McKinsey Sustainability

Beyond why to how

Sustainability matters.
Together we’ll make it real.

Sustainability is a journey with a complex roadmap. To move from plans to progress, and from hype to results—requires ambition, innovation, and transformation experience. We help companies quickly scale what works, fuel growth while cutting carbon, and turn sustainability into a competitive edge and source of resilience.

We all know why sustainability is important. It’s time for the how.

Case Studies

Leading the change

A few of the ways we've worked with companies to make it happen, together.

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With gen AI, helping green businesses strengthen our ‘blue economy’

March 13, 2024 -

Using generative AI technologies, McKinsey is helping One Ocean Foundation create an accurate picture of how businesses are sustaining our oceans.

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Building a next-generation carbon platform to accelerate the path to net zero

May 13, 2024 -

TPG worked with McKinsey to create Rubicon Carbon, a carbon credit management and investment firm that helps enterprises achieve their sustainability goals

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How a global components manufacturer built an ambitious carbon reduction roadmap

February 9, 2023 -

Danfoss is working to decarbonize the supply chain for some of the world’s most emission-heavy sectors with the help of McKinsey.

How we help

We’re your partner in change

McKinsey Sustainability supports diverse industries and clients in achieving complex yet attainable goals. By accelerating decarbonization efforts in the toughest sectors, scaling innovative green ventures, and deploying substantial investments, organizations can make rapid strides towards their climate commitments, measuring progress in months rather than decades.

Green business building

Going beyond decarbonization and rethinking what it takes to be a green enterprise.

Decarbonization transformation

Finding and removing carbon across the business system.

Sustainable Investing

Steering investment capital to the areas of greatest promise.

Climate technology

Accelerating deployment of net-zero technologies.

Net-zero financial institutions

Helping banks, asset managers, and insurers decarbonize their portfolios.

Carbon management

Managing CO₂, scaling carbon capture and removal solutions, and navigating carbon markets.

ESG & net-zero strategy

Identifying the key actions that will get organizations closer to net-zero.

Natural capital and nature

Transitioning to a net-zero and nature-positive economy.

On-Point Insights

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The hard stuff: Navigating the physical realities of the energy transition

August 14, 2024 -

The energy transition is a physical transformation in its early stages. What challenges lie ahead?

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Report

Global Energy Perspective 2024

September 17, 2024 -

As the global energy transition enters a new phase, our Global Energy Perspective 2024 presents a data-driven view of the possible road ahead.

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A radical approach to cost reduction at climate tech companies

June 18, 2024 -

The single most effective way for companies to scale climate technology is to aim for cost parity with carbon-intensive alternatives.

Our people

Distinguished by their expertise and experience, our people are renowned leaders, shaping the future of business through innovative insights and impactful strategies.

Technology & Solutions

Enable data-driven decision-making in agriculture, finance, and other sectors, speeding up decarbonization and scaling climate risk assessments.

Catalyst Zero

Accelerating decarbonization transformations at scale

Planetrics

Helping financial institutions assess climate risk and opportunity

Partnerships

McKinsey works with leading institutions to develop distinctive thought leadership and convene partnerships that tackle problems that any one institution alone could not. We bring the best of our firm’s knowledge, expertise, and analysis to identify innovative solutions.

World Economic Forum (WEF)

We have partnered with WEF on scaling sustainability solutions across a number of sectors, including agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and mobility. In a recent collaboration for the report “Nature and Net Zero,” we explore the role that natural climate solutions can play in helping to address climate change and the destruction of nature.

Frontier

Frontier is the over $1 billion advance market commitment (AMC) to purchase permanent carbon removal before 2030, by McKinsey Sustainability in collaboration with fellow founders Alphabet, Meta, Shopify and Stripe. Frontier aims to accelerate the development of permanent carbon removal technologies and expand the global supply of carbon removal.

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World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

As a knowledge partner to WBCSD, we’re collaborating on many fronts, from helping to drive transparency of Scope 3 emissions to assessing strategic resilience through the climate transition.