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Welcome.

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My name is Bas Sudmeijer.

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I'm a managing director and partner at BCG,

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and I'm delighted to be joined today by Lindsay Levin,

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the CEO of Leaders' Quest and the co-founder of Countdown.

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And we've been very pleased for the last six months

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to be a strategic partner of Countdown.

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Lindsay, it would be great to hear a little bit

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more about Countdown.

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Our goal is to show people that it really is possible

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for us to half emissions in the next 10 years,

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which is, of course, what we need to do,

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and to really bring to life and celebrate solutions

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that already exist,

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showcase examples of what people are doing, and really help

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accelerate action in the run-up to the UN Climate Change

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Conference in Glasgow

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that takes place in November '21.

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But if I could turn the table, Bas, and ask you, I know BCG

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just made, you know,

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new commitments on climate change.

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It would be great to hear a little bit more about that

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because, certainly, we're very excited

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when we look at what you're doing and the level

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of commitment you're bringing.

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Thank you, Lindsay.

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Yes, I mean, we've recently updated our pledge

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to be net zero,

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which is, we want to reach net zero climate impact by 2030,

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and we want to reduce our footprint in terms of 90%

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reduction in our scope 1 and scope 2 emissions.

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But we also recognize that the majority

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of our footprint is from traveling

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and flying around the world,

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and we've committed to reducing our,

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which is, what we call in technical terms

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our scope 3 footprint,

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and we want to reduce that by 30% per FTE by 2020,

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sorry, by 2025.

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And we want to remove our remaining footprint with the most

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effective nature-based and engineered solutions, averaging

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about $80 per ton, by 2030.

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And also, beyond 2030,

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we also want to look backwards, and we want to become

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a climate-positive company by basically removing more of all

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the things that we've emitted before

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also from the atmosphere beyond 2030.

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What are some of the specific things, Lindsay,

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that people should be looking forward to,

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and what are some of the sectors and efforts

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that we want to focus on starting on the 10th of October?

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As we put together the program for the 10th,

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you know, it's a long thing,

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so you need to be prepared.

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It's almost like a festival of ideas around climate change.

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We've got five and a half hours of this incredible

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show, but we start, really, with urgency.

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So the first session,

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the first hour or so, is helping people just understand

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what's going on.

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I mean, there's a brilliant new TED Talk

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by Johan Rockström,

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one of the world's greatest climate scientists,

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that we kick off the show with

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that brings bang up to date

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the science of what is happening to planetary boundaries,

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including because of climate change.

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And then we kind of take people through a journey

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of thinking about leadership--

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so political leadership,

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we've got various, Ursula von der Leyen

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is gonna speak, the president of the European Union,

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but also thinking about BCG's world,

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what does business need to do,

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and what does it mean to reimagine capitalism

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and to reimagine business models?

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And some examples of that in practice,

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where companies are accelerating their level of commitment

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to really looking

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to make dramatic change in the next decade.

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And then culminating with a section focused on action,

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where we want to show people

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what they can do as individuals.

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We're actually launching a global initiative that day.

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It's not yet public, but it'll come out that day,

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which is an opportunity for citizens all over the world

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to measure and capture their own carbon footprint

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and make specific commitments to changes

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that they can make in their lives.

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So thinking about what does this mean for individual

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citizens, but also what does it mean for businesses?

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What does it mean for cities?

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What does it mean for communities, and indeed,

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what does it mean for countries?

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One thought I also want to end on is, you know,

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we're doing this, of course, in the middle of the pandemic,

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and we're doing this at a time when the world feels

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incredibly unstable and inequitable

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and deeply challenging, with protests

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and, I think, just huge levels of anxiety

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and distress because of the state that we're all in.

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And one of the things that I think is really important

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to the whole climate discussion

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is that all of these challenges

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are interconnected,

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and that is very evident in what we've prepared.

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It's all, you know, everything touches upon everything else.

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So racial justice, social justice,

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global equity is inextricably tied together with

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climate equity and, in many different ways,

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we have speakers who really make that clear and give data

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and examples to bring it to life.

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I'm very much looking forward to Saturday, the 10th.

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I'm going to be watching the whole thing with my family.

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It's the defining issue of this generation

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and many generations to come.

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So I think it's a super important moment.

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I think Countdown will play a critical role in really

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shaping that narrative and bringing the key issues to bear.

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So, yeah, thank you.

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Thank you, Lindsay, again, for explaining it.

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I hope many around the world will join,

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either watching the live event

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and/or participating in many of the local events.

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I know you have tons of those lined up as well,

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so thank you.

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And thank you, Bas.

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Thank you all for your partnership.

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You've been indispensable and really fantastic colleagues,

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so we hugely appreciate it.