US firms adopt digital sustainability tools to cut energy costs, ISG says
III•US enterprises are prioritizing digital sustainability investments to cut energy costs or protect market access, while state and international rules, rising AI energy demand and grid constraints shape their strategies.
1. Shifting priorities
ISG’s 2026 Digital Sustainability report finds that US enterprises increasingly prioritize digital sustainability investments that cut energy costs or protect market access. The 2025 federal retreat from climate disclosure reduced national regulatory momentum, while state and international rules continue to shape corporate compliance strategies. Multistate and multinational businesses are consolidating obligations into common control models, and rising AI energy demand and grid constraints are driving efficiency investments and efforts to improve the use of existing computing capacity.
