Strategic Focus: Implications Of AI For The CSO
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Executive Summary
Rapidly evolving advances in AI are impacting many aspects of how firms operate, particularly decisions made by the sustainability team. Because sustainability touches many departments within an organization, chief sustainability officers (CSOs) should understand how AI is used throughout their firm, and how the broader use of AI influences their overall mission and goals. CSOs should use this report to understand how AI directly and indirectly affects their vision and targets, and how they can prepare to manage the continued use of AI and its risks.CSOs need to understand the applications and ramifications of AI
Three pieces of advice for CSOs when (and before) using AI
Figure 1. CSOs must consider many facets of AI
Figure 2. AI use cases in ESG management
Figure 3. Key questions for the CSO
About the Authors
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
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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