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
aiESG Visualizes Corporate Impacts at the Product and Service Level
aiESG’s analysis service incorporates the company’s own AI into a database co-developed by Kyushu University and Harvard to perform comprehensive ESG assessments of each individual product and service throughout a supply chain. ... View More
IBM, C40 Developing AI Solutions for Climate-Resilient Cities
IBM and C40 Cities will co-create a data-driven, AI-powered solution to help cities analyze potential risks that may arise due to extreme heat and the urban heat island effect — including stressed energy resources, increases in mortality rates and ... View More
New AI Energy Score Helps Users Rein in Its Negative Impacts
The new scoring system establishes a clear benchmark for the energy efficiency of AI models. The initiative rates 166 commonly used AI models to help developers and AI users identify those that use less energy and incentivize sustainable AI developme... View More
Generative AI Use for Sustainability: A Zero-Sum Game?
In a new study, almost half of execs admit their use of gen AI has fueled their GHG emissions and 42% have had to re-examine their climate goals — because too many still have a one-eyed view of ‘costs.’ ... View More
Could AI Revive the Plant-Based Foods Industry?
As AI becomes more sophisticated, plant-based food innovators are leveraging the technology to innovate and thrive in the ever-competitive alternative-protein market. ... View More
Pursuing AI Responsibly: A Business Technologist Perspective
SustainableIT.org has developed a framework and set of principles to guide responsible AI application deployment. While the guidance is uniquely informed by the business technologist perspective, it is pertinent to leadership from the boardroom to th... View More
AI: The Good, the Bad, the Sketchy and the Lifesaving
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have AI. The game-changing technology and its many applications and implications were examined throughout the week at SB’24 San Diego. ... View More
From Theory to Practice: Uncovering Synergies to Drive Tangible Impact
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. ... View More
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. ... View More
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. ... View More
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.’ ... View More
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. ... View More
Innovating for Impact: The Sustainable Tech Trends to Watch in 2024
Many companies have embarked on their sustainability journey. In 2024, the challenge will be to prioritize the innovations that add the most impact. ... View More
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. ... View More
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. ... View More
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. ... View More
A Sound Solution: How Palmear Is Revolutionizing Palm Tree Pest Control
Palmear’s acoustic-sensing, AI-powered app helps farmers monitor palm tree pest populations and deploy targeted interventions for effective control. ... View More
Japanese Dairy Farming Being Optimized by Digital Tech, Sustainable Practices
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. ... View More
How Circularity, AI Are Mending Cracks in Our Fractured Food System
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. ... View More
AI Is Helping Brands Address Forced Labor in Supply Chains
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... View More
