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Ensuring Sustainability in the Age of AI

The technological evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is radically transforming corporate governance. In an increasingly complex and regulated world, AI offers new opportunities to improve efficiency, proactively manage risks, and ensure regulatory compliance. In this article, we will examine how AI is shaping sustainable governance in legal sector companies, thanks also to its key role in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM). 

l'AI sta plasmando la governance sostenibile nelle aziende del settore legale anche grazie il suo ruolo chiave nel Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)

The Opportunities of Using Artificial Intelligence

Let’s discover together how artificial intelligence is changing the face of corporate governance and what opportunities lie behind this transformation. 

Efficiency: automation of legal processes 

Efficiency is one of the fundamental pillars of sustainable governance, and artificial intelligence can play a crucial role in promoting it. With machine learning algorithms and the automation of repetitive tasks, AI offers the possibility to optimize business processes. This means that corporate lawyers can focus on more strategic issues, leaving tasks such as contract review to AI. 

This efficiency promoted by AI does not necessarily translate into a reduction in human resources, but rather into a redefinition of the required skills. 

Indeed, according to Gartner, the future will not see a decrease in the number of lawyers but will see an increasing demand for new skills such as Legal Operations, Project Management, and Data Analysis within legal departments. 

This represents a significant step forward for organizations, allowing them to tackle complex challenges more effectively and sustainably.

Risk reduction: timely identification of potential issues

Sustainable governance requires effective risk management, and in this context, AI proves to be a fundamental tool. Thanks to its ability to analyze large amounts of data, AI can detect patterns and irregularities that may escape human attention, identifying potential risks early and enabling companies to take preventive measures. 

Regulatory compliance: continuous monitoring and automatic updates

Compliance with regulations represents another crucial aspect of sustainable governance, as companies must comply with increasingly complex rules and laws. In this context, AI emerges as a valuable ally in ensuring regulatory compliance. 

Thanks to its ability to monitor changes in laws and automate checks, AI helps companies stay compliant and meet ethical and legal standards, including data privacy regulations. Furthermore, it provides continuous supervision and alerts for any deviations, significantly contributing to reducing the risk of regulatory violations.

The Future of Corporate Governance: AI in Contract Management Service

Thanks to artificial intelligence implemented in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions, companies can contribute to structuring sustainable governance. How? By optimizing contract management, increasing efficiency, proactively managing risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. 

Here are some ways in which a digital contract management solution, powered by AI, can support your legal department: 

Efficiency in contract lifecycle management

  • Facilitating collaboration on contracts: collaboration between teams through shared modules, deadline reminders, approval workflows, and draft management, as well as API connections to integrate the system with other business applications. 
  • Reducing research and input activities: AI can collect, classify, and acquire information from contracts quickly and efficiently, reducing the manual work required for research and data entry. 

Risk reduction in contract management

  • Securing and speeding up contracting: automated workflows, allowing contract management from the first to the last phase of their lifecycle. This includes electronic signature and the ability to automatically detect potential contractual risks, thus accelerating the entire process. 
  • Activity control: personalized dashboards and real-time monitoring allow you to keep track of who accesses and modifies contracts at any time, ensuring complete control over contractual activities. 
  • Centralized storage: contracts can be stored in a centralized database with remote access, ensuring that information is always up-to-date and easily accessible. User management and data security are guaranteed 100%. 

Regulatory compliance on contracts 

  • Strengthening compliance with new contracts: creation of contract templates, standard clause databases, versioning, and automatic clause comparison to ensure that new contracts comply with regulations and company standards. 
  • Meeting obligations: automatic reminders and intelligent search to ensure that no deadline is overlooked and that contractual obligations are met. 
  • Simplifying analysis for audit: AI significantly simplifies contract analysis for audits, allowing you to easily identify relevant information and generate detailed reports. 

In summary, AI in Contract Management represents an indispensable resource for companies seeking to improve their contract management. Automating processes and simplifying operations significantly contributes to ensuring sustainable corporate governance. The result? Efficiency, time and cost savings, and risk reduction. 

DiliTrust’s Approach to Contract Lifecycle Management

you best leverage these innovative technologies to improve corporate governance and optimize contract management? DiliTrust offers a Contract Management SaaS solution. 

Here are some of the ways in which the Contracts module of the DiliTrust Governance suite can simplify your daily activities:

  • Electronic signature: thanks to integrated electronic signature, you can significantly accelerate the contract approval and signing process, saving precious time. 
  • Approval workflows: easily configure custom approval workflows to ensure that each contract follows the right path before being approved. 
  • Contract change history: keep a complete track of all changes made to a contract over time, ensuring total visibility. 
  • Automatic deadline reminders system: Receive automatic reminders for contract deadlines so you never miss an important date. 
  • Statistical dashboards: Use statistical dashboards to analyze contract performance and make data-driven decisions. 
  • Completely secure archiving: DiliTrust guarantees secure contract storage, protecting your information from unauthorized access. 

But innovation does not stop there. DiliTrust has developed and implemented proprietary artificial intelligence algorithms. Would you like to learn more? 

Discover the potential of DiliTrust’s Contracts module and transform your contract management into an efficient, secure, and intelligent process. Contact us for a personalized demonstration

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