Metrics
What numbers consultants lead with.
Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.
Metric families
7,750 metric-led slides1266
Survey & sentiment
What people said — respondents, priorities, sentiment, NPS.
16.3%
1110
Market size & value
Scale of the pool — TAM, GMV, AUM, deal value, investment, funding.
14.3%
709
Cost & savings
What's spent or saved — costs, spend, savings, efficiency, abatement.
9.1%
541
Share & penetration
Piece of the pie — market share, adoption, penetration, uptake.
7.0%
491
Growth rate
Speed of change — CAGR, YoY, growth rate.
6.3%
261
Rates & ratios
Other rates — retention, conversion, representation, distress.
3.4%
324
Employment & headcount
People at work — employees, FTEs, productivity, jobs.
4.2%
226
Indices & scores
Composite indicators — confidence indices, rankings, ratings.
2.9%
218
Margin & return
Economic quality — margins, ROI/ROE/ROIC, TSR, profit.
2.8%
212
Environment & emissions
Green metrics — GHG, emissions, hydrogen, renewables.
2.7%
187
Volume & counts
Raw counts — number of X, transactions, deals.
2.4%
141
Revenue & sales
Top line — revenue, sales, GVA.
1.8%
76
Macro indicators
Economy-wide signals — inflation, unemployment, PMI.
1.0%
23
Valuation
Asset worth — present value, pre-money, exit value.
0.3%
1965
Other
Domain-specific or uncategorized long-tail.
25.4%
Filtered by environment
· function analyze_data
· clear
Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 68 |
| establish_context | 39 |
| illustrate_case | 22 |
| frame_problem | 21 |
| size_opportunity | 15 |
| quantify_impact | 12 |
| benchmark_peers | 10 |
| diagnose | 6 |
| decompose_segments | 5 |
| present_framework | 4 |
| transition | 3 |
| appendix | 3 |
68 examples
21,568
The increasing number of data centers being built in the US is driving the country’s growing demand for gas-based power
“Texas and Virginia have faced the sharpest increase in demand for gas-based electricity”
80%
Several studies reveal a growing willingness among consumers to pay a premium for sustainable products
“The combination of rising consumer preference and increased willingness to pay more for eco-friendly products provides a clear sense of future demand.”
46%
For investors, it is still early days
“Despite the challenges, only 14% of investors see sustainable investing as a fad and not a genuine issue for the future.”
124.0
But on the mobile side, we saw a broad spread across telcos
“The choices telcos make as they grow and modernize their business—which technologies to use and retire, for instance—have an impact on energy use and efforts to…”
33.7
For data centers, we saw a broad spread in energy consumption
“Adjusting for the size of each telco's ICT services business, energy consumption was relatively similar across participants.”
100%
Geographical footprint of your supply chain matters, as it significantly influences your actual upstream emissions
“The "BRIC" countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) tend to have most of their upstream emissions concentrated within their country. Conversely, for European…”
47%
To embed sustainability into their operations, CEOs are building responsible supply chains
“CEOs recognize that supply chains powered by data and digital technology can advance progress on their sustainability goals by identifying high value actions an…”
50%
The global energy mix is projected to shift rapidly towards power and hydrogen
“Share of electricity and hydrogen in final consumption may grow to 32% by 2035, and 50% by 2050”
400 Mt
New advanced feedstocks will likely be necessary to meet the growing demand for sustainable fuels
“Since the availability of waste oil feedstocks is highly constrained, the global supply cap (30 Mt) is projected to be reached in the late 2020s, unless purpose…”
1.5°
Global emissions remain far from a 1.5° pathway, even if all countries deliver on their current commitments
“However, emissions across all scenarios remain far from the requirements for the 1.5° Pathway.”
864
There is a mismatch between the best locations for hydrogen production and demand centers
“There is a mismatch between the best locations for hydrogen production and demand centers.”
