On-demand

AI & Human Rights: Powering the Future Through a Just Energy Transition

Explore how businesses can develop and deploy AI infrastructure responsibly while addressing human rights risks linked to data centres, energy use and the transition to a more equitable energy system.
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Course

As businesses scale artificial intelligence (AI), growing demand for data centres and energy infrastructure is increasing pressure on electricity, land and water resources, with significant implications for local communities, workers and energy affordability. Understanding these impacts is essential to ensuring that AI investments support responsible business practices and a just energy transition. In this on-demand session, you will explore how businesses and investors can develop, finance and deploy AI infrastructure in alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). Through expert insights and a panel discussion, the session examines the potential human rights impacts of AI infrastructure and highlights practical approaches to meaningful stakeholder engagement, human rights due diligence and proactive risk management

What you will learn

  • Understand the human rights implications of AI infrastructure and the growing demand for data centres and energy.
  • Explore how AI infrastructure can affect local communities, workers, land and water resources, and electricity affordability.
  • Learn how businesses and investors can align AI infrastructure development with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
  • Discover practical approaches to meaningful stakeholder engagement and human rights due diligence.
  • Identify strategies to proactively manage risks and support a just and equitable energy transition.
     

Who should take this course

This course is ideal for professionals responsible for advancing sustainability, managing human rights risks and overseeing the responsible development and deployment of AI infrastructure, including:

  • Sustainability Professionals

  • Climate & Environmental Professionals

  • Supply Chain & Procurement Professionals

  • Ethics & Compliance Professionals

  • Finance Professionals

  • Strategic Planning & Business Development Professionals

  • Legal Professionals

  • Technology & Digital Professionals

  • Governance Professionals

  • Small & Medium Sized Companies