AI is all good for Environmental Sustainability? Think again.

Though there are plenty of opportunities and evidences that AI adoption facilitate companies to improve its environmental sustainability, it is important for companies to be aware that AI has also the potential to produce significant carbon emissions, and also has the potential to offset or reduce those carbon emissions. Companies need to understand how this can affect the operations and financial performance. As companies are pressed to be more transparent in managing its sustainability issues, companies would also need to monitor and disclose on its strategy and performance related to AI and its impacts, thus questions on its effectiveness to mitigate carbon emissions as well as threats imposed on the environment, would also likely to be asked by the stakeholders.