Author ORCID Identifier
Mohammad I. Merhi: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2933-1965
Manjul Gupta: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6289-4842
Alex Meisami: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7415-6173
Arun Upadhyay: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-4715
Maria Triana: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2984-1466
Abstract
This paper examines how companies that invest in digital technologies, including artificial intelligence and other regenerative technologies, contribute to environmental change. While these technologies are increasingly integrated into corporate operations, their environmental and climate impacts remain uncertain. By analyzing publicly listed companies in the US, we aim to understand how investments in these technologies influence a firm’s perspective on environmental and climate issues. We focus on a firm’s greenhouse gas emissions and minimizing the consumption of natural resources. Through our analysis of technology investments and textual search measures related to artificial intelligence, we find that firms investing in these technologies are more likely to limit greenhouse gas emissions and reduce natural resource consumption. The findings suggest that such technologies can be leveraged to mitigate environmental risks. We discuss the implications of these results in the paper.
Recommended Citation
Merhi, M. I., Gupta, M., Meisami, A., Upadhyay, A., & Triana, M. (In press). The Impact of Digital Technology Intensity on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Natural Resources Consumption. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 58, pp-pp. Retrieved from https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol58/iss1/29
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