AI is changing the future of sustainable business. At Trellis Impact 26, the AI x Sustainability Program explores how artificial intelligence is transforming how companies measure emissions, automate reporting, manage climate risk, and accelerate real-world sustainability outcomes. Rather than existing as a standalone track, the AI x Sustainability Program is a lens applied across the entire event through three discrete program elements.
A dedicated breakout room that will continuously program content (seven sessions) at the intersection of sustainability and AI. In-depth programming will explore the many facets of AI, from applications to impacts and provide opportunities for hands-on learning.If this is your beat, you can follow along in this room. Seven sessions integrated with other TI26 tracks.
A one hour showcase exploring key innovations underpinning AI’s dual role in the climate transition as a tool accelerating sustainability outcomes and as infrastructure that must itself develop sustainably and climate-aligned. Features presentations and explorations of technologies for practitioners seeking impact without compromising their organization’s footprint.
This invitation-only half-day forum convenes leaders from across the AI data center ecosystem — including hyperscalers, hardware providers, utilities, policymakers and civil society — for a candid, participatory conversation under the Chatham House Rule. Through short provocations and an interactive tabletop exercise, participants will explore a central question: What does sustainable AI infrastructure look like, and what would it take to make it the norm?
One hour. Six pitches. The sharpest AI + sustainability ideas in the market, live on stage.
This fast-paced showcase cuts through the hype to spotlight AI solutions that are actually moving the needle: how AI is automating the challenges that keep sustainability teams up at night, innovative solutions to shrink AI’s own growing footprint, and what AI-driven measurable climate outcomes across operations look like. Each presenter will make their case directly to the Trellis Impact community.
Come learn what’s working, what’s next, and what practitioners should be paying precious attention to right now.
Block 1: Data & Disclosure Mastery — Two pitches tackling the unsexy-but-critical work of sustainability data: automating Scope 3 tracking, streamlining regulatory compliance, making climate risk modeling actually usable for financial disclosure.
Block 2: Sustainable Infrastructure — Two pitches from the people building AI’s physical backbone and working to make it lighter. Think data center cooling breakthroughs, energy-efficient training architectures, renewable procurement designed specifically for compute-heavy operations.
Block 3: Real-World Climate Acceleration — Two pitches proving AI’s value beyond the dashboard: deployed solutions optimizing manufacturing energy use, accelerating circular economy R&D, sharpening agricultural systems, cutting emissions from logistics networks.
This invitation-only half-day forum convenes leaders from across the AI data center ecosystem — including hyperscalers, hardware providers, utilities, policymakers and civil society — for a candid, participatory conversation under the Chatham House Rule. With short provocations and an interactive tabletop exercise, participants will explore a central question: What does sustainable AI infrastructure look like, and what would it take to make it the norm?
