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-: Today, smallholder farmers and food systems
are under more pressure than ever before.
We need agricultural transformation
to improve food security, livelihoods, inclusion,
and resilience for farmers
that are disproportionately experiencing
the effects of climate change.
The critical component of agricultural transformation
is harnessing the power of digital.
And that doesn't happen naturally,
especially in a space
where there is such a fragmented landscape of players.
We worked with the Gates Foundation
to take a systems approach to understand
what a strong digital agriculture system looks like
and how the foundation can shape that ecosystem
to facilitate the development
of private sector digital solutions.
Through our work, we identified key insights and leaders,
including the role of government
in providing critical enablers
such as identity and payments layers,
and digitizing data as a public good.
The importance of using digital,
not just to improve productivity,
but also to connect farmers to markets,
and the unique role
for the foundation to demonstrate scalable successes
in the form of lighthouse projects.
The framework we developed is not only for Gates,
but also creates a common language and set of tools
for donors and governments to interact
in this important space.
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-: By 2050, there'll be more plastic than fish in the sea.
Each of us is consuming a credit card's worth
of plastic every single week
and only nine percent of plastic is getting recycled.
This is a huge environmental problem
and one that BCG is helping tackle
from all dimensions across this theory of change framework.
We're helping CPG companies who have bold ambitions
think about how are they going to operationalize
these big changes to their manufacturing,
to their procurement securing these scarce resources.
We're helping other CPG companies
with their innovation agenda finding solutions
in spaces where it does not exist.
We're helping stand-up coalitions for collective action
around the world,
we're helping stand-up deposit return schemes
in places like Turkey and Jamaica.
We're working up and down the value chain,
and our voice is very powerful in this space.
Recently, we worked on a report
with WWF and Ellen MacArthur Foundation
that was framing the argument
for the need of a global regulatory framework
similar to a Paris Accord for plastics.
30 companies, CPG, and retailers signed a manifesto,
the first of its kind that was delivered to the UN.
Our ability to come at this problem
and support this agenda from multiple angles
is the reason why we are the most impactful advisor
in this space.
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