Generative AI
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Is Generative AI Sustainable? The Honest Answer in 2026
Not sustainable, not unsustainable: unmeasured. A synthesis of the vendor audits, the energy and water research, a Claude vs ChatGPT comparison table, and what changes when California SB253 bites in November 2026.
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How Much Water Does AI Actually Use?
Around three-quarters of AI’s water is consumed at power stations, not in data centres. What the 2026 research shows, why national averages cannot answer the question, and why the UK case differs from the US.
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AI Training for Leadership Teams
AI training for leadership teams is a short, non-technical programme that does two things. It gives the executive team the judgment to decide what to delegate to AI and which risks to govern, and it starts the system through which the whole organisation will learn to use it. That second job is the one almost…
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A Claude Code Skill That Builds, Researches and Stress Tests Business Models
I wrote two Claude Code skills that build, research and stress test business models, published them under an MIT licence, and pointed them at a project I ran myself. In 2021 I worked with the Government of Seychelles on ReNeT, a circular economy project for the industrial tuna fleet’s end-of-life fishing nets. The system design…
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VSME Reporting for SMEs: An AI Workflow for the Voluntary Standard
The 2026 Omnibus rollback narrowed mandatory CSRD reporting to the largest companies, those over 1,000 employees and €450 million turnover. It did not remove sustainability data from the economy. It pushed the request one step down the value chain. The large companies still in scope, and the banks that lend to everyone, still need supplier…
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Is ChatGPT Sustainable? OpenAI’s Environmental Report Card
I use ChatGPT most days, alongside Claude and the other frontier tools, and I write about using these models for sustainability research. None of that answers the question a client, a peer, or a sustainability event keeps putting to me. Is ChatGPT sustainable? Is OpenAI sustainable as a company? Can I credibly advise a client…
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Is xAI Sustainable? What the SpaceX S-1 actually discloses
SpaceX’s S-1 shows the federal disclosure floor for xAI. Memphis turbines, Grok efficiency, and how this compares to Claude on environmental disclosure.
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Designing a Claude Workflow for CSRD Compliance
A multi-stage Claude workflow for CSRD that survives limited assurance. Architecture, failure modes, and a skill design.
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What an AI-Augmented Consultant Actually Does
What an AI-augmented field consultant actually does. AI compresses the desk work so the operational work grows. Real projects.
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Is Claude Sustainable? What Anthropic Discloses, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
Anthropic publishes no environmental report. Per-query, Claude is most efficient. The Colossus deal makes the picture worse.