Roland Berger at Climate Week NYC 2025
Chicago, September 15, 2025
Climate Week NYC, run by Climate Group, has become a key event on the global climate agenda. Held each September alongside the United Nations General Assembly, it brings together business leaders, policymakers, investors, and innovators from around the world in the biggest event of its kind. The purpose is clear: to speed up solutions to the climate crisis and show how ambition can lead to impact.
This year, the discussions in New York City are particularly urgent. Artificial intelligence is transforming energy demand and data infrastructure. Global water scarcity is challenging governments and businesses alike. Across industries, companies face increasing scrutiny to prove that sustainability initiatives are not only credible but also capable of driving growth.
At Roland Berger, we see these themes coming together in ways that will shape competitiveness for decades. Our work with clients across energy, industry, infrastructure, and finance has reinforced one main insight: climate transition is no longer a challenge for a single sector. It is a systems challenge, where solutions only emerge when we address the interconnections between resources, technologies, and markets.
Hosting the Conversation: Navigating the Energy-Water-Data Nexus
On Wednesday, September 24, Roland Berger invites you to join us in Midtown Manhattan for a discussion with senior leaders from investment, infrastructure, and technology to explore one of the decade’s defining challenges: building climate-resilient digital infrastructure.
Data centers are indispensable to the global economy but are among the most resource-intensive assets. Our event spotlights how businesses and investors navigate the twin pressures of electricity and water use while responding to climate risks. With perspectives from Apollo, Johnson Controls, and Raymond James, and moderated by Bill Malarkey , the discussion highlights how forward-looking players reframe sustainability not as compliance but as strategy. After the discussion, guests are welcome to continue the exchange over cocktails and networking.
On the Global Mainstage
Climate Group Hub Live
Diego Ibarra will join leaders at the flagship Hub Live stage to debate whether companies are truly converting “green” into growth. The panel will interrogate whether the clean economy has yet delivered competitive advantage, what actions have paid off, and what shifts, policy or market-driven, must happen next in the effort to monetize “green.”
World Climate Foundation’s Summit
This year, the World Climate Foundation unites its Climate and Biodiversity Summits into a single platform to address climate change and biodiversity loss ahead of COP30. Bringing together leaders across policy, finance, and business, the summit aims to drive integrated solutions aligned with the Paris Agreement and Global Biodiversity Framework. Elizabeth Goos will join a panel on AI’s role in climate and nature solutions, underscoring Roland Berger’s thought leadership at the intersection of technology and climate action.
Expanding Our Voice at Climate Week
- Rethinking Water Conference: As a corporate sponsor, we reaffirm our longstanding leadership in the water sector , led by Bill Malarkey. The conference brings diverse voices together to tackle U.S. water challenges, from infrastructure renewal to financing mechanisms, aligning closely with our advisory work.
- Brownfield Redevelopment with Columbia SIPA: Antoine Pitard hosts a fireside chat on reimagining U.S. fossil-fuel power plants, building on our multi-year sponsorship of a Columbia University capstone project. It shows how Roland Berger combines consulting expertise with academic partnerships to support ecosystem transitions.
- AI & Nuclear Energy:
Philipp Leutiger
will join a panel at the
Nuclear New York Symposium to discuss how AI and electrification transform the clean energy landscape. This discussion will place us at the forefront of the nuclear conversation as the sector considers rapid, cost-effective deployment.
Why This Matters
The significance of Climate Week lies not only in its scale of participation but also in its role as a bridge between ambition and action. This year, Climate Week holds special relevance in the global sustainability agenda, as many business leaders have set it as the main stage for discussion amid the logistical uncertainties around COP30. It is one of the rare platforms where business, government, and civil society come together—and where practical pathways for decarbonization, resilience, and growth are created. For Roland Berger, it is also an opportunity to demonstrate what we do best: helping clients turn complexity into clarity, build strategies that are both sustainable and profitable, and shape markets where disruption and opportunity go hand in hand.
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