Microsoft Sustainability Actions

Operations

We’ve stayed carbon neutral since 2012 and we’re actively reducing our footprint by evolving the way we operate. We’re one of the largest purchasers of renewable energy and our Puget Sound campus has been zero waste certified since 2016. Our goal is to minimize our impact and maximize a positive return for the planet.

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Products, services, and devices

The investments we make in sustainability carry through to our products, services, and devices. We design our devices, from Surface to Xbox, with an emphasis on eco-friendly materials. Our cloud and AI services help businesses cut energy consumption, reduce physical footprints, and design sustainable products themselves.

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Customers and partners

Using AI, Azure, and Azure IoT Hub, customers can manage their businesses in a way that protects communities, biodiversity, and the planet. We are investing $50 million in AI for Earth to accelerate innovation by putting AI in the hands of those working to directly address sustainability challenges.

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Policy

We advocate for policies that reduce humanity’s carbon impact, effectively manage Earth’s ecosystems, advance zero-carbon energy, and increase water access, availability, and quality. We are actively pushing for greater action in the U.S. and across the world.

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Ecosystems

10 petabytes of environmental and Earth observation data available on Azure for the conservation community.

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Signing The Climate Pledge

To meet our ambitious commitments and help partners and customers with their own climate goals, Microsoft is becoming a signatory of The Climate Pledge

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Transform to Net Zero Coalition

This initiative aims to deliver necessary resources to enable meaningful emissions reductions, a transformation to net zero, and economic success

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AI for Earth

AI for Earth is a Microsoft program that helps people and organizations solve environmental challenges by increasing access to AI tools and education opportunities

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Carbon dioxide removal

The Microsoft carbon removal program supports projects in forestry, soil, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, direct air capture and other emerging solutions

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A year of action

We are dedicated to leading a decade of ambition and action. Our ambition is clear, now we're sharing our actions, results, and lessons learned in our first sustainability report

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Climate innovation fund

We are advancing climate solutions through sustainable investments

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