to midstream to downstream. This cross-functionality accelerates innovation cycles and fosters systemic trust across industrial ecosystems (Oliver Wyman, 2025).


Challenges on the road Ahead AI’s impact is clear, but execution is uneven. Around 70% of executives identify data integration and trust as the top barriers to adoption (Deloitte, 2025). The chemical sector still ranks among the least digitally mature industries worldwide, leaving potential unexploited in both AI and process automation (Roland Berger, 2025). Bridging these gaps requires more than algorithms: It demands cross-disciplinary expertise combining data science, regulatory knowledge, and chemical engineering.


The opportunity: Compliance as a catalyst for innovation Forward-looking leaders now view compliance as a catalyst for strategic innovation. Over half of European chemical CEOs identify AI-driven transparency as their top growth enabler for 2025 (McKinsey, 2025). When compliance, sustainability, and performance data converge, they form the basis for faster innovation cycles, greener formulations, stronger market trust, and higher growth rates. It is a fundamental redefinition of regulatory value.


Conclusion: Intelligent transparency for a sustainable industry


The global chemical AI market is projected to grow at nearly 19% CAGR through 2030 as companies converge on digital, sustainable transformation strategies (McKinsey, 2025). Organisations adopting responsible AI, anchored in explainability and governed data, will not only ensure compliance but define industrial leadership for the next decade. Intelligent transparency is the bridge: linking safety, sustainability, and profitability in one connected, adaptive future (Oliver Wyman, 2025). Software tools, like the ones from coac GmbH, offer the industry the tools they need to transform and build a better future for their organisation, our environment and our societies.


Final note: This article integrates verified 2025 industry insights from BCG, Business Insider, Deloitte, FMI, Intereconomics, KPMG, McKinsey, Oliver Wyman, PwC, and Roland Berger.


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