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How to Create Durable Value: Bringing Together AI, Sustainability and Profitable Growth
Companies are investing heavily in AI and sustainability, but the two agendas are still too often disconnected. AI is pursued for productivity; sustainability is managed through targets, reporting and compliance. Yet some of the biggest opportunities for durable business value sit at their intersection: energy and materials, supply-chain resilience, product design, resource productivity, risk and new sources of growth.
The practical question this masterclass answers: how can leaders bring AI and sustainability together to make better business decisions and create profitable, resilient growth?
Recorded live on 3 September 2026. Registrants receive the recording by email.
In this session you will
- Find where durable value actually sits — beyond short-term AI productivity: energy, resources, resilience, risk, innovation and growth.
- Discover the second return on sustainability data — how information already collected for reporting becomes useful input for business decisions.
- See where AI changes the equation — examples across energy, materials, supply chains and operations.
- Learn to identify better AI use cases — starting with a valuable business decision, not with an AI tool.
- Understand where human judgement remains essential — AI surfaces patterns and options; leaders still determine objectives, trade-offs and accountability.
For leaders across finance, operations, strategy, sustainability, innovation and general management.
You will leave with a clearer understanding of:
- How AI and sustainability can reinforce each other as drivers of value creation
- Where to look for financially meaningful opportunities inside your organisation
- How to move sustainability information from reporting data to decision intelligence
- How to distinguish interesting AI experiments from use cases capable of creating real business value
Arnaud Blandin
Founder, IRIS · Adjunct Professor, SMU. Sustainability strategist and educator at the intersection of environmental performance, business value and AI-enabled decision-making.
Justin Tan
Founder, Evolutio Consulting · Adjunct Associate Professor, UCL. AI strategist and educator helping organisations translate emerging AI capabilities into practical business transformation.
Sorouch Kheradmand
Global Head / Partner Sustainability, Schneider Electric. Sustainability and AI strategist helping organisations turn sustainability into competitive advantage.
The masterclass previews the AI × Sustainability Decision Lab.
The two-day executive decision lab at Singapore Management University on 29–30 October 2026 goes further: bring a real challenge from your organisation, identify AI × sustainability opportunities, build and test a working AI prototype, and translate your ideas into a practical 90-day execution plan.