====== Boston Consulting Group ======

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**Boston Consulting Group (BCG)** is an American consulting firm based in [[united_states:massachusetts:Boston]], [[united_states:Massachusetts]].

===== History =====

BCG donated between $500,000 - $999,999 to [[Habitat for Humanity]] in 2017.((Price, J. L., & Reckford, J. T. M. (2017). //Annual Report FY2017.// Habitat for Humanity. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402185938/https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/annual-report-FY2017-web.pdf))

In September 2019, BCG entered a multi-year agreement with the the State of [[united_states:New York]].((Solomon, J. (2023, May 14). //Excelsior Pass ballooned to $64 million and keeps rising.// Times Union. http://archive.today/2023.05.15-152256/https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/excelsior-pass-ballooned-64-million-keeps-rising-18091575.php))

==== COVID-19 ====

BCG's contract with New York was adjusted following the declaration of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], leading to the firm providing services related to the State's pandemic response. This included the development of the [[Excelsior Pass]] alongside [[IBM]] and [[Deloitte]].((Solomon, J. (2023, May 14). //Excelsior Pass ballooned to $64 million and keeps rising.// Times Union. http://archive.today/2023.05.15-152256/https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/excelsior-pass-ballooned-64-million-keeps-rising-18091575.php))

In [[Canada]], BCG participated in the [[Faster Together]] campaign to promote [[COVID-19 vaccines]].((//Home.// Faster Together. Retrieved November 29, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221129144335/https://fastertogether.ca/))

===== Organization =====

==== Personnel ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Ciaran Lawlor]]  | Principal (former)((//Ciaran Lawlor.// LinkedIn. Retrieved June 14, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciaran-lawlor-919546b/))  | [[pharmaceutical_companies:PULMATRiX]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:ReNAgade Therapeutics]]  |

==== Partners ====

BCG is a member of the [[C.D. Howe Institute]],((//Annual Report 2021.// C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109082150/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/2021_AR_English_0525_0.pdf)) the [[Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance]] (DTRA),((//DTRA Founding Member Organizations.// Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance. Retrieved January 18, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230118082926/https://www.dtra.org/founding-members)) the [[Tent Partnership for Refugees]]((//Members.// (2022). The Tent Partnership for Refugees. https://archive.ph/xHweu)) and the [[World Economic Forum]].((//BCG.// World Economic Forum. Retrieved March 18, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.03.18-003826/https://www.weforum.org/organizations/the-boston-consulting-group))

BCG is partnered with the [[Asian American Foundation|The Asian American Foundation]] (TAAF),((//Partners.// (2022). The Asian American Foundation | TAAF. https://archive.ph/8gHbM)) the [[Urban Alliance]]((//Valued Partners in Greater DC.// (2021). Urban Alliance - Yearbook 2021. https://yearbook21.theurbanalliance.org/valued-partners-in-greater-dc/)) and the [[World Government Summit Organization]].((//Community.// World Government Summit. Retrieved January 21, 2023, from https://archive.ph/vUYng))

BCG is a client of [[Speakers' Spotlight]].((//Our Clients | Hire a Speaker.// Speakers’ Spotlight. Retrieved October 26, 2022, from https://archive.ph/5mnP3))

BCG has provided research funding to [[Helen Rees]], member of the board of directors for [[Gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]].((Rees, H. //Multipurpose Prevention Technologies: New drugs, New Delivery Systems.// South African HIV Clinicians Society. Retrieved June 5, 2022, from https://sahivsoc.org/Files/Fri_Helen_Rees%20Co-formulation%20HIV%20prevention%20and%20contraception.pdf)) 

BCG has provided donations and other funding to:

  * [[LA Promise Fund]]((//Who We Are.// (2022, February 3). LA Promise Fund. https://web.archive.org/web/20220806050650/https://www.lapromisefund.org/who-we-are/#sponsors))
  * [[National Geographic Society]]((//2016 Annual Report Donor List.// National Geographic Society. Retrieved May 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220510054615/https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/2016_Annual_Report_DONOR_LIST_FINAL.pdf))
  * [[National Women's Law Center]]((//Expanding the Possibilities: Annual Report 2012-2013.// (2013). National Women’s Law Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20220704175501/https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/nwlc_annual_report_2012_2013.pdf))
  * [[World Health Organization]]((//Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2021.// (2022). World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20220516042059/https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA75/A75_INF5-en.pdf))
  * [[World Resources Institute]]((Dasgupta, A. (2022). //From Commitments to Action: Annual Report 2021// (pp. 38–47). World Resources Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190344/https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2022-04/wri-annual-report-2021.pdf))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://covidtruthinitiative.ca/en/Organizations/Boston-Consulting-Group|COVID Truth Initiative]]
  * [[https://www.bcg.com/|Website]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Consulting_Group|Wikipedia]]
  * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Boston_Consulting_Group|Wikispooks]]