Catalyzing Impact — a Social Impact blog
Catalyzing Impact — a Social Impact blog

What is Social Impact

What is Social Impact?

Founder of the Boston Consulting Group, Bruce Henderson, was fond of quoting Archimedes: “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world.”. Our Social Impact practice is the lever with which BCG makes the world a better place.

We work with organizations in the social, public, and private sectors to deliver frame-breaking solutions to some of the most complex problems in contemporary society.

How Does Business Impact Society?

Increasingly, we are working with our private-sector clients to transform their capacity to deliver positive social impact. We help them expand their aspiration; think beyond traditional initiatives for corporate social responsibility, sustainability, or corporate philanthropy; and incorporate total societal impact (TSI) as an integral part of their corporate and business strategies.

What is Social Impact at BCG?
At BCG, we aim at integrating Social Impact into everything we do. This includes our internal operations as well as working with external partners. 
 
More concretely, BCG pledges to become Net Zero by 2030. This includes rethinking how we travel and work at large. Moreover, BCG each year creates social impact by supporting selected businesses and NGOs through pro-bono projects.