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Marking two years since the amalgamation of True and dtac, True Corporation has released its latest sustainability achievements, underscoring how its expanded scale is accelerating progress in ethical AI,

"AI technology is one of the key points in the innovation chain for the future energy structure. It plays a crucial role in promoting green energy transition and achieving carbon neutrality," said Ding Chibiao, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, during the forum held in Beijing on Friday.

Mahesh is also the former president and CEO of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and played a significant role in promoting LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a green building certification,

Carbon offsets, often used by companies to compensate for their emissions, are another area facing limitations. As AI adoption grows, the scale of emissions is likely to outstrip the capacity of carbon offset initiatives. Companies cannot rely on these mechanisms alone to achieve their sustainability targets.

The growing gap in climate finance is deepening the climate crisis and burdening vulnerable nations. Wealthy nations must lead by scaling AI-driven solutions, reforming carbon credit systems, and strengthening climate finance.

InterContinental Beverage Capital held its Annual Partners Meeting reflecting on 2024's industry trends and outlining its 2025 strategy. Key insights included the rise of functional beverages, AI's impact,

We are also seeing a growing intersection of AI and blockchain in sustainability. By integrating AI-powered measurement and monitoring with immutable records on blockchain, businesses can create auditable, tamper-proof sustainability claims - critical for regulatory compliance and investor confidence.

So, while ChatGPT explains how training and running AI models, along with maintaining data centres, require large amounts of energy, and that training models is a huge contributor to carbon emissions, it remains vague about the actual energy consumption and doesn't not provide granular data or dive into specifics.