Making Sense of AI in 2026

BSR Members Only

Date and Time
January 29-February 25, 2026
-11:59 pm

Location
Webinars

AI is advancing rapidly, with new models, tools, and applications reshaping how companies operate and compete. What began as an emerging technology is now being embedded across core business functions, from product design and supply chain management to decision-making and customer engagement. As AI becomes more deeply integrated into business systems, its sustainability-related impacts are growing in both scale and significance.

Alongside the many benefits of AI, there are also a range of environmental and social impacts including energy and resource use, implications for workers and working conditions, challenges related to data governance and transparency, and questions of accountability. For sustainability leaders, the focus is no longer on whether AI will have sustainability implications, but whether existing governance, risk management, and oversight frameworks are adequate for a business environment increasingly shaped by AI.

This three-part webinar series will help you navigate this rapidly evolving landscape. The first webinar will examine emerging forms of AI, business use cases, and the evolving policy and regulatory context, alongside the growing expectations for responsible deployment. The second and third webinars will explore the environmental and social dimensions of AI in greater depth, highlighting practical steps companies can take to anticipate risks, strengthen governance, and align development and use of AI with long-term sustainability goals.

Join this series to emerge with a clearer, more strategic understanding of how AI is reshaping sustainability, and what companies need to do now to lead responsibly as we move into 2026.

Scheduled Speakers

Ameer Azim, Director, Climate and Nature, BSR

Director, Climate and Nature, BSR

Washington, D.C.

Ameer leads BSR’s climate work in the US and works closely with BSR’s Technology sector companies.

Ameer helps BSR members develop strategies to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and enhance business resilience through climate risk assessment using climate scenario analysis and planning. He also works with BSR member companies on developing resilient and sustainable value chains.

Ameer was previously working with BSR’s Financial Services sector companies and led the Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions, a BSR carbon markets collaborative initiative now known as the Beyond Alliance.

Prior to joining BSR, Ameer was the chief financial economist at Climate Advisers Trust and Orbitas, where he conducted research on climate scenario analysis and financial research for the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector and engaged institutional investors on deforestation risks in investment portfolios. Ameer also brings over a decade of capital markets experience at financial institutions like ABN Amro, Citi, and Barclays Bank.

Ameer holds a MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a BA in Economics and Government from College of William and Mary

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Hannah Darnton, Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

San Francisco

Hannah works with companies that develop and deploy technology to integrate human rights-based approaches into their policies, products, and strategies. She specializes in conducting human rights due diligence on emerging technologies, such as generative AI, affective tech, facial recognition, and surveillance, and in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to children in digital environments.

She has worked extensively with companies to prepare for and comply with human rights-related regulatory requirements in alignment with the OECD Guidelines and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This includes conducting and reviewing risk assessments under the EU Digital Services Act and the UK's Online Safety Act, as well as preparing for forthcoming obligations under the EU AI Act, CSDDD, and CSRD.

Prior to joining BSR, Hannah worked at the Skoll Foundation and spent several years working in anti-human trafficking.

Hannah holds a Master’s in NGOs and Development with a specialization in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of Michigan.

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Kelly Gallo, Director, Relationship Leads, BSR

Director, Relationship Leads, BSR

San Francisco

Kelly helps technology companies achieve their sustainability goals, with a focus on supporting high-growth companies in embedding resilient and inclusive practices that both support business strategy while addressing societal and environmental impacts. Through BSR’s Business Transformation advisory service offerings, Kelly works with members to prioritize material sustainability issues, develop issue-specific strategies, set ambitious yet realistic goals, and communicate sustainability initiatives to key stakeholders.

Prior to BSR, Kelly spent more than six years consulting on energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy for California’s utilities and public-sector clients. She has also served as a Board Member for the US National Committee for UN Women, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and Spark, a non-profit that seeks to advance gender equality by engaging the next generation in accessible forms of philanthropy.

Kelly holds a MA in International Relations from San Francisco State University and a BA in Global Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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Richard Wingfield, Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

London

Richard works with tech companies—particularly those based in or with operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa—to build human rights considerations and practices into their products, services, and policies. He brings a strong understanding of international human rights law and standards and how to translate the corporate responsibility to respect human rights into practice for companies of different sizes and sectors.

Prior to joining BSR, Richard led the legal and policy team at Global Partners Digital, an international human rights organization focused on the impacts of digital technologies on human rights. He is also a trustee of the Kaleidoscope Trust, a UK-based charity that campaigns for the human rights of LGBTIQ+ people in countries where they are discriminated.

Richard holds a LLB in Law and European Law from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales.

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