At Arthur D. Little, we turn disruption to your advantage, positioning your organization for growth. From inflation to the energy crisis and oil market volatility, we help you navigate the dynamic macroeconomic conditions facing the industry, while accelerating innovation to put you ahead of the crowd.
Our consultants take a system wide approach, looking beyond the boundaries of your business to find efficiencies, improve sustainability and discover value across the global supply chain. With cross-sector expertise and a global network of external specialists, we identify opportunities to adopt technology from industries that are converging with chemicals ¬– uncovering new applications for chemical innovation across areas like mobility, healthcare, energy and sustainability.
Chemicals
As the world shifts to the next generation of clean energy and sustainable materials, chemicals have a pivotal role to play. To find new growth, companies must make the twin transitions to sustainable and digitalized business models.
By making greater use of data and technology the sector’s most innovative firms will unlock new products and materials, find efficiencies and develop new applications for chemicals to open a cleaner, smarter, brighter future.
We understand better than anyone the role that chemicals will play in shaping a net zero and circular future. We created the industry standard approach for measuring and improving sustainable performance. We’re harnessing technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning to accelerate progress in material innovation. And we’re developing and embedding circular economic models that design waste, pollution and inefficiency out of the chemicals industry of tomorrow – for good.
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN THE EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Today, the European chemical industry is at a crossroads. We support the goals of the European Green Deal and Europe’s ambition to become climate neutral by 2050. Yet, implementing the Green Deal agenda represents a so-called ‘double twin’ transition for our sector.
BREAKING THE MOLD
Unknown to many, the chemical industry has been one of the most successful sectors in terms of historic value creation for its shareholders in the last 20 years. Investors however have not seemed to be that impressed, as evidenced by the industry’s underwhelming estimated future potential (measured as average EV/EBITDA multiples for chemical companies).
How we help
Declining demand for some products, increasing regulation to address climate change: major shifts such as these are making it harder for chemical companies to identify opportunities for growth. We focus on innovation and sustainable diversification, finding and developing new growth in both adjacent and emerging domains. Whether it’s creating a new venture outside your core business, developing new skills to complement your in-house capabilities, or facilitating growth-enabling M&A, we focus on opening new opportunities to achieve above-market growth.
Many of our team have chemicals industry experience to complement their technology and consulting backgrounds, enabling us to combine deep technical knowledge with strategy and innovation capabilities. As such we can help you innovate in the broadest sense possible to develop new products, services, processes and business models. We focus on creating value through breakthrough offerings that can deliver new capabilities and respond quickly to emerging demand – all while remaining compliant.
While the industry grapples with inherent challenges such as energy intensive processes and sometimes toxic and dangerous materials, it is also critically placed to help the world achieve net zero and establish a truly circular global economy. As one of the pioneers of sustainability within the chemicals industry, we defined the standard approach for managing and assessing sustainable business performance. From helping you define and implement ambitious climate impact targets to developing circular business models, we can help turn your sustainability strategy into tangible, measurable actions embedded across your business.
What We Do
DIGITAL VALUE & GROWTH
Developing digital operating models that unite CIO, CTO & CDO functions, speeding up technology adoption and accelerating digital transformation to achieve lasting value and differentiation.
SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULARITY
Establishing end-to-end approaches to help you manage your portfolio more sustainably while helping you track and report on progress.
INNOVATION & GROWTH
Helping you innovate to create the best possible value and achieve above-market growth.
OPERATING MODELS
Designing and implementing ‘operations of the future’ to help you build an organization capable of achieving a step change in performanc
TRANSFORMATION & CHANGE
Translating leadership commitments into tangible, behavioral change across your organization.
DIGITAL VALUE & GROWTH
Developing digital operating models that unite CIO, CTO & CDO functions, speeding up technology adoption and accelerating digital transformation to achieve lasting value and differentiation.
SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULARITY
Establishing end-to-end approaches to help you manage your portfolio more sustainably while helping you track and report on progress.
INNOVATION & GROWTH
Helping you innovate to create the best possible value and achieve above-market growth.
OPERATING MODELS
Designing and implementing ‘operations of the future’ to help you build an organization capable of achieving a step change in performanc
TRANSFORMATION & CHANGE
Translating leadership commitments into tangible, behavioral change across your organization.
MEET SOME OF OUR
TEAM MEMBERS
Our chemical industry consultants make a powerful difference for clients by finding creative solutions to pressing challenges – helping them innovate, transform and thrive in the face of an increasingly complex world.
Yusuke Harada
Managing Partner, Board of directors, Tokyo
Michael Kolk
Managing Partner, Amsterdam
Bernd Schreiber
Managing Partner, Board of directors, Frankfurt
Naoya Furuta
Partner, Tokyo
Arnaud Jouron
Managing Partner, Paris
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