the automotive and high-tech space on pursuing strategic-business transformations with...
Tino Grabbert
PartnerSydney
Leads our Metals & Mining and Operations Practices in Australia and New Zealand, building a performance edge for our resource...
Thomas Hansmann
PartnerJakarta
Leads large-scale, tech-enabled and sustainability transformations in the energy sector across Asia; oversees our Operations...
Stefan Helmcke
Senior PartnerVienna
Stefan Helmcke is co-leader of McKinsey’s global Sustainability Practice. He is responsible for sustainability strategy as well...
Ken Somers
PartnerBrussels
Brings a wealth of operational expertise to help clients in manufacturing industries decarbonize, increase yields, and achieve...
Peter Spiller
PartnerFrankfurt
Advises companies and business leaders across industries on the development and implementation of environmentally-sustainable...
Xiaofan Wang
PartnerShanghai
Leads the Oil & Gas Practice and is a core leadership member in the sustainability and growth platform in Greater China; advises...