As artificial intelligence rapidly scales, the world faces a defining transition period. The infrastructure fueling AI — particularly data centers — is driving surging energy demand and environmental pressures, testing our capacity to align digital progress with planetary boundaries. Yet this challenge also offers an unprecedented opportunity to rethink sustainability itself.
This webinar, hosted by the Cornell Johnson Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, brings together a panel of forward-thinking investors and innovators to explore how AI can redefine how businesses approach sustainability — not as a compliance exercise but as a driver of long-term value creation, risk management, and opportunity generation.
The discussion will examine how AI tools can help companies and investors anticipate environmental and social risks, optimize resource efficiency, and accelerate the integration of renewable energy, nature conservation, and community engagement into digital infrastructure development. It will also confront the dual challenge: AI’s potential to advance sustainability outcomes and its own energy, equity, and governance risks that demand responsible innovation.
Ultimately, this session aims to bridge capital, technology, and sustainability, highlighting how intelligent, ethically grounded AI can help businesses transition from reactive reporting to proactive transformation.
