Davos Agenda
Unlocking renewable energy future in emerging markets
The World Economic Forum is working with its partners to explore solutions to unlock capital for renewable energy investments in developing economies.
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Accenture
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Impact
Future of Work
Closing gender gaps in the private sector benefits over 850,000 women
Gender Parity Accelerators have significantly improved a legislative and societal drive for women’s workforce participation and reduced the gender gap.
Air Pollution
Global companies reduce air pollutants in supply chains
The Alliance for Clean Air – an influential group of companies – has committed to measuring air pollutants from their operations and value chains.
Cities and Urbanization
Our Alliance is creating smart city governance
Led by the Forum, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance is the largest global initiative of its kind, promoting smart city governance
Entrepreneurship
How a new generation of entrepreneurs is tackling the world’s biggest challenges head on
Our open digital platform connects innovators with investors, topical experts, global organizations and government bodies who have the ability to scale their solutions.
Cities and Urbanization
A net zero carbon future for cities
The World Economic Forum is convening stakeholders with a role to play for global cities to have a chance of reaching the net zero carbon goal for by 2030.
Publications
Financial and Monetary Systems
Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC)
Over 98% of the global economy’s central banks are researching, piloting or deploying central bank digital currency (CBDC). There is an opportunity to harness this innovation in central b...
Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality
The metaverse, poised to redefine the internet, intertwines the digital and physical, emphasizing the pivotal role of “identity” in shaping immersive, human-centric experiences.
Navigating the Industrial Metaverse: A Blueprint for Future Innovations
At the brink of a new phase of the industrial revolution, the metaverse stands as a catalyst for change, offering novel ways to merge digital and physical realms, enhance operational effi...
Emerging Technologies
Digital Trust: Supporting Individual Agency
This paper discusses the interaction between digital technologies and human users, describing how protecting individual choice and agency is essential to any trustworthy system. To effect...
Emerging Technologies
AI Governance Alliance: Briefing Paper Series
In an era marked by rapid technological transformation, this briefing paper series stands as a pivotal point of reference, guiding responsible transformation with artificial intelligence ...
European Union
Delivering on the European Green Deal: A Private-Sector Perspective
This report examines the actions undertaken by the World Economic Forum’s CEO Action Group for the European Green Deal, using examples and experiences in various areas and placing Group-s...
Cybersecurity
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024
The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024, produced in collaboration with Accenture, examines the cybersecurity trends that will affect economies and societies in the y...
Energy Transition
Transitioning Industrial Clusters Annual Report
This report highlights the experiences and perspectives of 20 industrial clusters in the World Economic Forum's Transitioning Industrial Clusters initiative. Despite unique geographical, ...
Better Community Engagement for a Just Energy Transition: A C-Suite Guide
This C-suite guide introduces a “people-positive” approach to clean power development and brings the conversation on community engagement closer to key decision-makers.
Privacy and Safety in the Metaverse
The metaverse is expected to reach a value of $1 trillion in the next three years, driven by rapid uptake and technologies like generative AI.
Social Implications of the Metaverse
The metaverse is projected to amass a staggering value of $1 trillion over the next three years, indicating rapid adoption and acceleration through technologies such as generative AI.
China
Green Hydrogen in China: A Roadmap for Progress
Hydrogen is a promising solution for decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors, and China has incorporated it in its latest national development strategy. Yet, although China is the world’s...
Davos Agenda
Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero
This insight report highlights the experiences and perspectives of 11 industrial clusters that are a part of the Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero initiative. These clust...
Davos Agenda
Demystifying the Consumer Metaverse
The metaverse is coming: an immersive, interoperable and synchronous digital world that will change how we interact, work and play.
Davos Agenda
Interoperability in the Metaverse
The next era of the internet is coming. The metaverse is an immersive, interoperable and synchronous digital world that will change how we interact, work and play.
Davos Agenda
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023
The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023, in collaboration with Accenture, examines the cybersecurity trends that will impact our economies and societies in the year t...
Energy Transition
Securing the Energy Transition
We are in the grip of an unprecedented global energy crisis, but short-term fixes will lead to a bleak future – to achieve energy security and sustainability, the only solution is to acce...
Travel and Tourism
How to Create the Sustainable Travel Products Customers Want
As the travel and tourism (T&T) industry recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the urgency of the need to combat climate change and other sustainability challenges has in...
