650 global entities have been analysed on climate terms, and there’s a clear differentiator.
According to the Project Management Institute’s think tank, Brightline Initiative, there are two types of organisations when it comes to the adoption of artificial intelligence and sustainability initiatives.
On one side, the ‘leaders’ are those who aligned their AI investments with programmes relating to climate and impact mitigation or reduction. In this camp, the average drop in emissions produced is 26%. By comparison, the so-called ‘laggards’ — those that have continued to treat these two areas as separate issues — trail far behind, with a mere 3% fall in carbon output.
The research forms a basis for Sustainability In The Age of AI: The Integration Imperative, a new paper which can be downloaded for free. Clearly advocating for greater use of automation within organisations including both public and private sector, the work comes at a time when the UK Government is pressing on at speed to introduce more machine learning at all levels of administration.
Last month, we reported on a major new evaluation looking at strengths, weaknesses and comparative differentiating factors between different IT, consulting and management available to the UK public sector. The project will also look at options for Australian councils and local authorities. 140 companies are engaging in the process, and current customers within the public sector are being asked to offer their real world experience of services.
In other news, digital companies have issued an urgent appeal for Downing Street to rethink opening its Gov.uk wallet to functions outside the public sector, claiming the platform threatens to monopolise identification and age verification. You can read more on this here.
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