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Advancing sustainability

Climate change requires swift, collective action and technological innovation. We’re committed to meeting our own goals while enabling others to do the same.

Our commitments

We aim to develop technology that is inclusive, trusted, and advances sustainability progress. In 2020, we announced our sustainability commitments and detailed plans for working toward a more sustainable future.

Our progress

When we announced our climate commitments in January 2020, we also committed to transparency in sharing our learnings. We aspire to build a world better than the one we found.

"In the last year, the urgency of climate change has driven world leaders and experts to increase collaboration, with AI offering new opportunities to speed up the availability of climate solutions."

—­Melanie Nakagawa, Corporate Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft

Featured stories

Take a deeper look at the stories behind our work to move towards a net zero, environmentally sustainable future.

Our programs

We partner with organizations to provide grants and funding that help drive innovation and impact toward building a sustainable future.
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Carbon removal

We look for solutions that have potential for positive impact, are transparent, and use market intelligence.
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Carbon reduction

As we work to reduce the carbon intensity of our operations, we prioritize solutions that align with our sustainability goals.
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Water replenishment

We see water replenishment, a key pillar of our 2030 water positive goal, as a way for our company to help restore and protect the water basins where we operate.
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Climate Innovation Fund

We’re investing to accelerate new and existing climate technologies and solutions, focusing on climate impact, underfunded markets, climate equality, and shared alignment.
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Sustainability products and solutions

As we continue to harness the power of data, AI, and technology to make responsible environmental decisions, we’re working to help our customers, partners, and suppliers around the world to do the same.

Our contributions

In addition to embedding science and sustainability into the way we do business, we believe that our greatest contributions to a sustainable future come from enabling our customers, partners, and suppliers on their own journeys.

Latest news

Recent news and perspectives on today's pressing societal and tech issues from Microsoft.
  • Pursuant to California Assembly Bill No. 1305 (the “law” or “AB 1305”), which was signed into law October 7, 2023, Microsoft may be required to make certain disclosures regarding its involvement in the voluntary carbon offset markets, use of voluntary carbon offsets, and/or certain claims or goals regarding greenhouse gas emissions reductions. While the law itself does not specify a deadline for initial disclosures, the bill’s author has indicated that his intent was that the deadline for companies’ first annual disclosure under the law should be considered to be January 1, 2025. Microsoft is in the process of determining the scope of our potential reporting obligations under this law. We take our sustainability commitments and disclosure obligations seriously, and should we determine that we have reporting obligations under AB 1305, we will promptly determine the scope of those obligations and comply with those obligations no later than January 1, 2025.
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