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We are at a pivotal moment for climate action.

The net-zero transition is reshaping the global economy, opening new markets and imperiling others. Leaders now face multiple imperatives: reducing emissions, ensuring affordability of energy and materials, providing reliable and secure energy systems, and strengthening competitiveness for companies and countries. Leaders need to take a holistic approach across these challenges, driving climate action and growth in the net zero transition.

How we can help

McKinsey Sustainability supports diverse industries and clients in achieving complex yet attainable goals. By accelerating decarbonization efforts in the toughest sectors, scaling innovative green ventures, and deploying substantial investments, organizations can make rapid strides towards their climate commitments, measuring progress in months rather than decades.
Hyperscale green business
Collaborate with industry leaders, investors, and innovators to create groundbreaking climate innovations, expand market presence, expedite growth of current ventures, and facilitate capital flow into emerging sustainable business prospects.
Green Business Building
Create value with decarbonization
Realize enhanced financial and environmental outcomes by leveraging emission benchmarking, targeted carbon reduction strategies, and sustainable improvements across your business landscape.
Decarbonization TransformationESG & Net-Zero Strategy
Amplify climate investment
Unlock larger, impactful investments for cleaner industries through expanded networks, innovative models, and increased capital attraction.
Net-Zero Financial InstitutionsSustainable Investing
Power climate technologies
Drive cutting-edge climate technology adoption through comprehensive insights into science, investment, scaling, regulations, and environmental impact, accelerating innovation at every step.
McKinsey Platform for Climate Technologies
Scale nature-positive business
Navigate nature-positive transformations with risk assessment, nature-based solutions, and integrity-driven markets—pioneering ecosystem restoration and emissions reduction.
Natural Capital and Nature
Collaborate for global impact
Join dynamic industry and cross-sector communities to drive innovation, decarbonization, and results that no one organization can achieve on its own.

The preeminent sustainability impact
partner and advisor

McKinsey stands as the foremost private-sector partner and advisor for driving impact in sustainability, climate, energy, and nature-positive transformations across all organizational levels. By actively engaging in the pursuit of global decarbonization, we harness our expertise, tools, top-tier talent, and collaborative network to empower industries to reach net zero by 2050 while respecting diverse sustainability objectives and regional nuances.

Case Studies

Impact Story

How a global components manufacturer built an ambitious carbon reduction roadmap

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Danfoss is working to decarbonize the supply chain for some of the world’s most emission-heavy sectors with the help of McKinsey.
Uncovering $240 million annual savings in sustainable packaging

In collaboration with a global food corporation, we uncovered substantial annual savings by transitioning to environmentally friendly materials. Our approach centered on sustainability, cost-efficiency, supply-and-demand intricacies, and the recyclability of non-plastic alternatives.

Removing 82% of CO2 emissions while raising operational profit

Enabled a prominent energy provider to achieve a remarkable 82 percent reduction in CO2 emissions, while boosting operational profit. Through strategic planning and meticulous execution, we charted a course to eliminate carbon intensity in scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025.

Decreasing carbon footprint by up to 90%
Collaborating closely with a prominent automobile manufacturer, we undertook a comprehensive initiative spanning strategy, R&D, and supply chain functions to slash carbon emissions across their product range and operations, finding a pathway to reduce emissions by 70 to 90 percent by 2030.
Driving business impact with a private equity climate fund

We are enhancing the climate-focused fund of a leading private equity firm by guiding fund managers and LPs on emerging sustainability tactics and technologies. We drive value by pinpointing investment prospects, conducting thorough diligence, and fostering post-acquisition growth within portfolio companies.

Technology & Solutions

Enable data-driven decision-making in agriculture, finance, and other sectors, speeding up decarbonization and scaling climate risk assessments.
Catalyst Zero
Catalyst Zero
Accelerating decarbonization transformations at scale
Planetrics
Planetrics
Helping financial institutions assess climate risk and opportunity
McKinsey Sustainable Materials Hub
Sustainable Materials Hub
Produce, source, and reuse low-carbon materials

Our people

Distinguished by their expertise and experience, our people are renowned leaders, shaping the future of business through innovative insights and impactful strategies.
Daniel Pacthod
Senior PartnerNew York
Global coleader of McKinsey Sustainability; helps leading organizations decarbonize, transform their core businesses, hyperscale...
Cindy Levy
Senior PartnerLondon
Helps global financial firms on multiyear agendas related to strategy, transactions, organization, and risk governance and culture...
Tomas Nauclér
Senior PartnerStockholm
As global leader of McKinsey Sustainability, helps companies and governments develop strategies grounded on a fact-based understanding...
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McKinsey works with leading institutions to develop distinctive thought leadership and convene partnerships that tackle problems that any one institution alone could not. We bring the best of our firm’s knowledge, expertise, and analysis to identify innovative solutions.
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World Economic Forum (WEF)
We have partnered with WEF on scaling sustainability solutions across a number of sectors, including agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and mobility. In a recent collaboration for the report “Nature and Net Zero,” we explore the role that natural climate solutions can play in helping to address climate change and the destruction of nature.
Frontier
Frontier is the over $1 billion advance market commitment (AMC) to purchase permanent carbon removal before 2030, by McKinsey Sustainability in partnership with fellow founders Alphabet, Meta, Shopify and Stripe. Frontier aims to accelerate the development of permanent carbon removal technologies and expand the global supply of carbon removal.
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World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
As a knowledge partner to WBCSD, we’re collaborating on many fronts, from helping to drive transparency of Scope 3 emissions to assessing strategic resilience through the climate transition.

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