{
  "docId": "019dd923-5ca1-7489-b635-7459754068a3",
  "docSlug": "84aaeee12bdbe285",
  "documentTitle": "Sustainability Private Markets",
  "authorId": "BCG",
  "authorName": "BCG",
  "documentKindSlug": "consulting-deck",
  "documentKindLabel": "Consulting deck",
  "sourceTypeSlug": "strategy_consulting",
  "sourceTypeLabel": "Strategy consulting",
  "presentationDate": null,
  "orientation": "landscape",
  "aspectRatio": 1.777,
  "pageNumber": 9,
  "pageCount": 17,
  "prevPage": 8,
  "nextPage": 10,
  "slideType": "key_takeaways",
  "function": "quantify_impact",
  "density": "overcrowded",
  "nDataPoints": 9,
  "notes": "The slide uses two charts to demonstrate that private companies reduce emissions faster and increase renewable energy usage over time compared to public peers.",
  "elementsJson": [
    "headline_text",
    "bar_chart_grouped",
    "bar_chart_vertical",
    "callout_box",
    "footnote"
  ],
  "metadataConfidence": 1,
  "imagePath": null,
  "slideHref": "/slides/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b635-7459754068a3/9",
  "deckHref": "/decks/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b635-7459754068a3",
  "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b635-7459754068a3.json",
  "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b635-7459754068a3#slide-9",
  "components": [
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.08,
        "w": 0.94,
        "x": 0.03,
        "y": 0.78
      },
      "kind": "callout",
      "text": "Private equity firms are well suited to driving climate and sustainability-enabled value creation due to longer-term investment horizon and ability to constructively engage with portfolio company management",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "primary",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "3b745b50-c6ef-4982-a7c7-2c0991f5f99c",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": null,
      "kind": "callout",
      "text": "Portfolio companies owned for over 4 years use 7pp more renewables compared to newly acquired companies.",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "toolName": "Visual emphasis",
      "toolSlug": "visual-emphasis",
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "019dd951-acb9-741a-8353-c78cc6ec2a19",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.45,
        "w": 0.4,
        "x": 0.03,
        "y": 0.23
      },
      "kind": "chart",
      "text": "MEDIAN CHANGE IN PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE SCOPE 1 AND 2 EMISSIONS INTENSITY, 2023 VS. 2024",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "bar-grouped",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "75b5eb86-d1c9-48fb-96c3-fade61e8baa8",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.45,
        "w": 0.4,
        "x": 0.48,
        "y": 0.23
      },
      "kind": "chart",
      "text": "MEDIAN PROPORTION OF PORTFOLIO COMPANY ENERGY USAGE FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, BY YEARS IN HOLD PERIOD, 2024",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "bar-vertical",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "948f6ac0-9a75-4ee2-99de-ba656faad7cf",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": null,
      "kind": "metric",
      "text": "Emissions intensity reduction: -5.6%",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "primary",
      "toolName": "Quantification",
      "toolSlug": "quantification",
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "019dd951-acb9-741a-8353-c989b88190ef",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.08,
        "w": 0.9,
        "x": 0.03,
        "y": 0.88
      },
      "kind": "source-note",
      "text": "Sources: EDCI 2025 private market benchmark data, September 2025; Refinitiv; BCG analysis. 1Public market data pulled from Refinitiv. 2Includes all EDCI member private companies with more than $5 million in annual revenues that reported emissions for both 2023 and 2024 using consistent methodologies.",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "ab84395b-a5a1-4da5-bdc8-a5e9bb43fdcb",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.08,
        "w": 0.9,
        "x": 0.03,
        "y": 0.09
      },
      "kind": "title",
      "text": "Private companies outpace public peers in decarbonization, due to the ability of private equity to grow renewables during ownership",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "action-title",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "27fc7113-2e99-4c6e-9b4e-bf57931ebdeb",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.03,
        "w": 0.15,
        "x": 0.03,
        "y": 0.05
      },
      "kind": "title",
