Applicability of industry 4.0 technologies in the adoption of global reporting initiative standards for achieving sustainability

Global reporting initiative (GRI) is the global standard of sustainability. It epitomizes best practice triple bottom line, i.e., economic, environmental, and social impacts. This research an expert-based analysis 132 industry leaders policymakers from 36 industries to evaluate significance Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies on GRI adoption. In first phase, influence I4.0 standards analyzed using basic descriptive statistics variance. second in context evaluated Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The findings indicate that 85% 65% 50% societal are influenced by I4.0. also found economic performance, indirect impacts, energy, emissions significantly high. Findings ratify aspect, which often overlooked, needs more focus manufacturing. Most contemporary evaluating impact sustainability conceptual, lacks comprehensiveness, rigor thorough testing validation. study one pioneering works offering a conceptual framework aids integrating with GRI.