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The AI Shift: What It Means for Sustainability and Governance

About this course

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than most corporate governance frameworks are designed to adapt. As companies race to adopt AI for everything from operational efficiency to sustainability reporting, boards are being pulled into unfamiliar territory. From AI’s environmental footprint and its potential to streamline regulatory disclosures to ethical concerns like algorithmic bias, workforce disruption, and explainability, directors must navigate a new and rapidly evolving landscape. This 3-hour course is designed for those looking to understand how AI is intersecting with sustainability issues in ways that are reshaping risk profiles, regulatory expectations, and board oversight responsibilities. Through this course, you will develop a pragmatic foundation for understanding how AI is reshaping the sustainability agenda and what directors should be doing now to keep up.

What you'll learn

  • Why AI is different and why it now matters for board-level sustainability and governance.
  • How AI both enables ESG and sustainability progress and creates new risks.
  • Where AI is already shaping disclosures, workforce practices, and stakeholder trust.
  • Whether AI use is aligned with the company’s sustainability strategy and risk appetite.
  • How to oversee AI through existing board structures using scenario planning, disclosure, and accountability.

Course credit

Earn 3 credit hours and a certificate of completion after you successfully complete this course.

Course curriculum

Course Curriculum

AI 101 for the Boardroom

  • Introduction and Learning Objectives
  • What Is AI and What Makes It So Different?
    03:45
  • Is AI a Fad?
  • Why Is AI Now a Board-level Issue?
    03:53
  • Case Study: Amazon’s AI Hiring Tool Creates a Governance Blindspot
    00:00
  • Key Takeaways from this Lesson
  • Lesson 1 Quiz

The Intersection Between AI & Sustainability

How Boards Can Stay on Top of AI

Bringing It All Together and Staying Current

Your Instructors

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Sarah McHugh
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Featured guests

Ethelbert Williams

  • Board member; NSF International
  • Head of Marketing, Retail Media Search, and DTC Performance; PepsiCo

Marva Bailer

  • Board member; Women in Technology (WIT), CI&T
  • CEO & Founder; Qualix

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