The power of AI: Sustainability

As more businesses make sustainability a core part of their growth strategy, they are learning that timely and trusted data is the lifeblood of sustainability efforts. This information provides visibility into operations and indicates how well sustainability targets are being met.

AI accelerates the conversion of data into sustainability insights that help leaders make informed decisions in real-time. But for maximum benefit to be derived from AI automation, sustainability data and metrics need to be embedded in operations, processes, and workflows. Through these data-enabled actions, sustainability strategies are brought to life. In fact, 46% of executives view AI as important for advancing their organization’s reporting and performance efforts.

77% of CEOs pursuing transformational sustainability expect workflows throughout their organization to be digitized and to leverage AI automation by 2025.

By embracing sustainability as a business opportunity, organizations can use it as a catalyst for change. And when sustainability is integrated into operations across the enterprise, ecosystem partners and suppliers can be engaged to drive improvement throughout the value chain.

Companies with more mature sustainability data capabilities outperform their peers in many key areas. For example, these outperformers have a 5% better rate of return on shareholder investment, and a 10% higher annual rate of revenue growth. These leaders are also 43% more likely to outperform peers on profitability and are 52% more likely to attribute a very great impact of ESG efforts on profitability.

“Sustainability is not just a concept or a department in an organization anymore. It is integral to your culture and a way of life. When you want to be two steps ahead, you need the conviction of everyone in the organization.”

Suraj Bahirwani, President and Global Sales Head, Pulp and Fibre Division, Grasim Industries Limited

Sustainability data is voluminous and complex, which makes AI and automation invaluable tools to capture the inherent value of this information and put it to work for decision makers. These exponential technologies create opportunities for improvement across business operations and throughout value chains. AI automation translates opacity into actionable clarity to deliver transformational change at speed and scale.

Download the data story to learn how AI automation can help your organization meet its sustainability goals, use sustainability data to drive business value, and strengthen relationships across the enterprise and the ecosystems.