The CEO’s guide to Generative AI: Sustainability

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An updated version of this chapter with 2024 data is now available in the latest edition of the IBM Institute for Business Value's book, The CEO's Guide to Generative AI.

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Summary:

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Meet the authors

Anthony Marshall, Global Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value

Christian Bieck, Global Research Leader, Insurance, IBM Institute for Business Value

Cindy Anderson, Global Executive for Engagement and Eminence, IBM Institute for Business Value

Karl Jacob Dencik, Chief Economist and Global Sustainability Research Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value

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Originally published 28 November 2023

1. Strategy

+ Generative AI

2. Ecosystem

+ Generative AI

3. Environment

+ Generative AI

How can IBM help you?

Sustainability solutions from IBM (will open in a new window)

Sustainability solutions from IBM

What if data could save the planet?

IBM Sustainability Accelerator (will open in a new window)

IBM Sustainability Accelerator

Supporting environmentally at-risk communities across the world

Sustainable IT with IBM Turbonomic (will open in a new window)

Sustainable IT with IBM Turbonomic

Operationalize sustainability in the data center with automation you can trust

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