"We believe that it is a responsibility for a firm such as ours to seek to
have a beneficial impact on the world around us."
- Hans-Paul Bürkner, President and CEO
BCG's involvement in social impact work is motivated by the desire to contribute our unique skills and capabilities. We believe that collectively we can make a greater contribution to the world than any one of us could individually.
We partner with social impact organisations at both local and global levels. Our global efforts seek to support the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. We partner with the U.N. World Food Programme, Save the Children, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other organisations involved in global health initiatives. At the local-office level, we aim to have a direct, measurable impact in the communities where we live—for example, by helping transform public education in Dallas, teaching business skills to high-school students in Europe and Asia, and working with a foundation to open a world-class contemporary art centre in Beijing.
In the last year, BCG completed more than 140 cases with about 80 social sector organisations worldwide. Many of our staff also engage in volunteer activities and BCG offices around the world strive to reduce the firm’s environmental footprint.