AI-Powered Sustainable Business: Private Sector-Driven Sustainability in the Age of the Sdgs

This book explores the complex interplay between AI and corporate-driven sustainable development. Merging theoretical insights with practical applications, it engages debates on the ethical use of AI in sustainable development and corporate responsibility while examining how AI facilitates sustainable practices and presents complex dilemmas, particularly in balancing economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The narrative is enriched by a comprehensive review of academic studies, analyzing how established and sustainability-rooted companies approach these paradoxes differently.

The authors critically assess how AI and corporate actions intertwine with regional efforts to combat grand humanity challenges, such as climate change and poverty, highlighting the need for transformative strategies and governance modes that can propel positive corporate contributions to sustainability.

Through a mix of scholarly insights and expert viewpoints, this volume invites readers to explore the multifaceted relationship between AI, corporate sustainability, and global environmental goals. It is an essential read for business leaders, policymakers, and anyone invested in shaping a sustainable future in an AI-driven world.

Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Special Envoy on Financing Sustainable Development. He was the first Minister of Investment of Egypt (2004-2010). He is a former Senior Vice President of the World Bank Group and Executive Director of the IMF. He is a Professor of Economics, at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Visiting Senior Research Scholar at Columbia Business School, fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and Senior Nonresident Fellow of Brookings Institution.

Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez is Distinguished Professor of Corporate Sustainability and Head of the Master in Sustainability at Universidad EAFIT, Colombia. She served as Vice President of the Academy of International Business (AIB) and was a member of the Global Council of SDG 1 of the World Government Summit (2018-2024). She holds visiting professorships at FGV (Brazil), Universidad de Chile, and Porto Business School (Portugal), and serves on the International Advisory Board of Nile University (Egypt).

Mohamed Zahran is a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at the Courant Institute Of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, USA. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), senior member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and a member of Sigma Xi scientific honor society.