Climate & Sustainability

Climate & Sustainability

BCG Expand’s Climate & Sustainability practice helps private markets investors turn sustainability data into action. We administer the ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI) to drive convergence around meaningful sustainability metrics for the private markets and deliver tailored advisory work to advance client’s sustainability strategies.

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ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI)

A global private markets initiative of 400+ GPs and LPs representing ~$42T AUM, the EDCI is streamlining the industry’s historically fragmented approach to collecting and reporting sustainability data. Participating GPs report on a core set of metrics in a standardised format, which BCG Expand validates and aggregates into an anonymised benchmark of ~10,000 portfolio companies. The EDCI has built a critical mass of useful, performance-based and comparable sustainability data, unlocking critical insights on porfolio company performance for GPs and offering LPs greater transparency through efficient data sharing.

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Sustainability Accelerator Program

A tailored program that turns sustainability data into action across a client's investment portfolio. It focuses on the most important metrics and benchmarks each PortCo against peers, allowing deal teams and management to prioritize time where its most impactful. Managers can identify high-yield opportunities and build a core set of value-generating initiatives that align financial outcomes with sustainable practices. Built out on a custom dashboard, the client can execute ongoing monitoring with an annual refresh.

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The Challenge

  • ✔ Historically, private markets have had a fragmented approach to collecting and reporting sustainability data
  • ✔GPs face a mounting volume of bespoke data requests from stakeholders
  • ✔Limited like-for-like peer data to benchmark portfolio companies and link sustainability to value creation

How we can help

Core Set of Metrics

Simplified reporting on a core set of sustainability metrics to build a critical mass of useful, performance-based and comparable sustainability data

Data Validation

Robust validation process to ensure consistent, comparable, high-quality data

Peer Benchmarking

Clear understanding of performance benchmarked against peers

GP-LP Data Sharing

Streamlined data sharing between GPs and LPs

Client success stories

400k+ Validated data points from ~10,000 portfolio companies now power the EDCI benchmark
1,400+ Data requests sent to GPs through the portal in 2026 so far, with an approval rate of ~90%

The Challenge

  • ✔Sustainability data is collected but hard to turn into decisions: unclear which metrics matter and which portfolio companies lead or lag
  • ✔Strong peer comparisons are lacking, making it difficult to understand where opportunities for improvement lie
  • ✔Deal teams and portfolio company management teams need fact-based material to prioritize action

How we can help

Program Design

Focus program on the most important metrics to enable ongoing sustainability performance and progress monitoring

Portfolio Analysis

Tailored benchmark study to analyze portfolio performance and highlight where each PortCo stands against peers

Data Visualization

Custom dashboard build to create a dynamic data visualization tool for ongoing performance monitoring and annual refresh

Client success stories

Identified high-yield opportunities and created a core set of value-generating sustainability initiatives for the client to implement with PortCos
Positioned client to align financial outcomes with sustainable practices, driving long-term impact across the portfolio

Insights

Sustainability in Private Markets, 2025

How Staying the Course Creates Value

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Sustainability in Private Markets, 2026

As Progress Continues, AI Poses New Risks and Opportunities

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"The core set of EDCI metrics gave us a great foundation to build on; we've sought to incorporate the EDCI benchmark into our internal scoring approach to enhance our understanding of how our companies are performing relative to peers. ”

GP Member EDCI

"Early company feedback so far has reinforced our thesis that this will be valuable and informative to company decision-making."

LP Member EDCI

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