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2025 Global Sustainability Barometer Study

Reveals how to turn sustainability commitments into measurable impact by leveraging AI and advanced technologies.

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The Global Sustainability Barometer study is based on the perspectives of 1,286 enterprise leaders across 20 countries and nine industries.

It shows how organizations are striving to turn their environmental objectives into measurable outcomes, amidst rapidly changing policy frameworks, technology disruptions, and evolving stakeholder expectations. AI is playing a pivotal role in this shift, both as predictive and agentic AI applications, and has emerged as a transformative force in advancing sustainability agendas across industries.

85% organizations surveyed rate sustainability as a top strategic priority.
59% of organizations report financial benefits from sustainability investments.
78% put IT at the center of sustainability goals, using data, automation, and AI.
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Connecting policy, people and purpose

Enterprises can leverage the following strategies to support effective sustainability:

  • Tangible value creation: Sustainability initiatives must deliver measurable business value and move from compliance-driven efforts to ROI-focused strategies.
  • Alignment of people and objectives: Integration-focused organizations that align sustainability with business strategy are driving more measurable business value.
  • Ecosystem integration: Sustainability requires an ecosystem of stakeholders working together to create meaningful progress and quantifiable impact.

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Connecting data, AI and action

The Global Sustainability Barometer Study shows that only 35% of global organizations use AI centrally to drive sustainability goals. Agentic AI's advances support organizations to continuously identify and act on sustainability inefficiencies in their operating models and respond to risks and priorities in real-time.

Organizations that integrate data, insights, and AI into their sustainability strategies, risk identification, and goal tracking are positioned to achieve long-term business value through measurable progress and lasting impact.

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How Kyndryl can help

Kyndryl and our partner-enabled sustainability solutions leverage the following tools for supporting your enterprise's sustainability:

  • Strategy: Align sustainability with your business strategy and achieve goals aligned to your business context.
  • Data and insights: Build a strong sustainability data foundation across the organization and value chain to address business challenges.
  • Transformation: Modernize your enterprise and leverage AI's predictive capabilities to future-proof your enterprise.

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