
Shaping an inclusive global economy by scaling impactful corporate DEI initiatives
Through its DEI Lighthouse Programme, the Forum surfaced cohorts of corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives for their demonstrated impact.
McKinsey is a global management consulting firm committed to helping organizations realize sustainable, inclusive growth. It works with clients across the private, public and social sectors to solve complex problems and create positive change for all their stakeholders. It combines bold strategies and transformative technologies to help organizations innovate more sustainably, achieve lasting gains in performance and build workforces that will thrive for this generation and the next.
Through its DEI Lighthouse Programme, the Forum surfaced cohorts of corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives for their demonstrated impact.
The blue economy is rising. Learn how innovative global businesses are working together to protect, restore and support the ocean and the blue economy.
The Forum is working to eradicate all strands of systemic racism in the workplace against professionals with underrepresented racial and ethnic identities.
Making the Green Transition Work for People and the Economy 2025
Manufacturing companies are leveraging AI to augment workforce capabilities, immersive onboarding, personalized skills-based career planning, and promising frontline well-being initiatives.
Nature is rapidly emerging as a strategic investment frontier and more institutional capital is flowing into new business models. This report provides a practical framework to help instit...
This report by Securing Minerals for the Energy Transition (SMET) initiative, the Development Bank of Southern Africa and McKinsey & Company identifies financing barriers and practica...
Access to freshwater is changing rapidly, with water stress affecting billions of people and countless businesses each year. Droughts and floods are becoming more frequent and severe, wat...
The Putting Talent at the Centre: An Evolving Imperative for Manufacturing 2025 report explores how organizations can unlock productivity and stability by investing in frontline talent, d...
Resilience Pulse Check: Harnessing Collaboration to Navigate a Volatile World 2025 uncovers critical resilience gaps, with 84% of companies feeling underprepared for future disruptions.
Learn how closing the women’s health gap can transform lives and economies. Explore key insights and solutions in this report by WEF and McKinsey Health Institute
Europe's technological competitiveness
Built environment circular retrofits
key lessons from 36 new members of the Global Lighthouse Network, showcasing how digital transformation drives productivity, sustainability, and impact at scale.
The Global Cooperation Barometer 2025 identifies areas of progress and stagnation, highlighting the complexities of cooperation in a world marked by economic uncertainty, geopolitical div...
In December 2022, 196 parties committed to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 when they signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Achieving this goal is vital for hu...
The Securing Minerals for the Energy Transition: Unlocking the Value Chain through Policy, Investment and Innovation 2024 paper explores various approaches for unlocking critical minerals...
CEOs are increasingly recognising the importance of nature for business, people and the planet. This report features seven case studies from companies that have begun transforming their b...
This white paper explores the role corporate philanthropy can play in climate and nature.
Fuelling Innovation: Closing Fintech Funding Gaps 2024
Space-tech such as communications; positioning, navigation and timing; and Earth observation will transform sectors including supply chain and transportation; food and beverage; defence; ...
While longer life expectancies for men and women have been a societal success story, this is not the full picture. Despite living longer than men, women spend 25% more of their lives in p...
This white paper, written by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, showcases pioneering initiatives from public and private organizations, highlights conc...
This World Economic Forum report, in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, measures the state of global cooperation in 2024.
This report identifies 10 high-priority risk management strategies for access to minerals essential for the ongoing energy transition. These minerals are key to many of the technologies t...
In this paper, the World Economic Forum’s Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) initiative, in partnership with McKinsey & Company, promotes public-private-philanthropic collaboration...
The Resilience Consortium, a high-level leadership group of ministers, CEOs, and heads of international organizations, promotes alignment on key resilience themes and the steps necessary ...
The Global Parity Alliance (GPA) – a cross-industry group committed to advancing DEI around the world – launched the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Lighthouse Programme in May 2022...
A new chapter of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is under way amid continuing major global disruptions that include soaring energy prices and inflation, talent shortages, supply chain di...
As the world navigates rising geopolitical tensions, record-breaking heat, and technological revolutions, global cooperation is at a crossroads. The World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Co...
Despite persistent challenges, such as low domestic demand and household consumption, China's economy has been buoyed by strong exports and private sector activity, hitting its 5% growth ...
Businesses investing in climate resilience and adaptation could see tangible returns – $2-$19 in value for every dollar spent – while taking the necessary steps to avoid annual profitabil...
The Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains is enabling more resilient, sustainable and inclusive manufacturing ecosystems and supply chains.
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.






















































































