Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability

The continuing wave of development and innovation behind artificial intelligence that’s changing the game in many areas of sustainability, as well as the work being done to make AI itself sustainable

From Theory to Practice: Uncovering Synergies to Drive Tangible Impact

Cross-Posted from Organizational Governance. This week at SB Brand-Led Culture Change, layered discussions examined the complex potential of AI to optimize sustainability impact, as well as how to achieve internal alignment across departments with perceived different priorities.

Hellmann’s AI-Enabled Tool Reveals Your Fridge’s Meal Potential

Meal Reveal, developed in collaboration with Google Cloud, uses simple fridge scan to help consumers overcome ‘fridge blindness’ and reduce household food waste.

Report: AI Fueling Climate Change, Energy Usage and Disinformation

Coalition of over 50 tech accountability and environmental groups sound the alarm on the potential harms of AI to the planet, democracy and information ecosystems.

Relationality in AI: The Missing Link for Regenerative Sustainability

Regenerative sustainability provides a pragmatic foundation to demonstrate caregiving and relationality to people and planet. It shouldn’t be a ‘battle against climate change;’ it should be a ‘relationship we’re working to heal.’

KLM Has Wasted 60% Less Inflight Food, Thanks to AI

Not all flights booked result in a passenger on board said flight. By predicting the number of passengers based on historical data, AI is helping the airline waste significantly fewer inflight meals.

Innovating for Impact: The Sustainable Tech Trends to Watch in 2024

Cross-Posted from Innovation & Technology. Many companies have embarked on their sustainability journey. In 2024, the challenge will be to prioritize the innovations that add the most impact.

Could AI Hold the Key for Brands Struggling to Unlock the Ambition-Action Conundrum?

As Ubuntoo co-founder Peter Schelstraete explains, AI tools allow us to decrease ‘unknowns’ exponentially; but he makes it clear that his technology will not replace human expertise.

From Historic Foundations to Today’s Debates on Artificial Intelligence

Fears about the uncontrolled growth of artificial intelligence have exploded into public debate this year. Day 2 of the UN Business and Human Rights Forum examined the challenges through a human-rights lens.

Navigating the Holiday Waste Conundrum: The Pragmatic Role of AI in Retail Sustainability

The use of AI in retail planning is now a strategic imperative in the fight against waste of all kinds — including the rampant waste created during the holiday season.

A Sound Solution: How Palmear Is Revolutionizing Palm Tree Pest Control

Cross-Posted from Innovation & Technology. Palmear’s acoustic-sensing, AI-powered app helps farmers monitor palm tree pest populations and deploy targeted interventions for effective control.

Japanese Dairy Farming Being Optimized by Digital Tech, Sustainable Practices

Cross-Posted from Innovation & Technology. Farmnote’s system uses AI to learn and analyze individual cows’ health, allowing for remote cattle management — helping dairy farmers to enhance productivity and utilize their time more effectively.

How Circularity, AI Are Mending Cracks in Our Fractured Food System

Cross-Posted from Innovation & Technology. Naturally, food and its many issues has been a major topic this week at SB’23 San Diego. Here, two panels of innovators share their approaches to filling in systemic gaps in our food system.

AI Is Helping Brands Address Forced Labor in Supply Chains

Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. As companies have faced reputational risk due to the uncovering of labor abuses from suppliers that many did not even realize were supplying them, there’s been a push to better manage and ensure supply-chain transparency — with technology playing a key role.