The time for the sustainability revolution has come. Businesses must make drastic strategic shifts or be left behind. No company will be left unchanged – and those that act with the greatest speed will be the ones positioned to lead.

ESG is core to Bain’s mission, and we intend to embed ESG into everything we do. We call this approach “visionary pragmatism” – visionary because we help our clients set new standards of ESG excellence in their industries and radically redefine their business models; pragmatic because we build realistic paths to actionable and meaningful change.

We use defined ESG standards to guide our decisions about the clients and work we take on. Sometimes, we decline engagements because our high standards cannot be met. We refuse, however, to shy away from working with any industry based on their environmental footprint alone. Our focus is finding the right partner – one with ambitions aligned with ours and a high potential for ESG impact.

Over the past five years, we have completed more than 1,200 ESG projects and published more than 1,500 insights providing corporate leaders with the knowledge necessary to successfully embed ESG into their businesses. At Bain, our ESG business has grown over 100% per year for two years in a row.