WATERSHED
Q. HOW AND WHY HAS WATERSHED INCORPORATED AI INTO ITS SUSTAINABILITY PLATFORM?
» We incorporated AI because the bottleneck in corporate sustainability is capacity, not ambition. The work is complex, the datasets are large and requirements keep changing. AI allows us to compress timelines dramatically, but only when paired with the right data, guardrails and human review. The goal is not“ AI for AI’ s sake”. The goal is to give sustainability teams more time and leverage to drive real-world outcomes.
Q. WHAT AREAS OF YOUR PRODUCT CURRENTLY LEVERAGE AI, AND HOW DO THEY IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CUSTOMERS?
» Today, AI shows up in a few core workflows:
• Data ingestion and cleaning agents that can cut time spent by up to
80 % and automated utility bill ingestion where customers can process thousands of bills in hours versus weeks.
• Agents for data analysis and insights that reduce work and surface strategic insights to guide decarbonization decisions.
• Reporting workflows that reduce work that used to take months down to days or weeks.
• Emissions factor and mapping workflows that help map messy operational, spend, and supplier data into the right categories consistently, at scale.
• AI-accelerated Product Footprints, where we automate large parts of the lifecycle assessment( LCA) process so teams can get to product-level insights much faster, which helps them identify hotspots and work with suppliers on targeted emissions reduction initiatives.
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