Applied AI in Sustainability
Innovation, Business Impact, and Professional Growth
AI is quickly reshaping the business world, the sustainability landscape and the professionals leading it. Our learning program equips forward-looking business leaders, product owners, and current & aspiring sustainability professionals with the applied knowledge and capabilities to harness AI for strategic value and sustainable innovation.
Built from curriculums delivered at leading graduate business programs at Bard College, New York University and University of Vermont, it blends technical accessibility with business relevance to accelerate sustainable impact.
Workshop & Keynote Tracks
Our Applied AI engagements are designed as modular or stand-alone experiences that meet organizations where they are. Each track focuses on a distinct moment in AI adoption, from early exposure and discovery to responsible deployment and cross-organizational strategy. Sessions can be delivered as keynotes, executive briefings, or interactive workshops, depending on audience and ambition.
AI Essentials for Business
A practical introduction to AI and generative systems: what they are, why they matter now, prompting techniques, and overview of key AI platforms and tools.
For leadership teams and sustainability practitioners new to AI
Sustainable AI Use Cases
A structured approach to identifying and prioritizing AI opportunities that align with today’s business and sustainability needs using established case studies and real world examples.
For sustainability, innovation and business transformation teams
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A practical introduction to AI and generative systems: what they are, why they matter now, prompting techniques, and overview of key AI platforms and tools.
For teams and sustainability practitioners new to AI
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A structured approach to accelerating sustainability work streams by identifying AI opportunities and defining prompt-ready requirements that align with today’s sustainable business needs.
For sustainability, innovation and data/analytics teams
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A hands-on, working-level session where participants develop impactful ideas and turn them into credible prototypes, learning the fundamentals of design thinking, digital product development, and web app creation using no- and low-code tools.
Teams working hands-on with data, analysis or sustainable products
Building AI Fluency
A working-level session focused on how contemporary AI systems behave, how to interact with them effectively, and how to develop early ideas and move them toward credible prototypes.
Teams working hands-on with data, analysis or strategy
Responsible AI in Practice
An applied look at ethical risk, environmental footprint, and emerging regulation by translating responsible AI principles into everyday organizational decisions.
For sustainability, risk, legal and executive stakeholders
AI in Sustainability Workflows
A hands-on exploration to develop AI integrations that work in real world workflows, systems, and processes, with focuses on data readiness to automation and decision support.
For product, operational and data & reporting teams
AI Strategy & Maturity
A strategic lens on AI adoption, maturity models, and sequencing built to help organizations align AI investments with long-term business objectives and sustainability outcomes.
For executive & senior leadership, product and strategy teams
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An overview of today’s AI-related environmental and ethical risks and regulatory shifts, equipping participants to apply responsible AI principles in daily organizational decision-making.
For sustainability, risk, and legal stakeholders
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Working session or series to develop AI integrations that work in business workflows, systems, and processes, with focus on data readiness for agentic workflows and automation.
For product, operational and data & reporting teams
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A practical, strategic lens on AI adoption that equips organizations with maturity frameworks, decision models and familiarity with best practices to guide AI investments toward long-term, sustainable business outcomes.
For leadership, product and strategy teams
Built for Business & Creating Impact at the Nation’s Top Programs
AI x SUSTAINABILITY
Bridging AI and sustainability in graduate business education
Connecting sustainability and business outcomes is essential for shaping future-ready leaders.
MBA COURSE
AI Applications for Sustainable Business to launch this fall
Learn how the University of Vermont is leading the way with a pioneering new course at the Grossman School of Business.
CORPORATE WORKSHOP
Readying Nuveen’s Responsible Investing team for future impact
A tailored PPWA workshop helps one of the world’s largest asset managers accelerate innovation in responsible investing.
Sustainable Intelligence Podcast
On Novata’s Sustainable Intelligence podcast, PPWA Founder Rochelle March shares how AI is reshaping sustainability. She introduces our three step framework for organizational AI adoption—support, augment, and discover—to explain how an AI-driven sustainable innovation approach can boost productivity, expand & advance capabilities, and unlock breakthrough approaches that touch the crossroads of sustainability and business. Rochelle emphasizes both the opportunity and responsibility in adopting AI, highlighting how human insight must guide technology to drive meaningful sustainability impact.
▶︎ Novata’s Sustainable Intelligence website
▶︎ Spotify
▶︎ Apple