Bain + Persefoni

Bain + Persefoni

A unique partnership that combines breakthrough carbon footprint analytics with decarbonization strategy  

Bain + Persefoni

The push to net zero demands a paradigm shift. Companies that have felt constrained by a focus on compliance rather than value, approximations rather than auditable numbers, and annual assessments rather than real-time monitoring now have a powerful new option. Our partnership with Persefoni, the leading climate management and accounting platform, addresses those and many other limitations, enabling you to accelerate your carbon transitions, guided by a detailed understanding of your emissions footprint.

For more than a decade we have helped companies address a wide range of sustainability topics, from climate change and waste reduction to sustainable food systems and ESG investing. Our partnership with Persefoni now adds a critical component to our solution: a best-in-class carbon accounting platform that turns financial, operational, and supply chain data into auditable—and actionable—results.

Our expertise in carbon transitions and corporate strategy, and our deep understanding of the factors that determine investors’ priorities, combined with Persefoni’s powerful carbon accounting platform will enable you to pursue your net zero strategy guided by detailed, auditable data, ensuring that your actions produce real impact and unlock value.

This partnership will enable all of our clients, from investors to financial institutions to corporates, to manage their carbon inventory with the same rigor and transparency they expect from their financial metrics.

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What Can This Partnership Do For You?

What Can This Partnership Do For You?

The Partnership in Action

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  • Portfolio Decarbonization Roadmap

    Portfolio Decarbonization Roadmap

    Carbon emissions within portfolios are increasingly subject to regulations and investor scrutiny, but to successfully reduce or improve your carbon footprint you need an accurate, actionable assessment of your point of departure. We can help you:

    • Determine the overall portfolio carbon footprint and intensity
    • Conduct a carbon process maturity assessment and track progress against an updateable baseline
    • Prioritize portfolio companies for decarbonization and create a mobilization plan

    For example, we determined the footprint and intensity for 30+ portfolio companies of a fund, prioritized three that accounted for the lion’s share of emissions, and developed a high-level plan for these companies that included key strategic & operational decarbonization actions.

  • Carbon Diligence

    Carbon Diligence

    Understanding the target’s carbon footprint, the ability to achieve decarbonization targets, or the exposure to carbon-related trends is becoming increasingly vital to formatting the deal thesis for many investors. We can help you:

    • Determine the highest emitting activities across the target’s business and value-chain
    • Benchmark the decarbonization performance and ambitions of peers
    • Determine the industry risks & opportunities (customer trends, regulations, new technologies, and more)
    • Identify priority decarbonization actions and estimate the resulting value creation potential

    For example, we assessed the carbon footprint of a dairy company, benchmarked the performance of its peers, and identified priority decarbonization steps that have the potential to result in a greater than 30% emissions reduction over the next 10 years, while boosting EBITDA.

  • Carbon Value Creation Plan

    Carbon Value Creation Plan

    Alongside creating positive environmental and societal outcomes, decarbonization can create economic value for investors; when done right it can lower costs, improve revenue and multiples, and facilitate better management of capital. We can help you:

    • Determine an updateable baseline and achieve full transparency on your carbon footprint
    • Create a detailed roadmap for decarbonization, including priority actions and estimated value unlock
    • Identify the enablers that will help you put your plan into action

    For example, we determined an updateable emissions baseline for a manufacturing company, prioritized its key decarbonization actions, aligned on a decarbonization ambition, and created a detailed plan with quick win-wins and steps to achieve long-term goals.

