ENVENV-003 — Resource Allocation Imbalances
AI and Automation Systems Causing Direct and Indirect Environmental Damage
4/5Sector: TechnologyGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI and automation systems generate environmental harms through energy consumption, hardware waste, and operationally driven ecological damage. Boards face growing regulatory and reputational exposure as sustainability obligations tighten around technology procurement and deployment.
Domain
Environmental Factors
Blindspots in organisational culture, stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, market pressure, regulatory environment, and external partnerships.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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