In today’s rapidly changing environment, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) face a myriad of trends that they need to consider in order to successfully navigate challenges and seize opportunities. Experts from Sourcing Champions share six trends that belong at the top of the priority list in 2025 and beyond.
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Saudi Arabia is continuing to make progress on its economic diversification agenda, while at the same time booking positive momentum on its sustainable targets, according to PwC’s latest economic report for the kingdom.
Reflecting the growing UK demand for expertise in sustainability issues such as the decarbonisation of energy and transport, one of Europe’s leading energy consultancies, E-CUBE, announces the establishment of a new London office. E-CUBE’s UK operations will be led by Chris Warnes, who joins as Managing Director.
As PwC enters FY25 and explores opportunities to create new value for clients, the firm is increasing its investments in the fast-growing areas of AI and sustainability. As businesses prioritize growth and reinvention within an evolving business landscape, they recognize AI and sustainability as central to success
Many company leaders underestimate the pace and extent of the change ahead and, as such, climate change early-movers can attract more talent, play in higher-growth segments and save cash and carbon, as well as reduce risk exposure, access cheaper financing and achieve higher shareholder value, states the 'Winning the Race to Net Zero: The CEO Guide to Climate Advantage' report published by global body the World Economic Forum (WEF) and business strategy consultancy the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Bain & Company announced today that climate accounting and clean energy expert Cate Hight will join the firm as an expert partner in its Energy & Natural Resources and Sustainability & Responsibility practices, focusing on the energy transition for clients across the Americas and other multinational corporations. As a leading thinker and practitioner in this space for more than a decade, Cate brings deep expertise in navigating the complex stakeholder and regulatory environments associated with the energy transition.
The market for sustainability consulting services has begun to take shape as businesses struggle with setting decarbonization goals and measuring progress.
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and its digital arm BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV) have launched a new enterprise aimed at partnering with corporates to invest in, co-build, and scale high-impact decarbonisation ventures.
Strategic and creative advisory firm Blurred has hired ESG and sustainability specialist Mary-Jane Attafuah as a consulting director.
Sustainability is rapidly becoming one of the top priorities for supply chain executives globally. Glenn Hoskin, a leader at Maine Pointe, shares four ways how executives can achieve their renewable energy supply chain goals in a cost-effective and competitive manner.
Saudi Arabia launched an ambitious 12 trillion riyal ($3.2 trillion) program on Tuesday to boost the role of the private sector in diversifying the economy, increasing resilience and supporting sustainable growth.
Boston Consulting Group has further geared up its sustainability efforts with the expansion of its existing Center for Climate Action into a global BCG Center for Climate & Sustainability, bringing together more than 550 individual experts with teams stationed in offices across the world. In addition, the strategic consulting firm has been announced as the consultancy partner of this year’s 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Management consulting firm BCG has launched a beefed-up sustainability offering through the expansion of its Center for Climate Action, which was founded in 2019.
As the demand for traceable and verifiable aspects of corporate responsibility and supply chains grows, companies are making the investments those commitments require.
If you’re convinced that modern businesses are targeting better sustainability over the next decade, it is important to ask whether these companies apply the same focus to their supply chains.
The morning session at SAP Ariba/SAP Fieldglass ValueX left us with some thoughts from the big consulting firms about the way procurement, and indeed business, should and will go in the coming years if we are to survive the pace of technological change the world is experiencing, and adapt our processes to respect our planet.