
Michael Beutler
Sustainability strategy, impact accounting & applied AI
Michael has spent more than twenty-five years using data and technology to give executives a better basis for decisions: measuring, reporting and reducing climate impact, and understanding what climate change does to the business in return.
As Chief Sustainability Officer of Moncler Group he led the Group's climate strategy: SBTi-validated emissions targets (70% absolute Scope 1 and 2 cut by 2030, 30% Scope 3 by 2032, net zero by 2050), the transition plan underneath them, decarbonisation across a supply-chain-dominated footprint, and the reporting architecture that has to withstand assurance and regulatory scrutiny. Moncler led its sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices three times during his tenure.
Before that, as Director of Sustainability Operations at Kering, he led the first Group-wide Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) account at a global luxury group, implemented brand by brand and consolidated at Group level, tracing supply chains tier by tier back to raw material production. He drove the open-sourcing of the methodology in 2015; it became an international reference well beyond fashion and revealed that more than 66% of impact sat in raw materials. Kering led its sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices twice during his time there.
Earlier roles include six years at SAP (latterly Global Director of Sustainability and Strategy), where SAP led its sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices once during his tenure, plus finance and operations positions at DHL, PwC and Ford. He founded OurImpactAI to take frontier AI out of the black box and make it operable inside sustainability functions, and advises the EU Commission, the OECD and the AI 2030 Responsible AI Advisory Board.
Credentials
- Founder, OurImpactAI
- Advisor, European Commission and OECD
- Six DJSI sector-leading results: Moncler (3), Kering (2), SAP (1)
- Responsible AI Advisory Board, AI 2030
- ex-CSO, Moncler Group
- ex-Director of Sustainability Operations, Kering
- BA Finance (Michigan State), MBA Operations, JD Environmental Law (Colorado)



