{"id":736592,"date":"2025-02-13T04:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/us-en\/?p=736592&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=736592"},"modified":"2025-03-05T06:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:17:03","slug":"balancing-innovation-and-sustainability-the-environmental-impact-of-generative-ai-on-world-environment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/us-en\/insights\/expert-perspectives\/balancing-innovation-and-sustainability-the-environmental-impact-of-generative-ai-on-world-environment-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing innovation and sustainability: The environmental impact of generative AI on World Environment Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-hero-blogs header-hero-blogs\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"hero-blogs\"><div class=\"hero-blogs-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\"><div class=\"header-title\"><h1><strong>Balancing innovation and sustainability: The environmental impact of generative AI on World Environment Day<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hero-blogs-bottom\"><div class=\"header-author\"><div class=\"author-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PASCAL-BRIER-1.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=10\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div><div class=\"author-name-date\"><h5 class=\"author-name\">Pascal Brier<\/h5><h5 class=\"blog-date\">25 Jul 2024<\/h5><\/div><\/div><div class=\"brand-image\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-group undefined section section--article-content\"><div class=\"article-main-content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-1\"><nav class=\"article-social\"><ul class=\"social-nav\"><li class=\"ip-order-fb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?=http:\/\/capgeminiucwe.develop\/?post_type=press-release&amp;p=179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-fb\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"ip-order-tw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?=http:\/\/capgeminiucwe.develop\/?post_type=press-release&amp;p=179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-tw\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"ip-order-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?=http:\/\/capgeminiucwe.develop\/?post_type=press-release&amp;p=179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-li\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Linkedin<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10\"><div class=\"article-text article-quote-text\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para undefined section section--intro\"><div class=\"intro-para\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10\"><h2 class=\"intro-para-title\">For World Environment Day, I wanted to focus on Generative AI models and their impact on our sustainability goals.\u00a0<\/h2><p class=\"intro-para-content\">Over the past year, generative AI has revolutionized the tech landscape, showcasing the incredible potential of human innovation and completely taking the world by storm:\u00a0<\/p><ul class=\"box-list\"><li>The number of new LLMs released in 2023 doubled over 2022\u00a0<\/li><li>These models are getting bigger and more complex, necessitating ever growing computing power, as seen in the figure below.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Capgemini-machine-learning-model.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1044491\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But inevitably, these larger models also consume more energy and generate more and more CO2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first version of Llama 2 with 7B parameters produced an estimated 30 tons of CO2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GPT-3 with 175B parameters produced an estimated 502 tons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GPT-4 is estimated by some to be at 1.75 trillion parameters (10X GPT-3), and I\u2019ll let you figure out its environmental impact (no official figures have been issued).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Capgemini-ml-co2-emission.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1044492\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, there are many signs pointing towards more sustainable and energy-efficient practices in the field of AI. The growing research done in energy efficiency, smaller, optimized models, and data quality over quantity are all steps in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With AI models becoming more widely used, it is our responsibility as innovators to diligently monitor the environmental effects of using AI systems and encourage their development into sustainable practices as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/pascalbrier_sustainability-genai-getthefutureyouwant-activity-7204155567949426688-8kie\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Add your voice on LinkedIn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-wrapper-people-slider section section--expert-slider wrapper-people-slider undefined\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"content-title\"><h2 data-maxlength=\"34\" class=\"people-heading-title\">Author<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slider slider-boxed\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"slider-window\"><div class=\"slider-list\">\t\t<div class=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4 box-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/us-en\/wp-content\/themes\/capgemini2025\/assets\/images\/mockup.png\" alt=\"Giulia Carsaniga\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-8 box-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row title-social-media-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-6 mbl-social-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-6 box-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"people-profile-title\">Giulia Carsaniga<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-6 social-box-container dkt-social-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"people-info\">&#8221;Digital technologies can help us address today\u00b4s greatest challenges, from climate change to global pandemics. 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