Climate & Sustainability Summit: Back to Square Zero - Redefining Sustainability in Economics

BCG’s Climate & Sustainability Summit Back to Square Zero for Sustainability? From Evidence to Earnings: Breaking the Wall of Economic Short-Termism brings the business lens to the challenges of sustainability, scientific urgency and climate action.

Addressing questions of environment, political uncertainty, European resilience, industrial decarbonisation and more, expert panels will seek to connect scientific insight to systemic change, looking at both groundbreaking scientific discoveries and boardroom targets.

Together, CEOs, policy makers and scientists will examine how sustainable leadership can foster a competitive advantage for European businesses. 

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Programme

Part 1: POLITICS MAY HAVE CHANGED, THE SCIENCE HASN'T

15:00-15:05 Welcome Remarks

15:05-15:20 Keynote: The State of the Planet – A Scientist’s Call to Action 

15:20-15:45 Panel: There’s No Good News in Climate Science 

15:45-16:00 Impulse: Policy Perspective

Part 2: HOW CLIMATE ACTION CAN BE A BUSINESS CASE 

16:00-16:15 BCG Keynote: How Climate Action Can Be a Business Case 

Part 3: MARGIN WITH MISSION—WHAT COMPANIES CAN ACCELERATE 

16:15-16:45 Deep Dive #1: Where Green Growth is Real – How to Successfully Scale Greentech Businesses 

16:45-17:15 Deep Dive #2: Decarbonizing Without Harming Growth – Success Stories for Reducing Emissions in Hard-to-Abate Sectors 

17:15-17:45 Deep Dive #3: Saving Cash and Carbon – Making the Energy Transition Faster and More Economic

17:45-17:55 Impulse: COP30 Perspective

17:55 Wrap-up: BCG Key-Messages