This is a comprehensive emissions reduction case requiring candidates to synthesize multiple analytical components: quantitative market sizing to estimate the herd size, financial modeling across five-year implementation timelines, and strategic trade-off analysis between competing initiatives. The case tests both analytical rigor and creative problem-solving within strict financial and timeline constraints.
Our client is a major milk producer in New Cowland, Milking it Co., MIC. New Cowland has recently introduced a law that means MIC has to reduce its GHG emissions by 45% of 2019 levels within the next five years or face being shut down or heavily fined. They currently produce 20% of New Cowland’s GHG emissions.
The CSO has hired us to figure out a way to reach this target.