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BCG Hard Operations Sustainability Environmental Strategy

Green Chips, Clean Chips

#Technology #Manufacturing #Semiconductors
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This case requires candidates to break down complex environmental emissions data across multiple value chain phases, then prioritize high-impact levers to achieve specific reduction targets. The quantitative analysis demands careful calculation and rounding, while the qualitative challenge involves balancing sustainability goals with operational and financial feasibility constraints.

Estimated Time 15 minutes
Difficulty Hard
Source Duke
50 / 100
Your client, Chip Co., is a manufacturer of semiconductors. While chips help the world in energy efficiency and electrification, the manufacturing process itself is very CO2 intensive. Chip Co. has approached you for a plan of action to meet its target of reduction of emissions by 3 Megatons by 2040.

Clarifying Information

  1. Model: Chip Co. manufactures chips present in everyday electrical and electronic devices. Silicon and fabrication equipment are a key component of the chips, and the manufacturing process emits and uses a lot of gases that make it very GHG intensive. It then sells the chips to various manufacturers of electric and electronic equipment.
  2. Geography: Chip Co’s manufacturing facilities are in US