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Artificial intelligence can be a powerful tool for investors, offering the ability to quickly learn about a topic, sift through reams of data, and provide comparisons faster than most humans.

This Morningstar article focuses on managing these risks for AI-focused investors, particularly in the semiconductor and software industries. Key ESG issues like Business Ethics, Carbon Emissions, Data Privacy and Security, and Product Governance are highlighted. It stresses the importance of responsible AI development, procurement, and usage practices. It also discusses carbon intensity of training AI models, the management of ESG risks by companies, and concerns around data privacy and security, illustrating the complexity of AI technology related to ESG considerations.

Exploring ESG Risks in AI Companies

Which Companies Are Best Positioned to Navigate an AI-Based Future?

Sources: Morningstar, Columbia Southern University: "The Link", BakerAvenue

Sources: Morningstar, BakerAvenue

For more details, read the full Morningstar article: "Beware of the ESG Risks in These 8 AI Companies"

1. Mental Health: The Most Common Workplace Health Issue

2. Sustainability as a Key Component of OSH

3. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) as an OSH Priority

Many of the workplace safety trends that characterized 2023 will continue into 2024, but the longer-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are continuing to change the ways people work and relate to each other.

For more on this topic, we recommend reading a recent Q&A published by the American Society of Safety Professionals.

3 Current Trends in 2024 in Occupational Safety and Health

Read the full Link article: "3 Current Trends in Occupational Safety and Health in 2024"