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NEWS

Helping companies and governments

accelerate climate and sustainability

journeys

oston Consulting Group (BCG) is “Through the Centre, global and local
launching the Centre for Climate & experts from the public and private
BJust Transition in Africa as part of sectors and across the sustainability
its global focus on helping companies and spectrum will engage, share knowledge
governments accelerate their climate and and be able to access a vast library
sustainability journeys. of relevant tools to achieve these
“Both Climate and Africa are priorities aims. By bringing together a full suite
for BCG globally, and that is why we are of mitigation, adaptation and just
launching our Centre for Climate & Just transition capabilities to a broad set of
Transition in Africa, with the purpose industries and governments across the
of unlocking the full potential of Africa continent, we will be able to accelerate
to advance climate action and a Just impact in the climate space,” says
Transition,” says Lucas Chaumontet, Chaumontet.
managing director and partner at BCG,
Johannesburg. Read also: A just transition
Africa – and South Africa – is could transform SA into a
disproportionately exposed to the risks green powerhouse Lucas Chaumontet
posed by climate change. Increased
climate volatility, rising water scarcity The Centre has already more than partnered with the UNGC to establish
and the occurrence of extreme events 50 core members across Africa, and the African Business Leaders Coalition
such as droughts and floods will have a is led by a passionate team, with to advance sustainable growth, uphold
devastating effect on local livelihoods responsibilities across countries and the UN 10 principles and promote
and regional food systems. The recent topics. The leadership team is all based ESG. Last year, BCG was chosen as
floods in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa bear in Africa and the vast majority are the exclusive consultancy partner
testament to this. Africans, consistent with our ambition to to the Conference of Parties (COP),
unlock the full potential of Africa. supporting the UK Presidency as the
The Centre will work to address the official hosts of COP26, to deliver this
impact of climate change and accelerate Enabling the transition through important global event. BCG’s support
progress toward net-zero while ensuring creativity, innovation and for COP26 complements its long-
a Just Transition by focusing on three key collaboration standing support for the global climate
priorities: “Achieving this will require creativity, agenda through partnerships with
• Co-creating an aligned national and innovation and collaboration, and the World Economic Forum, UN High
continental climate fact base to help we will continue to partner with Level Climate Champions, successive
alignment, decision, and cooperation governments, leading companies COP Presidencies, SBTi (Science
among key stakeholders and civil society to help reach these Based Targets Initiative), CDP (Carbon
• Mobilising forces to build and scale climate and sustainability goals”, says Disclosure Project), Breakthrough
globally competitive green industries Chaumontet. Energy Catalyst (where BCG is a
to improve the economic context, Partnerships are key in this founding partner), and the First Movers
which is critical to achieve a Just journey. In South Africa, for example, Coalition.
Transition BCG has partnered with the National
• Developing critical capabilities within Business Initiative (NBI) to develop To find out more, visit
the public and private sectors to drive decarbonisation and Just Transition https://www.bcg.com/capabilities/
local leadership and ownership in pathways for key sectors of the climate-change-sustainability/
African countries in this journey economy. In the rest of Africa, BCG has regional-climate-expertise

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