205
2050 will likely see an increased amount of specialization in production regions as well as reorientation of trade and transport routes related to competitiveness
“Pipeline transportation will be the largest long-distance carrier, with major flows within China and North America as well as to Europe.”
40
Under different scenarios, some key trade routes are more robust than others
“Green steel and methanol trade routes prove the most robust across scenarios.”
96%
Global sustainability reporting inches closer to 100 percent among the world's largest companies
“Sustainability reporting has become standard practice for many companies, with steady growth over the past decade.”
89%
Regional N100 reporting rates continue to trend upwards in Asia Pacific and Europe
“The Asia Pacific region leads in sustainability reporting among the N100, with 89 percent of its companies undertaking sustainability reporting.”
60%
Asia Pacific region continues to dominate in presenting sustainability data in annual reports
“With 60 percent of companies reporting in 2022, the number of N100 companies including sustainability information in their annual reports has stabilized since 2…”
80%
Early adoption, steadily rising
“Within 2 years of the establishment of Financial Stability Board’s TCFD, more than half of all companies in the N100 and the G250 have disclosed their climate t…”
89%
Heavy industries and TMT soar; Healthcare and Financial Services lag
“After persistent pressure from stakeholders to disclose their climate targets, resource-intensive sectors have emerged as leaders in this space, with 7 of the t…”
57%
Figure 22: How companies intend to reach their carbon reduction targets (2022)
34%
Leadership-level representation for sustainability not yet prevalent
“Currently, just over one-third (34 percent) of the N100 companies and less than half (45 percent) of G250 companies have leadership-level representation.”
-18%
Companies with net zero targets have cut emissions substantially since 2011
“On average, companies that have set full net zero targets managed to cut operational emissions by 18% between 2011 and 2020.”
65%
~65% hospitals run a sustainable business model, while the remainder require additional funding going forward; key influencing factors on sustainability include COVID, cost reduction, and economic growth
183
Decarbonizing our own operations
“In 2021, our total GHG emissions decreased by 75 percent from 2019 due to our continued remote work model and the associated reduction in internal and client-re…”
2/3
For ~2/3 of consumers sustainability is important in fresh food categories
“~2/3 of consumers find sustainability important or very important in fruit, vegetables, meat & fish”
49%
D: Sustainability is more important to consumers regularly shopping at weekly markets
“Sustainability is more important to consumers regularly shopping at weekly markets, especially for fresh foods, whilst there is no longer a difference between s…”
90%
Energy, land use change and forestry, and agriculture are the biggest emitting sectors in SEA
“Three sectors contribute to ~90% of SEA emissions”
94%
FORWARD LOOKING, GAME-CHANGING IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED ON BOTH CARBON COMPLIANCE AND CREDIT MARKETS AND WILL DRIVE BOTH CARBON TRADED AND PRICE
$24/tCO2
INTERNAL CARBON PRICES VARY ACROSS SECTORS: AVERAGE ~$20-30/TCO2 IS CLOSE TO COMPLIANCE MARKETS
“Average internal shadow price is close to compliance market”
-7.6
Liquid demand is likely to recover to 2019 levels by late 2021 or early 2022.
38 MMb/d
New projects will be needed under an accelerated-energy-transition case, but a 1.5°C pathway will force shut-ins.
“New projects will be needed under an accelerated-energy-transition case, but a 1.5°C pathway will force shut-ins.”
2°C
One goal, very different challenges
<2%
Even fewer have sufficient policies
95%
95% path pushes boundaries of tech and acceptance
27
Technologies are largely available
17,720
Wind and solar energies are expected to grow faster than advanced biomass by 2040 (+7% vs. +2,5%)
“In 2040, carbon neutral energies will represent 25% of world mix (vs. 20% in 2017)”
535
The US is one of the main emerging markets for bio jet fuels but their uptake is still limited by technical and market constraints
“Biofuels expected to play a key role in the aviation sector.”
