o9 Recognized in Verdantix Buyer’s Guide for Supply Chain Sustainability

o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, has been recognized in the Verdantix Buyer’s Guide: Supply Chain Sustainability Solutions (2025) for its integrated approach to embedding sustainability into core business planning processes and enabling scalable, intelligent supplier collaboration. The guide highlights o9 for helping organizations operationalize sustainability by embedding it into enterprise-wide planning and supplier collaboration powered by AI.

According to the guide, “Buyers can efficiently manage follow-ups and tasks, leveraging AI to automate routine workflows and enhance visibility and coordination across the process. o9 Solutions further strengthens supply chain transparency by utilizing advanced risk management and multi-tier visibility tools, automating the collection, validation and organization of sustainability data in alignment with global standards.” (Verdantix, Buyer’s Guide: Supply Chain Sustainability Solutions (2025), June 2025)

The o9 Digital Brain platform enables integrated planning across supply chain, sustainability, commercial, and finance domains. By embedding firsthand gathered environmental and social impact data into daily decision-making, o9 enables companies to make informed planning choices that improve sustainability performance while also supporting service, cost and risk objectives. Its AI-powered architecture improves transparency by unifying supplier collaboration, automating manual tasks and supporting data collection aligned with global sustainability frameworks.

“Demand is on the rise for supply chain sustainability solutions that integrate advanced software and expert services to collect, assess and analyze social and environmental information,” said Elisa Molero, Industry Analyst, Verdantix. Verdantix research also found that o9 has strengths in “helping organizations break down information silos between operational, supply chain and sustainability teams by embedding sustainability considerations into integrated business planning”. Verdantix research also shows that by “combining software and services, o9 Solutions helps firms improve supplier data quality and reduce imposed burdens on suppliers, which strengthens collaboration in sustainability strategies”. 

Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-Founder and CEO, o9, said, “Sustainability performance requires more than measurement and reporting. It must be embedded into the operational and planning decisions that organizations make every day. We believe our inclusion in the Verdantix Buyer’s Guide reflects o9’s ability to empower organizations to make sustainability a core part of how they plan, operate and grow. This is essential for delivering meaningful impact both to the business and to the world around us.”