Cybersecurity
Earning Digital Trust: Decision-Making for Trustworthy Technologies
Digital trust is the expectation by individuals that digital technologies and services – and the organizations providing them – will protect all stakeholders’ interests and uphold societa...
Banking and Capital Markets
The Future of Capital Markets: Democratization of Retail Investing
The global financial system is undergoing several simultaneous transformations. Digitalization and democratizations are reshaping how capital markets operate. Both investors and corporate...
Videos
Podcasts
Energy Transition
Energy transition - have global crises stalled progress on climate goals?
Has the war in Ukraine and the resulting pressure on energy prices stalled the move away from fossil fuels? The World Economic Forum's 'Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022' report ...
Paul Daugherty: Radically Human
Paul Daugherty is the Chief Technology Officer at Accenture and co-author of Radically Human: How New Technology Is Transforming Business and Shaping Our Future. In this episode, he discu...
Energy Transition
What does the future look like for energy, and for our jobs?
Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, we look at two issues that will be at the heart of many discussions: energy and jobs. We discuss a new report, Securing the...
Davos Agenda
Davos 2023 Day 3: global collaboration in the metaverse
On Day 3 at Davos 2023, we enter the metaverse to experience the Forum’s Global Collaboration Village, hear why inflation may have peaked, but prices haven’t, and speak to astronaut Matth...
Apps, bots and 'finfluencers': how to navigate the changing world of investing
If you’re lucky enough to have some spare cash to invest, how do you decide where to put it? In the past few years the answer to that question may have changed. The rise of robo-advisers ...
Artificial Intelligence
Davos 2024: Technology in a Turbulent World
As technology becomes increasingly intertwined in our daily lives and important for driving development and prosperity, questions of safety, human interaction and trust become critical to...
Davos 2024: Generative AI: Steam Engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The development of generative AI has catapulted AI technology to one of the fastest and most impactful innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. From creation to production and dis...
Accenture contributors
Sabrina Battilana Lopez
Consultant
Tara Baumgarten
Sustainability Strategy Manager
Lisa Burns
ConsultantAmy Callahan
Managing DirectorEmmeline Cardozo
Strategy ManagerGaston Carrion
Managing Director
Jacky Fox
Senior Managing Director; Lead, Accenture Security, Europe and IrelandJonathan Gilmour
Utilities Energy Transition Consultant
Nora Heger
Principal Director for Coaching and Leadership DevelopmentKristen Hines
Managing DirectorShinji Igarashi
Senior Managing Director and Sales Lead, Japan
Ogan Kose
Managing Director, Strategy, Trading and Risk ManagementOusmène Mandeng
Senior Advisor Blockchain and Multiparty Systems
Constanza Movsichoff
Senior Manager, Public ServicesCaroline Narich
Energy Transition Services North America LeadJesko Neuenburg
Managing Director, Global Travel & Aviation Sustainability Lead
Karen O’Regan
Managing Director; Head, Strategy
Tom Patterson
Managing Director, Emerging Technology SecurityDavid Rabley
Managing Director - Energy
Michael Rohrs
Security Consulting Senior ManagerJamie Scanlon
Security Specialist
Julie Sweet
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Kathryn White
Principal Director, Responsible Emerging Technology and InnovationRelated Centres
Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains
The Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains is enabling more resilient, sustainable and inclusive manufacturing ecosystems and supply chains.
Centre for Energy and Materials
The Centre for Energy and Materials is driving initiatives and coalitions to ensure the energy transition is sustainable, secure, resilient and affordable.
Centre for Health and Healthcare
The Centre for Health and Healthcare is identifying and scaling up solutions for more resilient, efficient, and equitable healthcare systems.
Centre for Nature and Climate
The Centre for Nature and Climate is accelerating net-zero climate action, regenerates food, water and ocean systems, and promotes circular economies.
Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics
The Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics is helping stakeholders shape progress on global and regional priorities within the most complex geopolitical and geo-economic landscape in d...
Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is advancing the application of human-centred and society-serving technologies.
Centre for the New Economy and Society
The Centre for the New Economy and Society is providing a platform for leaders to shape inclusive and equitable economies and societies that create opportunity for all.
Centre for Urban Transformation
The Centre for Urban Transformation is advancing public-private collaboration in cities, enabling more resilient and future-ready communities and local economies.