BCG Climate & Sustainability

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to BCG. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to BCG. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at BCG. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced3-4 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntermediate

Welcome to our Climate & Sustainability Job Simulation!

The BCG’s Climate & Sustainability practice partners with businesses and governments to help them transform commitments into action and build a decarbonized, more sustainable world, driving technological and economic transformations to realize sustainable competitive advantage.

The BCG’s Climate & Sustainability practice brings together more than 1,000 experts covering the full range of sustainability topics, including biodiversity, circular economy, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, transition financing, water management, and other ESG topics—across all sectors—to support our clients around the world.

In this program - you'll be working with our client Fast Cars to help them reach their Carbon Emissions Reduction targets. We're so excited for you to gain insight into our world of work - so go ahead and get started!

Disclaimer: Participation in this job simulation is not an employment relationship with BCG. It is our policy that you do not list your completion of this program as work or internship experience on your CV, LinkedIn, or any other social media or professional platform. For guidance on how to accurately represent your experience, review the Forage CV referencing policy.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Data Interpretation

Environmental Analysis

Industry Analysis

Data Analysis

Research

Strategic Thinking

Idea Presentation

Decision Making

Risk Identification

Strategic Advice

How it works

Tasks in this program

Task One: Setting the Baseline

30-60 mins

Intermediate

Understanding what the situation is for the client and identifying opportunity areas.

What you'll learn

The different ‘Scopes’ of Carbon Emissions
How to calculate an emissions baseline for your client

What you'll do

Analyze your client's carbon emissions
Calculate the baseline using excel

Reviews

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5 Star Reviews

"This hands-on experience really helped me understand what BCG does, what working inside this huge company might look like, and i was able to relate every task purpose, to my undergraduates studies and field i would like to start a career on. Videos where very clear and the reading material provided was extremelly usefull. The fact that after every..."-- Student from Universidad El Bosque

"The flow of the program- was easy for starters, gradually levelling up in each step. It was easy to understand, supportive, helpful- and it all ways a very well designed program."-- Student from Jadavpur University

"The BCG Climate & Sustainability Virtual Experience Program is such a great way to gain insights not only on a strategy consultant's approach on today's challenges concerning sustainability, but also on the the wide array of future opportunities for various industries."-- Student from Hochschule Bremen

"I really love the design of this program as it really gave to opportunity to have general understanding of carbon neutral actions related to scope1,2,3 emission and abatement measure towards them. Also, it alse brought me practical skills to do desk research and information presenting."-- Student from University of Cambridge

"What I found most valuable was being introduced to the world of sustainability consulting through a realistic case study. This experience was truly engaging and propelled me to take a significant stride forward in my career journey."-- Student from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris

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