  • Current Products

    For Private Equity and Other Investors:

    • PE Portfolio Carbon Scan
    • Carbon Assessment During Diligence
    • Carbon Value Creation Plan

    For Corporates:

     

Portfolio Decarbonization Roadmap

Carbon emissions within portfolios are increasingly subject to regulations and investor scrutiny, but to successfully reduce or improve your carbon footprint you need an accurate, actionable assessment of your point of departure. We can help you:

  • Determine the overall portfolio carbon footprint and intensity
  • Conduct a carbon process maturity assessment and track progress against an updateable baseline
  • Prioritize portfolio companies for decarbonization and create a mobilization plan

For example, we determined the footprint and intensity for 30+ portfolio companies of a fund, prioritized three that accounted for the lion’s share of emissions, and developed a high-level plan for these companies that included key strategic & operational decarbonization actions.

Carbon Diligence

Understanding the target’s carbon footprint, the ability to achieve decarbonization targets, or the exposure to carbon-related trends is becoming increasingly vital to formatting the deal thesis for many investors. We can help you:

  • Determine the highest emitting activities across the target’s business and value-chain
  • Benchmark the decarbonization performance and ambitions of peers
  • Determine the industry risks & opportunities (customer trends, regulations, new technologies, and more)
  • Identify priority decarbonization actions and estimate the resulting value creation potential

For example, we assessed the carbon footprint of a dairy company, benchmarked the performance of its peers, and identified priority decarbonization steps that have the potential to result in a greater than 30% emissions reduction over the next 10 years, while boosting EBITDA.

Carbon Value Creation Plan

Alongside creating positive environmental and societal outcomes, decarbonization can create economic value for investors; when done right it can lower costs, improve revenue and multiples, and facilitate better management of capital. We can help you:

  • Determine an updateable baseline and achieve full transparency on your carbon footprint
  • Create a detailed roadmap for decarbonization, including priority actions and estimated value unlock
  • Identify the enablers that will help you put your plan into action

For example, we determined an updateable emissions baseline for a manufacturing company, prioritized its key decarbonization actions, aligned on a decarbonization ambition, and created a detailed plan with quick win-wins and steps to achieve long-term goals.

For Private Equity and Other Investors:

  • PE Portfolio Carbon Scan
  • Carbon Assessment During Diligence
  • Carbon Value Creation Plan

For Corporates:

 

About Persefoni

Persefoni is the leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) built to reduce the risks associated with regulatory-grade climate disclosures. Persefoni’s software enables customers the ability to manage their carbon transactions with the same rigor and confidence as their financial reporting, identify decarbonization strategies, perform climate trajectory modeling, and meet regulatory climate disclosure requirements with the highest degrees of trust and transparency.

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Client Results

Case Study

A Powerful Carbon Accounting Platform Helps IndustrialCo Optimize Its ESG Strategy

We partnered with the company as it sought new opportunities to improve ESG performance, including a more rigorous approach to emissions reporting and monitoring.

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From Carbon Confusion to Climate Clarity: The New World of Carbon Accounting and Reporting
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Beyond COP26: Implications for Private Equity
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Closing the ESG Measurement Gap in Private Equity
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Five Ways Innovation Is Shaping the Executive Sustainability Agenda
New approaches are helping companies address talent, climate, and other ESG challenges.
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel: The Supply Race Is On
European production is projected to fall nearly 20% short of mandate-driven demand by 2030, a big opportunity for global feedstock suppliers and refiners that invest now.
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Will vs. Wallet: Consumers Want Green Energy, but Not at Any Cost
The lack of customers willing to pay higher prices to fund capital investments continues to hinder the energy transition.
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Improving the Customer Experience in Three Areas Positively Impacts Loyalty for Automotive OEMs
Targeted improvements in digital and tech-enabled experiences, EV charging, and service-related experiences deliver a strong upside in customer loyalty.
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The Carbon Removal Crisis: Are Companies Doing Enough?
The importance of carbon removal to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement continues to urgently grow.
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An Opportunity for a New Climate Strategy

Experts from Bain and Persefoni share what newly proposed climate disclosure rules mean for businesses and CFOs

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Torsten Lichtenau Partner Chicago

Dan Kuzmic Partner London

Jenny Davis-Peccoud Partner Amsterdam

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