Google has released an open-source AI playbook aimed at helping companies streamline and strengthen sustainability reporting, as growing disclosure requirements place pressure on already stretched reporting teams.
The AI Playbook for Sustainability Reporting is positioned as a practical guide for organisations seeking to move beyond experimentation and deploy artificial intelligence in real reporting workflows. It draws on two years of experience integrating AI into environmental reporting processes, with the aim of reducing the burden of fragmented data, manual verification and time-intensive drafting.
Luke Elder, Senior Lead, Sustainability Reporting at Google says, while corporate transparency is increasingly expected by regulators, investors and stakeholders, the complexity of sustainability reporting often limits organisations’ ability to focus on strategic decision-making. The playbook seeks to address these challenges by offering a structured framework to audit existing reporting processes and identify where AI can add measurable value.
The toolkit includes ready-to-use prompt templates for common reporting tasks, as well as practical examples showing how tools such as Gemini and NotebookLM can be applied to validate claims, respond to stakeholder enquiries and improve the consistency of disclosures.
By making the playbook publicly available, the initiative aims to support wider adoption of responsible and effective AI use in sustainability reporting, helping organisations shift from compliance-driven reporting towards more strategic sustainability management.
