Lower Costs, Faster Adoption
Brands with Purpose
Decoding Consumers
Three Questions for Every CEO
LEVERS OF CHANGE
Bain’s inaugural report on the state of the industry examines how leading companies are investing in software and automation, advanced services, supply chain sustainability and resilience, innovative business models and sales approaches, and other tools to build competitive advantages within—and beyond—their machines.
The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainability
DOWNLOAD PDF
The Digital Solutions Future
Letter to Readers
Machinery as a Service
Selling Smarter
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Circular Business Models
Navigating Policy and Regulation
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Financial Services
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Selling Smarter
Energy & Natural Resources
Machinery as a Service
Resilience Across Sectors
The Digital Solutions Future
Sector perspectives
Food Systems
Organizing for Sustainability
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Responding to Social Issues
Selling Smarter
Decarbonizing Supply Chains
Machinery as a Service
Stakeholder Strategies
The Digital Solutions Future
Making it happen
Managing Talent
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Sustainability is about taking care of future generations while ensuring economic progress today. Achieving it will require unprecedented change. We don’t yet have all the technologies required, we know how hard it is to change behavior at scale, and we need to navigate a regulatory environment that’s often difficult to understand.
We don’t claim it will be easy or will come without trade-offs, but this report offers a set of ideas, strategies, and tools anchored in practical reality that we believe can help leaders make tangible progress today and tomorrow on this vitally important challenge.
François Faelli
Global Sustainability Practice Leader
— Bain’s Sustainability Leadership Team
Our report explores how leaders can pragmatically navigate a changing world.
DOWNLOAD PDF
Brussels
John Blasberg
Americas
Practice Leader
Boston
Jean-Charles
van den Branden
EMEA Practice Leader
Brussels
Karan Singh
APAC Practice Leader
New Dehli
Julie Coffman
Global DEI Leader
Chicago
Vikki Tam
Global Social Impact Practice Leader
New York
Jenny Davis-Peccoud
Practice Founder
Amsterdam
Torsten Lichtenau
Carbon & Climate
Chicago
Sasha Duchnowski
Food Systems
Chicago
Brian Murphy
Energy & Natural Resources
Perth
Niels Koggersbol
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Copenhagen
Josh Hinkel
Circularity
Dallas
Marc Lino
Private Equity
London
Camille Goossens
Financial Services
Paris
Harry Morrison
Consumer Products
London
Mario Haeuptli
Retail & Luxury
Zurich
Cate Hight
Energy Transition
Washington DC
Grant Dougans
Energy Transition
Washington DC
David Knipe
Resilience
London
Alasdair Robbie
Transition Risks
London
Katherine Dixon
Policy & Regulation
Paris
Dale Hardcastle
Carbon Markets
Singapore
Debra McCoy
Sustainable Investing
San Francisco
Martha Moreau
Water
Paris
Hernan Saenz
Performance Improvement
& Circularity
Dallas
Abhijit Prabhu
Supply Chain
& Operations
Boston
Euan Murray
Life Cycle Assessment
London
Karthik Venkataraman
Social
Washington DC
Leah Johns
Consumer
Lisbon
Mattias Karlsson
Commercial Excellence
Stockholm
François Faelli
Global Sustainability Practice Leader
Three Questions for Every CEO
Decoding Consumers
Brands with Purpose
Lower Costs, Faster Adoption
Circular Business Models
Navigating Policy and Regulation
Resilience Across Sectors
Energy & Natural Resources
Food Systems
Financial Services
Stakeholder Strategies
Decarbonizing Supply Chains
Responding to Social Issues
Responding to Social Issues
Organizing for Sustainability
Managing Talent
INTRODUCTION
Lower Costs, Faster Adoption
Brands with Purpose
Decoding Consumers
Three Questions for Every CEO
LEVERS OF CHANGE
Bain’s inaugural report on the state of the industry examines how leading companies are investing in software and automation, advanced services, supply chain sustainability and resilience, innovative business models and sales approaches, and other tools to build competitive advantages within—and beyond—their machines.
The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainability
DOWNLOAD PDF
The Digital Solutions Future
Letter to Readers
Machinery as a Service
Selling Smarter
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Circular Business Models
Navigating Policy and Regulation
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Financial Services
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Selling Smarter
Energy & Natural Resources
Machinery as a Service
Resilience Across Sectors
The Digital Solutions Future
Sector perspectives
Food Systems
Organizing for Sustainability
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Responding to Social Issues
Selling Smarter
Decarbonizing Supply Chains
Machinery as a Service
Stakeholder Strategies
The Digital Solutions Future
Making it happen
Managing Talent
The Great Retooling for Sustainability
Sustainability is about taking care of future generations while ensuring economic progress today. Achieving it will require unprecedented change. We don’t yet have the all the technologies required, we know how hard it is to change behavior at scale, and we need to navigate a regulatory environment that’s often difficult to understand.
It won’t be easy. It will require tradeoffs. But this report offers a set of ideas, strategies, and tools anchored in practical reality that we believe can help leaders make tangible progress today and tomorrow on this vitally important challenge.
François Faelli
Worldwide Managing Director for Sustainability
— Bain’s Sustainability Leadership Team
Our report explores how leaders can pragmatically navigate a changing world.
DOWNLOAD PDF
Brussels
John Blasberg
Americas
Practice Leader
Boston
Jean-Charles
van den Branden
EMEA Practice Leader
Brussels
Karan Singh
APAC Practice Leader
New Dehli
Julie Coffman
Global DEI Leader
Chicago
Vikki Tam
Global Social Impact Practice Leader
New York
Jenny Davis-Peccoud
Practice Founder
Amsterdam
Torsten Lichtenau
Carbon & Climate
Chicago
Sasha Duchnowski
Food Systems
Chicago
Brian Murphy
Energy & Natural Resources
Perth
Niels Koggersbol
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Copenhagen
Josh Hinkel
Circularity
Dallas
Marc Lino
Private Equity
Amsterdam
Camille Goossens
Financial Services
Paris
Harry Morrison
Consumer Products
London
Mario Haeuptli
Retail & Luxury
Zurich
Cate Hight
Energy Transition
Washington DC
Grant Dougans
Energy Transition
Washington DC
David Knipe
Resilience
London
Alasdair Robbie
Transition Risks
London
Katherine Dixon
Policy & Regulation
Paris
Dale Hardcastle
Carbon Markets
Singapore
Debra McCoy
Sustainable Investing
San Francisco
Martha Moreau
Water
Paris
Hernan Saenz
Performance Improvement
Dallas
Abhijit Prabhu
Supply Chain
& Operations
Boston
Euan Murray
Life Cycle Assessment
London
Karthik Venkataraman
Social
Washington DC
Leah Johns
Consumer
Lisbon
Mattias Karlsson
Commercial Excellence
Stockholm
François Faelli
Worldwide Managing Director for Sustainability
Three Questions for Every CEO
Decoding Consumers
Brands with Purpose
Lower Costs, Faster Adoption
Circular Business Models
Navigating Policy and Regulation
Resilience Across Sectors
Energy & Natural Resources
Food Systems
Financial Services
Stakeholder Strategies
Decarbonizing Supply Chains
Responding to Social Issues
Responding to Social Issues
Organizing for Sustainability
Managing Talent
INTRODUCTION