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Climate & Sustainability

Location: United States
Experience Type: Forage Experiences
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Help your client, FastCars, achieve net-zero emissions with BCG’s Climate & Sustainability Team

Welcome to our Climate & Sustainability Job Simulation! 

The BCG’s Climate & Sustainability practice partners with businesses and governments to help them transform commitments into action and build a decarbonized, more sustainable world, driving technological and economic transformations to realize sustainable competitive advantage.

The BCG’s Climate & Sustainability practice brings together more than 1,000 experts covering the full range of sustainability topics, including biodiversity, circular economy, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, transition financing, water management, and other ESG topics—across all sectors—to support our clients around the world.

In this program – you’ll be working with our client Fast Cars to help them reach their Carbon Emissions Reduction targets. We’re so excited for you to gain insight into our world of work – so go ahead and get started! 

Disclaimer: Participation in this job simulation is not an employment relationship with BCG. It is our policy that you do not list your completion of this program as work or internship experience on your CV, LinkedIn, or any other social media or professional platform. For guidance on how to accurately represent your experience, review the Forage CV referencing policy.

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Setting the Baseline
    Understanding what the situation is for the client and identifying opportunity areas.

    • Data Interpretation
    • Environmental Analysis
  • Context and Benchmarking
    Comparing the client’s baseline position within the industry.

    • Industry Analysis
    • Data Analysis
  • Costs and Benefits
    Understanding an abatement curve.

    • Research
    • Strategic Thinking
  • Adding Value
    Looking for additional ways to help your client.

    • Research
    • Idea Presentation
  • Risks and Opportunities
    Differentiate between risks and opportunities for your client.

    • Decision Making
    • Research
    • Risk Identification
  • Making it Stick
    How to communicate to investors.

    • Strategic Advice
    • Communication
    • Investor Relations
  • Finish Line

Experience Information

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