AI Applied Radar: AI Applied To Sustainability Management

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Corporate Sustainability Leaders
Digital Transformation Leaders
Jessica Pransky
Jessica Pransky
Kim Knickle
Kim Knickle
18 Jul, 2025

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Executive Summary

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of AI-augmented use cases for sustainability, enabling sustainability leaders to assess each use case’s trustworthiness, business value and operational viability. The Verdantix AI Applied Radar analysis evaluates a range of AI-driven solutions, considering information obtained from expert interviews, global surveys and technical review. Verdantix mapped each use case based on level of market adoption and tech availability – spanning mainstream use applications such as AI for sustainability data collection, to emerging areas such as AI-enabled social impact assessments. The Radar provides actionable insights for sustainability leaders and vendors seeking scalable, high-impact AI adoption. 

Introducing the AI Applied Radar analysis
Key questions answered by the AI Applied Radar analysis
AI Applied Radar analysis aligns with sustainability leaders’ need for AI solutions that are practical and scalable
AI Applied Radar for sustainability management
Defining the market for emerging, pilot-phase and mainstream AI technologies for sustainability
Methodology overview
Identifying the three critical pillars of compelling AI use cases
Assessing the market adoption phase of AI use cases
Determining the tech availability for AI use cases
AI Applied Radar: sustainability management

Figure 1. The AI Applied Radar for sustainability management
Figure 2. AI Applied Radar use case groupings
Figure 3. Description of mainstream AI-augmented use cases
Figure 4. Additional details on mainstream AI-augmented use cases
Figure 5. Description of AI-augmented use cases worthy of piloting
Figure 6. Additional details on AI-augmented use cases worthy of piloting
Figure 7. Description of AI-augmented use cases that are continuing to emerge
Figure 8. Additional details on AI-augmented use cases that are continuing to emerge
Figure 9. Use cases adjacent to the sustainability office


About the Authors

Jessica Pransky

Jessica Pransky

Principal Analyst

Jessica is a Principal Analyst at Verdantix, specializing in providing insights to sustainability leaders and analysing ESG and sustainability reporting software. She advises …

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Kim Knickle

Kim Knickle

Research Director

Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a…

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