What we do

Emissions identification and transparency
Operational decarbonization
Premium capture
Sourcing and circularity strategies

Materials and themes covered

Our Approach

Fact-based perspectives
Our distinctive tools
Strategic value creation
Coverage across the value chain
Our ecosystem

Featured experts

Marcelo Azevedo
Marcelo Azevedo
Patricia Bingoto
Patricia Bingoto
Anna-Christina Fredershausen
Anna-Christina Fredershausen
Christian Hoffmann
Christian Hoffmann
Yvonne Huemer
Yvonne Huemer

Global leadership

Michel Van Hoey
Senior PartnerLuxembourg
Advises leading metals and mining companies on strategy, marketing and sales, organization, and transformation
Eric Hannon
PartnerFrankfurt
Leader in McKinsey’s advanced industries sustainability work, driving transformations for clients across industry sectors
Per-Anders Enkvist
PartnerStockholm
Advises companies on circular and low-carbon transformations and strategies
Elizabeth Foote
PartnerLondon
Advises industrial companies across energy, resources, and infrastructure on transformation with a particular focus on the energy...
Dr. Ruth Heuss
Senior PartnerBerlin
Co-leads McKinsey’s Operations Practice globally, and serves companies in the automotive and machinery industries on future mobility,...
Martin Linder
Senior PartnerMunich
Leads the Firm’s Battery Accelerator Team; global colead for the McKinsey Platform for Climate Technologies as well as our sustainability...
Tomas Nauclér
Senior PartnerStockholm
As global leader of McKinsey Sustainability, helps companies and governments develop strategies grounded on a fact-based understanding...
Peter Spiller
PartnerFrankfurt
Advises companies and business leaders across industries on the development and implementation of environmentally-sustainable...

Featured insights

Henrik Henriksson speaking at Green Business Building Summit - screen capture
Interview

Henrik Henriksson: Rapidly scaling a green steel start-up

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Balls on curvy tubes - Abstract - stock photo
Article
Leading through uncertainty in the energy and materials sectors
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Solar energy and wind power stations - stock photo
Report
The net-zero materials transition: Implications for global supply chains
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Crane digging on rocks
Article
Regulatory efficiency will be essential for the energy transition
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A tree with a spread-out branch structure
Article
The Scope 3 challenge: Solutions across the materials value chain
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Worker handling molten aluminum
Report
Aluminum decarbonization at a cost that makes sense
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Blue and green high-rise buildings
Article
The circular cement value chain: Sustainable and profitable
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Green I Like - stock photo
Article
Making everyday products greener
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Capturing the value from sustainable materials
Article
Capturing the green-premium value from sustainable materials
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Sewage treatment plant with solar power station in city
Article
The new imperative for green commodities
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Net-Zero Cement Sector
Article
The cement sector’s net-zero transition: Higher costs and demand shifts
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Net-Zero Steel Sector
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The steel sector’s net-zero transition: Pioneering new production methods
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Power plant
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Safeguarding green steel in Europe: Facing the natural-gas challenge
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Mastering the dual mission: Carbon and cost savings
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Report
Net-zero steel in building and construction: The way forward
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Playing offense to create value in the net-zero transition
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Worker walking in the factory
Article
It’s not easy buying green: How to win at sustainable sourcing
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Wind farm
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The raw-materials challenge: How the metals and mining sector will be at the core of enabling the energy transition
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Buying into a more sustainable value chain
Article
Buying into a more sustainable value chain
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The DRI dilemma: Could raw material shortages hinder the steel industry’s green transition?
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The DRI dilemma: Could raw material shortages hinder the steel industry’s green transition?
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