SustainableIT.org

Name

SustainableIT.org

Legal name

SustainableIT.org, Inc.

Website

https://sustainableit.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Sustainability Standards

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

Product Sustainability & LCA/EPD (Eco-design, PCF) (EUAHAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Certified Compliance & Reporting Services (R2/e-Stewards, Audit, ESG) (BPALAIAL), Environmental, Climate & Sustainability Standards & Reporting Cooperation (BPADANAI)

Keywords

• IT sustainability standards
• ESG frameworks
• Sustainable IT playbook
• IT sustainability benchmarking
• Responsible AI governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R\u0026D, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from corporate members including Fortune 500 companies, providing access to consultations, communities of practice, frameworks, and leadership programs.
2. Event Sponsorships: Revenue from sponsors of Impact Summits and Awards events, including platinum, gold, and bronze sponsorship tiers. Major sponsors include Delphix, Tanium, Randstad Digital, ServiceNow, and TBM Council.
3. Founding Sponsor Underwriting: Initial funding from Delphix as founder and technical advisor. Delphix support governed by a Business Management Agreement.
4. Book Sales: Sales of the Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders (Second Edition) published by Packt, available on Amazon and directly from publisher.
5. Event Registration Fees: Registration fees for Impact Awards events, such as the European Summit at €60-95 per guest.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SustainableIT.org is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit that develops and disseminates IT-specific sustainability standards, frameworks, playbooks, and maturity assessment tools for enterprise technology leaders. Its primary deliverables include the SustainableIT Standards (v1.0) covering 240 ESG topics, the Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders, the IT Toolkit for Responsible and Sustainable AI, and the IT Sustainability Maturity Benchmark Program, all offered to corporate members and the broader market.

Product overview

SustainableIT.org operates as a nonprofit trade association offering a portfolio of frameworks, standards, and tools for technology leaders to advance IT sustainability. The core offerings include the SustainableIT Standards v1.0 (240 ESG metrics for IT organizations), the Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders (a comprehensive guidebook with accompanying downloadable tools), and the IT Toolkit for Responsible and Sustainable AI. The Standards serve as the foundational taxonomy that underpins the Playbook tools and the Maturity Benchmark Program. The Playbook provides the strategic guidance and includes subordinate tools such as the Emissions Calculator, Business Case Template, Reference Model, and Maturity Model. The AI Toolkit extends this work specifically to address responsible AI governance, including runbooks, frameworks, and lifecycle models. The Maturity Benchmark Program enables organizations to assess and track their sustainability progress against the standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SustainableIT Standards v1.0 An IT-specific sustainability standards framework that defines and maps 240 ESG topics and metrics to existing disclosure regimes (e.g., SASB/GRI), used by enterprise technology teams to operationalize sustainability inside IT functions.
• Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders A practitioner-authored book (published with Packt/Amazon) that delivers step-by-step guidance, reference model, maturity model, and emissions calculator to help CIOs/CTOs operationalize IT sustainability.
• IT Toolkit for Responsible and Sustainable AI A standalone toolkit that provides a Responsible AI Governance Lifecycle model plus practical tools for evaluating and governing AI use cases inside enterprise IT environments.
• IT Sustainability Maturity Benchmark Program An assessment-based program that benchmarks an organization's IT sustainability maturity across people, process, and technology dimensions against the SustainableIT Reference Model.
• Corporate Membership Program Annual paid membership tier that grants enterprises access to standards, toolkits, benchmarking, working groups, summits, and peer community of Fortune 500 IT sustainability leaders.

Quantifiable outcome

• 240+ ESG topics and metrics available for IT sustainability measurement and reporting
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• SustainableArchitectures.orgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 March 2025Partnership to accelerate adoption of sustainable IT patterns and practices across the global architecture community. Collaboration aligns both organizations' missions to drive sustainability through technology leadership and digital transformation. Includes integration of sustainability principles into IASA's Business Technology Architecture Body of Knowledge (BTABoK).
• ServiceNowflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024Strategic partnership to implement SustainableIT.org standards in enterprise operations. ServiceNow became one of the first major technology companies to license the sustainability framework. The partnership provides customers with tools to manage accurate, consistent, and standards-aligned data for sustainability decisions. Standards are available in a ServiceNow app supporting ESG Management and Hardware Asset Management applications.
• TBM CouncilminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 26 October 2023SustainableIT.org joined the Technology Business Management Council partner program, expanding reach and impact of the global community.
• Green Software FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 April 2023Partnership to advance global sustainability through sustainable software development. Collaboration focused on promoting sustainable digital transformation programs and advances in sustainability within the IT industry.
• Randstad DigitalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRepresented on the European Advisory Board. Supports European SustainableIT Impact Awards. CTO Patrick Arnold serves on the European Advisory Board.
• CognizantminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate member with Global CIO Neal Ramasamy on Board of Directors.
• World Economic ForumcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerParticipation in World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos (2024, 2025). Hosted 'Advancing Global Sustainability Through Tech Leadership' roundtable. Collaboration with Google, Microsoft, SAP, ServiceNow, Deloitte on sustainability discussions.
• United Nations Global CompactcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommitment to align SustainableIT Standards Taxonomy with UN Global Compact and other relevant UN frameworks in 2024. Strategic Advisor Ann Rosenberg previously worked with UN Global Compact.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): Global nonprofit running the leading environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states, and regions. Peer in operating model (nonprofit, disclosure-focused), target audience (corporate sustainability and ESG functions), and influence on ESG reporting standards.
• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): Global nonprofit advisory organization that helps enterprises develop and implement sustainability strategies. Directly comparable to SustainableIT.org in mission (sustainability advancement), membership model (enterprise members), and focus on enterprise sustainability advisory and convening.
• Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi): Nonprofit partnership defining and promoting science-based climate targets for corporations. Comparable to SustainableIT.org as a nonprofit standards-setting body that drives corporate sustainability measurement, with influence over how enterprises set and report sustainability targets.
• Green Software Foundation: Nonprofit foundation developing open-source standards, tooling, and best practices for sustainable software and green computing. Direct peer to SustainableIT.org: both are practitioner-led, standards-focused organizations targeting IT and software sustainability, and the two have an existing mutual partnership.

Broad incumbents

• World Resources Institute (WRI): Established global research nonprofit working on environmental sustainability across climate, energy, forests, water, and cities. Broader incumbent to SustainableIT.org with overlapping sustainability-advancement mission and similar convening role, but operating at environmental scope far beyond IT.
• ServiceNow ESG Management: Enterprise software platform with an ESG Management application that integrates SustainableIT.org standards. Comparable as the channel through which SustainableIT standards reach enterprises at scale, and a broader sustainability software incumbent in the same problem space.
• Climate Action Tracker: Independent scientific body tracking government climate action against Paris Agreement targets. Thematic peer in sustainability measurement and accountability advocacy, though focused on policy rather than corporate IT practice.

Others

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD): Global CEO-led advocacy and business membership organization promoting sustainable business. Ecosystem peer in convening enterprise sustainability leaders and shaping sustainability standards, with a broader cross-industry mandate rather than IT-specific focus.

Emerging players

• Greenpixie: Climate tech startup providing environmental impact data for cloud and IT services. Adjacent peer because it operates at the intersection of IT and sustainability measurement, though as a commercial vendor rather than a nonprofit standards body.
• Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting and climate disclosure platform used by large companies to measure and report emissions. Emerging commercial player in the same sustainability-measurement-and-reporting space that SustainableIT.org's standards aim to define for IT.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sustainableit-org

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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