Sustainability is an evolving and complex topic to navigate. Use Gaia's knowledge to assist and accelerate your sustainability efforts, from organising a sustainable company event to helping you create templates for your decarbonisation plan.
Welcome to Gaia
Plan A is committed to accelerating the transition of our economy to a sustainable future. The path to sustainability is complex, specific, multidisciplinary, and evolving. Sustainability management teams can be small, expected to fill many roles, and have high expectations from their peers and their management.
This is why we have developed Gaia, an AI-powered sustainability chatbot designed to serve as the ideal sherpa for your sustainability journey. Use Gaia to assist you throughout your decarbonisation pathway from calculations to action to communication. Gaia leverages the accumulated expertise of our company in corporate decarbonisation and internationally recognised organisations such as the GHG Protocol.
Why we developed Gaia
- Empowerment through knowledge: Gaia answers your sustainability and carbon management questions, helping you make informed decisions, large or small.
- Resource recommendations: Gaia will systematically curate resources to help you expand and learn about the latest developments related to your query.
- Connecting journeys: Each journey is unique. Yet, we have much to learn from each other's research and experience. Gaia will help us understand and address the most important challenges to decarbonisation.
Using Gaia effectively
What to ask:
- Action queries:
- Like other AI, Gaia can assist you in creating plans, tools and tables according to your needs
- Like other AI, Gaia can assist you in creating plans, tools and tables according to your needs
- Informational queries:
- Questions about carbon footprint calculation methods.
- Inquiries on emission reduction strategies and best practices.
- Clarifications on sustainability regulations and standards.
- Guidance on ESG reporting requirements.
- Commercial queries:
- Information about Plan A's products and services.
- How Plan A can assist with your organisation's sustainability goals.
- Steps to get started with Plan A's platform.
DISCLAIMER: Gaia can make mistakes. Please verify and cross-check critical information.
Responsible usage guidelines:
- Stay on topic: Gaia is optimised for sustainability and carbon management topics. Please note that Gaia will not provide answers to queries outside these areas.
- Use mindfully: Each interaction with Gaia consumes energy. We encourage you to use the chatbot thoughtfully, considering the environmental impact.
- Verify critical information: While Gaia strives to provide accurate and up-to-date information, we recommend verifying important details independently. Feel free to get in touch with us, we are more than happy to answer your questions.
- Avoid prohibited content: Refrain from using Gaia for illegal activities or submitting harmful, abusive, or offensive content.
If you notice issues with the bot,If you notice issues with the bot, please let us know via this e-mail: [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your feedback and learning from your experience.
Environmental impact of using Gaia
We believe in responsible innovation. It's important to be aware that:
- Energy consumption: AI models like GAIA require significant computational power for training, learning, and day-to-day usage. These consumer energy and water resources used for powering and cooling data centres. This contributes to both increased carbon emissions and water consumption. If you are interested in reading some of the science behind it, have a look here and here. Gaia uses a small model in order to limit the resource costs of your queries. Be that as it may, each token represents a non-negligible amount of carbon. We are currently exploring ways of providing more transparency to this question.
- Tips for query design: Try to be as extensive as possible in the query rather than asking multiple questions consecutively. Whilst the design of LLMs will vary and some complex queries may take more time, this should in theory reduce some of the energy consumption by reducing the absolute number of queries.
- We have developed a company-wide AI usage policy to guide our teams on when it is most sensible to use AI. We recommend doing something similar for your own to save AI for critical questions.
Plan A's mission and commitment
Plan A harnesses thePlan A harnesses the power of technology and science to guide businesses through their transformational decarbonisation journey. Our ultimate goal is to build a global net-zero economy led by climate-conscious businesses.
By providing tools like Gaia, we aim to make sustainability accessible, actionable, and integrated into the core of every organisation.
Next steps and further engagement
- Explore more resources: Visit the Plan A Academy for in-depth articles, guides, and tools on sustainability and carbon management.
- Discover our solutions: Learn how our platform can assist with carbon accounting, decarbonisation strategies, target setting, and ESG reporting. Visit our product pages for more information.
- Book a demo: Ready to take your sustainability efforts to the next level? Book a demo to see how Plan A can empower your organisation.
- Get in touch: Have feedback questions or need personalised assistance? Contact us at [email protected].
Legal disclaimer
Plan A Sustainability Chatbot: Terms of Use
Effective date: 11/10/2024
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing and using this chatbot, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms of Use.
2. Service Description
Sustainability Chatbot is an AI-powered tool designed to assist with general queries and provide information. While the chatbot leverages advanced language models, the information it generates may contain inaccuracies, omissions, or what is known as "AI hallucinations." As a result, responses should not be considered fully accurate, complete, or up-to-date. Users are encouraged to independently verify any critical information before relying on it for decision-making.
3. User Responsibility
- Compliance: You agree to use the chatbot in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Verification of Information: You agree to independently verify any critical or sensitive information before relying on it.
- Accountability: You are fully responsible for any actions you take based on the information provided by the chatbot.
- Prohibited Use: You may not use the chatbot to:
- Engage in illegal activities.
- Transmit harmful, abusive, or offensive content.
- Disrupt or interfere with the chatbot’s functionality.
4. No Professional Advice
Sustainability Chatbot does not provide professional advice. Content shared through this chatbot should not be treated as such advice, and you should consult a qualified professional for any specific concerns.
5. Privacy and Data Usage
By using the chatbot, you consent to the collection and processing of certain information (e.g., your interactions, queries, and feedback). Personal information is not collected by our chatbot.
6. Limitation of Liability
Sustainability Chatbot and Plan A are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages that result from using or being unable to use the chatbot, including errors or omissions in the content provided.
7. Modification of Terms
We reserve the right to change or modify these Terms of Use at any time. Your continued use of the chatbot following any such changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
8. Termination
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend access to the chatbot for any user at our discretion, including for violation of these terms.
9. Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms of Use, please contact us at [email protected].
Thank you for choosing Gaia to support your sustainability journey. Together, we can make a positive impact on our planet.
