Environmental Responsibility Statement
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges
and capture their greatest opportunities. As a leading management consulting firm, with a global reach and an
intellectual diversity that spans every significant industry and function, our greatest opportunity to have a positive
impact on the environment is through the services we deliver to our clients.
We work with businesses and governments to help them transform and build a more sustainable, and resilient world.
We have the capabilities to work with and support clients in all sectors, including those where emissions are greatest.
Our aim is to help our clients find solutions that will spark the greatest change and speed up progress toward net-zero.
By partnering with all those willing to take on the challenge, we have a unique opportunity to accelerate progress.
In addition to helping our clients reduce their climate and environmental impact, we are determined to minimize ourown. Like others in our sector, we recognize that the emissions associated with business travel and office energy
consumption have an impact on the natural environment. We have a responsibility to protect the environment, and weare committed to understanding and reducing our environmental impacts over time.
Our environmental sustainability commitments are to:
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Achieve net-zero climate impact by 2030 by first reducing our value chain emissions and removing 100% of
our residual emissions with the most effective carbon dioxide removal solutions
Maintain carbon neutrality as we progress towards our 2030 net-zero target
Reduce our business travel emissions (Scope 3) by 48.5% per full-time equivalent employee by 2025 (againstour 2018 baseline year)
Reduce our direct energy and electricity emissions (Scope 1 & 2) by 92% per full-time equivalent employee by2025 (against our 2018 baseline year)
Invest $2 billion in climate and sustainability initiatives by 2030, including consulting support, external
secondments, net-zero partnership costs, and marketing initiatives
Pursue powering all BCG offices with 100% renewable electricity annually
Promote the sustainable consumption of natural resources through procurement and operational efficiencies
Adhere to the waste hierarchy principles by seeking to reduce the volume of waste generated through ourbusiness operations and re-using and recycling materials where possible
Identify and comply with all legal and other relevant requirements relating to the environmental impacts ofour operations
Accurately measure and transparently report our environmental impacts to our stakeholders on an annualbasis

To ensure we meet our commitments we have:
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Appointed a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) who reports directly to the CEO
Established a Global Internal Sustainability Team. Reporting to the CSO, the team is responsible for delivering
BCG’s internal sustainability strategy
Established carbon budgets for key business leaders across the firm, including managing partners anddirectors in the regions where we operate
Put in carbon budgets for key business leaders across the firm. Established carbon budgets for key businessleaders across the firm
Regional leaders (MDP level) established for each of BCG’s region
Established a Managing Director and Partner-level Steering Committee to oversee our internal sustainability
strategy, objectives and performance
Developed an active network of "Green Teams" across our offices that develop and implement local
environmental initiatives in support of the global strategy

Signed:Christoph Schweizer
Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 27, 2024

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BCG Environmental Responsibility Statement