AIM Hackathon 2024: Sustainability Meets LLMs

On October 19th, 2024, TIMETOACT GROUP Austria hosted the Hackathon “Sustainability meets LLMs”, organized by AIM – AI Impact Mission. This event brought together talented minds from JKU, TU, Universität Wien, WU, and industry, all focused on creating innovative Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions within one day to tackle real-world sustainability challenges using public ESG and sustainability reports. In his insightful keynote, Daniel Weller (Senior Software Developer & AI Expert at TIMETOACT) set the scene by highlighting key facts and embedding them within the broader context of ESG reporting, offering participants a compelling foundation for the day’s work. With a focus on impactful AI applications, participants addressed key issues like greenwashing detection, ESG report relevance mapping, and compliance with the European Green Deal.