Rockwell Automation uses AI to drive sustainability across global manufacturing, achieving reduced emissions and waste, and optimising resource use
ANDREA RUOTOLO
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
Rockwell Automation uses AI to drive sustainability across global manufacturing, achieving reduced emissions and waste, and optimising resource use
Sustainability, a rarely discussed concept just a few decades ago, has become one of the most urgent challenges facing the world today.
As global demand for sustainable solutions rises in every sector, businesses are increasingly turning to AI to unlock new ways to address these challenges. From saving thousands of tons of CO₂ every year, to detecting diseases in agriculture, AI is now accelerating sustainability goals big and small.
Each sector faces different sustainability challenges, but manufacturing is one of the most challenging industries to make sustainable – and this is where Andrea Ruotolo comes in.
As the Global Head of Customer Sustainability at Rockwell Automation, the industrial automation and digital transformation company, she leads initiatives that embed sustainability into manufacturing operations.
Focused on bridging advanced technology with environmental impact, she helps companies reduce their environmental footprint by using industrial automation, AI and data analytics – improving enterprises’ operational performance and profitability.
ANDREA RUOTOLO
TITLE: GLOBAL HEAD OF CUSTOMER SUSTAINABILITY
Andrea Ruotolo is a globally recognised leader in digital transformation, responsible AI and industrial sustainability, serving as the President for the Global Council for Responsible AI.
As the Global Head of Customer Sustainability at Rockwell Automation, she drives innovation for Fortune 100 companies across energy and manufacturing, impacting millions of employees and hundreds of billions in revenue.
With two decades of executive leadership across the Americas, Europe and Asia, Andrea blends entrepreneurial vision with intrapreneurial execution to scale cutting-edge technologies and uncover high-value strategic opportunities.
She holds a Fulbright Doctorate in sustainability, two master’ s degrees and advanced credentials in AI Organisational Strategy from MIT and Harvard Business School.
100 July 2025