Siemens and Reuters Events' report reveals how AI is delivering energy savings and carbon reductions as organisations aim for net zero targets
Nov. 25, 2025 –
Industrial AI is rapidly becoming a core enabler of measurable sustainability outcomes, from energy savings to carbon reductions, across sectors aiming for net zero.
As organisations scale from pilots to full deployment, the technology is shifting from experimentation to a critical part of infrastructure for decarbonisation and resource efficiency.
AI and sustainability now sit among the leading strategic priorities and pressures for businesses worldwide, and the two are increasingly reinforcing each other as expectations rise.
With the majority of organisations targeting net zero around the 2040 horizon, industrial AI is emerging as essential to tackle decarbonisation at the necessary pace and scale.â
Reflecting this, Siemens has worked with Reuters Events on a report, From Pilots to Performance: How Industrial AI is Helping to Scale Sustainability Impact, based on insights from more than 260 senior sustainability leaders.
The research underpins AI Magazine’s exploration of how industrial AI is progressing from exploratory projects to proven impact.
The report indicates that almost two-thirds of organisations have moved beyond proof-of-concept into targeted use, moderate adoption or broad rollout of industrial AI focused on sustainability outcomes.
These deployments span both operations and product development, signalling that AI is being embedded across value chains rather than in isolated initiatives.â
This scaling is translating into tangible environmental benefits, with many organisations reporting significant energy savings and reductions in carbon emissions from AI-enabled optimisation.
Year-on-year improvements since 2024 suggest that as implementations mature, the sustainability return from industrial AI is strengthening.â
Eva Riesenhuber, Global Head of Sustainability at Siemens, says: “Climate change, biodiversity loss, population growth require customers to embrace energy transition, circularity transition and societal changes at the same time.