60-80%
Today, renewable diesel is mostly produced from waste oils and fats but use of cellulosic biomass for its production is upcoming
“Relative CO2 life cycle emissions of renewable diesel are 60 to 80% less than for petroleum diesel.”
8%
Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to be around 8% lower for the June quarter, reflecting the impact of restrictions on transport and energy use
“Emission levels declined from around 134 mtCO2e to around 124 mtCO2e in June 2020 from the prior quarter in 2019, or around 8%”
195
Growing demand for batteries is likely to continue creating demand for localised industrial battery capability
“There is a trend of continued demand for localised industrial battery capability, with notable Australian projects including: the 100MW/129MWh Hornsdale Power R…”
64%
...greatest influence on younger generations, and substantial variation across nationalities
“Does the Sustainability topic influence your purchasing behavior?”
-40%
We see structural shifts in fundamental energy demand drivers
“The growth is becoming increasingly energy-efficient”
741
The energy mix remains reliant on fossil fuels despite the rapid growth of non-fossil sources
2025
Technology acceleration leads to tipping point around 2025 for oil and gas
98.8
Several oil price scenarios – Price recovery case example
“Market switches to undersupply by Q3 2017”
0% p.a.
Following near term growth, we expect US LTO production to remain economically competitive, but plateau due to resource constraints
“LTO is projected to remain competitive in the global supply curve through 2030... However, production is likely to plateau post 2021 as Eagle Ford and Bakken re…”
9%
Until now, most of the GHG emission reduction was realized through reductions in non-CO2 emissions
“Focus today”
411
Electricity demand growth is expected to be driven by the commercial and industrial sectors
181
Even when the estimated impact of current policy is taken into account, there is significant uncaptured potential both on a 2020 and 2030 view
“Even when the estimated impact of current policy is taken into account, there is significant uncaptured potential both on a 2020 and 2030 view.”
38%
Non-electricity intensive industries may represent a bigger opportunity for electricity demand reduction
“However, industries that are commonly known as electricity intensive account for only 38% of electricity use.”
426
Economic growth and fossil fuel price sensitivities
138
RESIDENTIAL: Demand shaped by reduction in lighting consumption
“Electricity consumption projection 2010-30 remains flat due to two opposing factors: Increase in number of households and household income; Electricity retail p…”
128
INDUSTRIAL: Demand driven by engineering and vehicles and chemicals industries
“Electricity consumption increase driven by industry GDP contribution of 1.4% p.a. and increase in electricity share of total fuel usage by industry from 32% to …”
449
Impact of game-changing scenarios on U.K. electricity demand
7%
Adoption of heat pumps could lead to an increase of 7% in total electricity demand
“Adoption of heat pumps could lead to an increase of 7% in total electricity demand.”
84.5
The uncaptured potential lies within lighting controls, building efficient improvements and pump efficiency measures
1,298
81%
“Circularity promotes greater sustainability by reducing material use and the emissions associated with the production of materials that traditionally go to wast…”
1,354
491,200
“Cognizant has committed to achieving 100% renewable electricity sourcing for its operations by 2026.”
702,847
“By the end of 2024, 53% of suppliers representing the 150 highest emission-generating areas of procurement set these targets.”
80.8%
“Highlighted in green are the industries where their hot spot beyond Tier 1 emissions is different from the Tier 1 emissions hot spot.”
1,266
1,383
682
“70 percent of all hydrogen is expected to come from renewable sources by 2050”
97%
90%
“Significant growth seen in: +39% Iceland, +22% UAE, +22% South Korea. Significant decline seen in: -16% Mexico, -16% Argentina, -12% Turkey.”
1,497,445
“To help organizations understand the challenges we face in the transition to net zero at a global level, KPMG IMPACT published the Net Zero Readiness Index, whi…”
39,981 MWh
“While Scope 1 and 2 emissions represent a smaller fraction of our overall carbon footprint, we are working diligently to reduce these emissions.”