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Step 1 · Diagnostic

Where does AI pay off in your sustainability function?

A research-based diagnostic of your AI potential: we take a workflow — the double materiality assessment, say — cut it into clean sub-tasks and assess each one. In the end you know which sub-tasks are worth it for AI, which aren't, and what it takes.

Recommendation per sub-task
Human
AI as
"Tool"
AI as
"Consultant"
AI as
"Collaborator"
AI as
"Expert"
more humanmore AI →

The question isn't whether AI helps in the sustainability function. It's: at which sub-task of a workflow — and how far.

Why blanket figures fail

A function-level percentage says nothing

"40% of sustainability work is automatable" sounds catchy and misleads. AI potential is decided at the sub-task level: a workflow contains sub-tasks a model handles reliably — and ones that stay with the human: judgement, stakeholders, accountability.

So we don't judge the workflow as a whole — we cut it into sub-tasks and assess each one.

The method

Assessed in five stages

We start with a workflow and break it into sub-tasks. Each sub-task passes through four checks — only when all four mark it suitable, and the operationalisation (Stage 0) is in place, is it genuinely AI-ready.

Stage 0Setup
Operationalisation. Setup workshop: break the workflow into clean sub-tasks — at a workable granularity.
Stage 1Task
Sub-task assessment (17 dimensions). Is the sub-task automatable by its very nature?
Stage 2Capab
Model capability (9 dimensions). Can current models do what's needed?
Stage 3Deploy
Organisational readiness (6 dimensions). Are the data, tools and skills in house?
Stage 4Gov
Governance (9 dimensions). Which controls are required?
Output
A recommendation per sub-task + a range in context + the list of required controls

The dimensions are synthesised from the literature — grounded in 41 institutions across six groups: academia, AI labs, standard-setters, consultancies, law, international bodies.

The outcome

A clear recommendation for every sub-task

Does a sub-task stay with the human — or does AI take it on, and how far? The more of the four checks a sub-task passes, the more independently AI can run it: from 0 of 4 (human) to 4 of 4 (AI as "Expert"). Plus the controls it takes.

A workflow, cut into sub-tasks and each one assessed:

Collect activity dataAI as "Tool" · 1/4
Pre-screen topicsAI as "Collaborator" · 3/4
Assess materialityAI as "Consultant" · 2/4
Weigh stakeholdersHuman · 0/4
Schematic · example workflow: double materiality assessment
Evidence

Run on real workflows

up to 70%time saved with clean operationalisation.
The offer

The diagnostic

A compact, fixed scope: in three weeks from three workflows of your choice to a clear AI roadmap. Fixed scope, fixed price — you know up front what you get.

What you get
Workshop: three workflows of your choice cut into clean sub-tasks Each sub-task assessed along the five-stage method A recommendation per sub-task on the autonomy scale A roadmap across the three workflows: effort, impact, prerequisites

Quick to start, fixed price:

€1,500 €3,000 · plus VAT
Introductory pilot price · 3 workflows of your choice · 3 weeks
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Step 1 of three

The diagnostic stands on its own. If you want to go further, on request come build-out and ongoing operation — you decide after each step.

Step 1 · now

Diagnostic

Cut workflows into sub-tasks, assess AI potential, build the roadmap.

You start here
Step 2 · on request

Build-out

Implement the prioritised workflows in your systems — through to handover.

Step 3 · on request

Ongoing operation

Sparring after handover: model and regulatory updates, new use cases.

Where does AI pay off in your team?

In a no-obligation intro call we talk through where you stand and where your biggest AI potential might sit. If it fits, I'll sketch a possible approach.

Who's behind this

Dominik Kaufmann. Over 10 years in sustainability consulting. Master's from Zeppelin University. Four years at Deloitte in audit and sustainability consulting — auditing and preparing sustainability reports for DAX and MDAX clients across ten industries. Since going independent, group interim roles: first-time CSRD audit coordination at Uniper, first CSRD report preparation at Kion. Certified energy manager ISO 50001.