      "text": "DECARBONIZATION",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "headline",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "227713af-0a66-480f-8de4-44f0bec7f16d",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    }
  ],
  "metrics": [
    {
      "metricRaw": "Emissions intensity reduction",
      "numberRaw": "-5.6%",
      "numberKind": "percent",
      "actionTitle": "Private companies outpace public peers in decarbonization, due to the ability of private equity to grow renewables during ownership",
      "calloutText": "Portfolio companies owned for over 4 years use 7pp more renewables compared to newly acquired companies.",
      "numberScale": null,
      "numberValue": -5.6,
      "metricFamily": "environment",
      "numberCurrency": null
    }
  ],
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "Action Titles",
      "slug": "action-titles",
      "agent": "Architect",
      "layer": "slide",
      "matchId": "019dd95a-14f5-72a3-8b8f-41e63cab5cad",
      "evidence": "Title states 'Private companies outpace public peers in decarbonization'",
      "confidence": 95
    },
    {
      "name": "Annotation",
      "slug": "annotation",
      "agent": "Designer",
      "layer": "slide",
      "matchId": "019dd95a-14f5-72a3-8b8f-4b6e2bed2801",
      "evidence": "Green pill callouts -1.9pp, -4.5pp, +7pp anchor the deltas",
      "confidence": 90
    },
    {
      "name": "Color Strategy",
      "slug": "color-strategy",
      "agent": "Designer",
      "layer": "slide",
      "matchId": "019dd95a-14f5-72a3-8b8f-4c42ca04db1e",
      "evidence": "Tan = public, green = private throughout the legend",
      "confidence": 90
    },
    {
      "name": "Contrast Principle",
      "slug": "contrast-principle",
      "agent": "Designer",
      "layer": "slide",
      "matchId": "019dd95a-14f5-72a3-8b8f-51506227ca73",
      "evidence": "Side-by-side public vs private bars create direct visual contrast",
      "confidence": 80
    },
    {
      "name": "Small Multiples",
      "slug": "small-multiples",
      "agent": "Designer",
      "layer": "slide",
      "matchId": "019dd95a-14f5-72a3-8b8f-47541d0a1487",
      "evidence": "Scope 1, Scope 2 and hold-period charts side by side",
      "confidence": 90
    },
    {
      "name": "Waterfall chart",
      "slug": "waterfall-chart",
      "agent": null,
      "layer": "slide",
      "matchId": "b7f8e3a2-15a6-47d0-a45a-1d2e687b1459",
      "evidence": "The slide features a bar chart showing MEDIAN PROPORTION OF PORTFOLIO COMPANY ENERGY USAGE FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, BY YEARS IN HOLD PERIOD, 2024.",
      "confidence": 0.8
    }
  ],
  "frameworks": [
    {
      "name": "data-story-arc",
      "slug": null,
      "matchId": "f762c9e9-23b4-45d7-ade7-17311e789d30",
      "evidence": "Uses comparative data to support a thesis about private equity performance.",
      "confidence": 0.8
    }
  ],
  "arcBeats": [
    {
      "to": 10,
      "from": 5,
      "beatId": "019dd95a-0702-74a3-87e0-9fa3adf4d8bb",
      "arcName": "The Consultant's Gambit",
      "arcSlug": "consultants-gambit",
      "beatName": "Solution & Approach",
      "beatSlug": "consultants-gambit-solution-approach",
      "evidence": "Decarbonization pillar introduced and capped by 4 success-factor framework",
      "position": 3,
      "confidence": 82,
      "parentBeatName": "Turn",
      "parentBeatSlug": "turn"
    },
    {
      "to": 13,
      "from": 6,
      "beatId": "019dd95a-0702-74a3-87e0-ab648953a22f",
      "arcName": "The Triple Take",
      "arcSlug": "triple-take",
      "beatName": "The Facts (What)",
      "beatSlug": "triple-take-the-facts-what",
      "evidence": "Stacked bars, segment cuts, public vs private benchmarks across both pillars",
      "position": 1,
      "confidence": 60,
      "parentBeatName": "Setup",
      "parentBeatSlug": "setup"
    }
  ],
  "loops": [
    {
      "to": 10,
      "from": 6,
      "name": "Pattern Hunter",
      "slug": "02-pattern-hunter",
      "bestFor": "Time-pressed audiences, building consensus, when data is strong",
      "matchId": "019dd95a-088c-724c-b30d-60b7e565c232",
      "evidence": "Four parallel data slides on decarb adoption (p6-9) culminating in the 4-pillar capture framework (p10)",
      "position": 2,
      "objective": "Stack decarbonization evidence and crown it with 4 success factors",
      "structure": "Evidence A -> Evidence B -> Evidence C -> Pattern/Conclusion",
      "confidence": 80,
      "description": "Group multiple pieces of evidence that together point to a pattern or conclusion"
    }
  ],
  "imagePathAlt": null,
  "thumbSrc": null,
  "thumbSrcAlt": null,
  "locked": true
}