Sustainable AI in Practice
Originally published on Boards Impact Forum Blog, October 9, 2025
The era of artificial intelligence is no longer just about smarter systems—it’s about designing intelligence that aligns with planetary limits and human values. In Sustainable AI in Practice: Innovating for a Responsible, Energy-Smart and Human Future, the article explores how boards and leaders can turn AI into a force for regeneration rather than depletion.
Key reflections from the full article include:
• Balancing energy and intelligence — AI’s rapid expansion demands energy-aware innovation. The article highlights how integrating renewable energy, efficient computing, and responsible design can reshape AI’s environmental footprint.
• Embedding sustainability into AI practice — True progress comes from measuring impact—energy, carbon, and water—while applying smarter optimization, governance, and procurement strategies.
• Putting humans at the centre of innovation — The piece stresses that AI transformation must empower creativity and collaboration rather than replace it—helping people and machines co-create meaningful progress.
• From efficiency to regeneration — When sustainability, governance, and purpose intersect, AI becomes a catalyst for resilience and renewal—serving both performance and the planet.
• A leadership call to action — Boards are urged to establish clear accountability: audit energy use, optimize models, adopt renewables, and embed responsible AI practices into corporate strategy.
The invitation is clear:
Lead with intelligence that sustains life—balancing technology, energy, and humanity in every innovation.
Read more at: Sustainable AI in Practice: Innovating for a Responsible, Energy-Smart and Human Future
About Liselotte Engstam, Digoshen & Novisali
Liselotte Engstam is an explorer of perspectives, an adventurer of ideas, a pathfinder of meaning, and a guide of timeless transitions. She bridges the worlds of board leadership and art, helping organizations and individuals navigate disruption while nurturing creativity and reflection.
As founder of Digoshen, she works with boards and leaders to expand future insights and reduce digital and sustainability blindspots. Through research, networks, and executive programs, Digoshen supports responsible value creation in the digital and sustainable age, contributing thought leadership via books, articles, events, Digoshen Exploring Leaders podcast, and blogs.
She also serves as Chair of the Boards Impact Forum in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance. The Forum convenes board members, thought leaders, and experts in dialogues, webinars, and collaborative events, accelerating action on climate, AI, and sustainability.
Through her artistic practice as Novisali, Liselotte explores creativity and meaning. Her watercolors, digitally reimagined, invite reflection and renewal, offering perspectives that connect head, heart, and hand, and complementing her work with leaders and boards.
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