About
The legal sector is at a strategic crossroads. While major law firms are embedding generative AI into their workflows, from contract review to research synthesis, the carbon consequences of these decisions remain largely unaddressed.
As law firms accelerate AI adoption to maintain a competitive edge, they are inheriting the escalating emissions of cloud providers like Microsoft and Google, whose own carbon footprints have risen 13–50% above baselines due to data center energy demands.
This session is a facilitated peer exchange designed to help firms diagnose the risk to their SBTi-aligned targets and develop a responsible path forward.
Hosted in The Boardroom at Sustainable Ventures, this is a closed-door, chatham house discussion limited to ten senior peers at professional services firms. Our objective is to unpack how firms can navigate and communicate the intersection of AI adoption and 2030 SBTi commitments.
Together we will discuss:
- The Problem: Why current SBTi targets are at risk with AI adoption
- The Response: Practical mitigation and carbon-aware IT procurement
- The Narrative: How to communicate these changes to stakeholders
Meet the speakers
Will Jenkins
Managing Director
Susie Chalk
Principal Consultant
