ISG Provider Lens® Focal Points - Digital Sustainability - From Compliance to Value - Global 2025

Research Highlights – From Compliance to Value: How are Businesses Accelerating Their Sustainability Goals?

Business Challenges

Enterprises face sustainability SME shortages, fragmented ESG data systems and dynamic reporting frameworks, making it complex and costly to achieve their sustainability goals. Executives now recognize the scale of transformation required but expect faster, measurable ROI. In an AI-accelerated world, leaders must balance operational resilience, credible reporting and innovation.

Provider Offerings

Service providers are building integrated sustainability platforms that unify ESG data across operations, suppliers and products. They are embedding AI-driven analytics for enterprise-wide scenario modeling and deploying digital twins for resource optimization and operational resilience. To address SME shortages, many are now offering managed services for regulatory compliance and sustainability assurance.

Outlook

Enterprises increasingly recognize the value of integrating sustainability and circular economy principles into their operations. Investments are rising in enterprise-grade ESG data infrastructure and in integrated OT/IT solutions that contextualize operational data to enable more sustainable decisions. Providers that offer secure, scalable and auditable data models while engaging credibly with CSOs, CFOs, COOs and CIOs will lead.