Companies don’t have to choose between sustainability and growth—they can have both.
Green revenue growth management
We help to investigate what the most attractive value pools are based on, where you can have sustainability impact, and if there is a willingness to pay. Organizations need to look at their ESG operations through the eyes of their customers—and their customers’ customers—to understand where they could create additional value through decarbonization and other ESG improvements within different value chains
Pricing and margin management
Companies can achieve premiums, but customers’ willingness to pay varies by segment and changes constantly. To succeed in the long term, companies must understand how demand-supply scenarios and regulations may affect prices, and what drives consumers’ willingness to pay. Leaders should consider their overarching pricing strategy, commercial model, and customer segmentation to deliver on sustainability goals and create value for customers.
Value proposition and branding
Conveying a compelling, sustainable value proposition to customers and a variety of stakeholder groups is a critical component of a successful green growth transformation. It aims at uniting individual green efforts and thereby enabling organizations to differentiate themselves in the current market setting, by telling a future-proof equity story, and gain competitive advantage in the long run.
Capability building
Capability building is critical to green growth, ensuring organizations gain and maintain lasting competitive advantage. We help clients determine, develop, and build skills that deliver outsized value for the future of their business. Our customized approach includes designing learning academies with tailored content, modules, and learning paths.
Examples of our work
Growth stories
Featured insights
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Does ESG really matter—and why?
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Although valid questions have been raised about ESG, the need for companies to understand and address their externalities is likely to become essential to maintaining their social license.
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How to make ESG real
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While ESG is likely to evolve both in substance and name in the coming years, its underlying impulse is here to stay. Here’s how companies can take a more systematic and rewarding approach to ESG.
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Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets
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A joint study from McKinsey and NielsenIQ examines sales growth for products that claim to be environmentally and socially responsible....
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Capturing the green-premium value from sustainable materials
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Materials are the next net-zero frontier. To seize the opportunity, green-materials producers and buyers must act now.
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How green can green growth be?
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The transition to net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions will take trillions of dollars and several decades. Here’s how B2B...
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Playing offense on circularity can net European consumer goods companies €500 billion
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European consumer goods companies that adopt a circular business model view extending product life through repair, resale, refurbishment,...
Blog Post
How to build a green business
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Launching and scaling a new business is no easy feat. When you add the objective of solving some of the world’s greatest...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Playing offense to create value in the net-zero transition
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Decarbonization will reshape the economy, opening new markets and imperiling others. Now is the moment for companies to spot...
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Decarbonizing the world’s industries: A net-zero guide for nine key sectors
The sectors that produce the majority of global greenhouse-gas emissions face a steep challenge to decarbonize, but our research...