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Microsoft

At Microsoft we are dedicated to advancing huMicrosoft is minimizing our environmental impact and empowering other organizations to do the same through knowledge sharing and delivering products and solutions that can help in the decarbonization journey. man and organizational achievement.

Microsoft has been working to become more sustainable for more than a decade. We started our journey by focusing on optimizing our own operations for both carbon and costs. We are making progress towards our own bold commitments to become a carbon negative, water positive, zero waste company that protects more land than we use by 2030. We’re translating our experiences—both successes and setbacks—into helping our customers and partners with existing and new products, and we’re advocating for policy change to help us all move faster.

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AI: The Good, the Bad, the Sketchy and the Lifesaving

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have AI. The game-changing technology and its many applications and implications were examined throughout the week at SB’24 San Diego. ... View More

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How High-Integrity Credit Projects Deliver Impacts Beyond Carbon

How can buyers and sellers of carbon credits ensure the projects they choose will have the desired impacts and climate outcomes? ... View More

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Greenhushing: World’s Biggest Brands Leaving Billions on the Table

Brand Finance finds the world’s biggest brands are missing out on billions of dollars of potential value by failing to properly communicate their sustainability achievements and progress. ... View More

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Microsoft, Twelve, Vertical Harvest Paint Powerful Picture of a Regenerative Near-Future

Day 3 keynotes regaled SB’23 San Diego attendees with a peek at regenerative, circular and win-win-win social-purpose business models. ... View More

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How Does a Global Brand Start to Regenerate Locally? Microsoft & Biomimicry 3.8 Share Three Simple Rules.

Navigating the transition to a regenerative business is complex, especially when aiming to regenerate locally while operating globally. How do you find your way in this challenging landscape?​ Drawing on nature's 3.8 billion years of regenerativ... View More

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How Does a Global Brand Start to Regenerate Locally? Microsoft & Biomimicry 3.8 Share Three Simple Rules.

Navigating the transition to a regenerative business is complex, especially when aiming to regenerate locally while operating globally. How do you find your way in this challenging landscape?​ Drawing on nature's 3.8 billion years of regenerativ... View More

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EY, Microsoft Partner to Advance Sustainability Education Worldwide with ‘Green Skills Passport’

The program will position learners ages 16 and over to thrive in the evolving market for jobs related to sustainability and climate change; and provide NGOs a platform to empower underserved communities with new, employable skills. ... View More

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Princeton, Microsoft Co-Develop Wireless Solution to Combat Produce Waste

High-frequency wireless tech will help suppliers sort fruit based on fine-grained ripeness measurements — enabling distributors and retailers to save good fruit and veg from being thrown out with the bad, and move ripe fruit to the front of the lin... View More

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Microsoft, Crown Estate Engage Budding Environmentalists in New Minecraft Education Worlds

The companies have collaborated on two new worlds aimed at engaging students on issues related to climate change and biodiversity; and to consider careers in areas such as engineering, sustainability and conservation. ... View More

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WEF’s New Immersive Technology Hub to Address Climate Tipping Points

Part of the Global Collaboration Village, leaders can now come together in the metaverse to experience and solve the deepening effects of the climate crisis. ... View More

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Becoming a Regenerative Enterprise: Stories from the Field

At Biomimicry 3.8’s third annual Project Positive Summit, participants shared progress and groundbreaking new tools for raising the bar on ‘sustainability’ and demonstrating what regenerative design looks like in practice. ... View More

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Study: Billions in Brand Value at Risk If Sustainability Perceptions, Performance Are Unaligned

New research quantifies the financial value of sustainability perceptions for hundreds of the world’s biggest brands — and the substantial risks of not living up to them. ... View More

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Company Shareholders Vote to Examine More Climate-Beneficial Retirement Plans

Campbell's — and many other companies’ — current 401(k) options have employees investing millions in fossil fuels and deforestation through Vanguard, which has just announced it has left the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. ... View More

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Why Sustainability? Microsoft's Learnings and Strategies

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Designing a Regenerative Economy for All

Reimagining a new economy for both people and the planet has never been more critical. Business models or decisions made by businesses, governments, technology players, industries, and corporations collectively empower and advance or detract from a ... View More

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Designing a Regenerative Economy for All

Reimagining a new economy for both people and the planet has never been more critical. Business models or decisions made by businesses, governments, technology players, industries, and corporations collectively empower and advance or detract from a ... View More

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Carbon Trust Teams Up with Tech Giants to Tackle Climate Impact of Connected Devices

The group will develop the industry’s first specification for measuring, accounting for and decarbonizing the emissions associated with consumer use of connected devices. ... View More

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Alaska Airlines Aiming to Advance Low-Carbon Aviation Through Corporate Partnerships, Shared Learning

New program expands first-in-the-US agreement with corporate partners to reduce business travel emissions through sustainable aviation fuels. ... View More

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Logitech, Nestlé, PepsiCo Among Founding Members of Design for Good Alliance

The non-profit global alliance features nine organizations committed to dedicating the power of their design communities to addressing the UN SDGs — beginning with SDG 6: clean water and sanitation. ... View More

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There’s an Opportunity for Purpose Leadership in the Metaverse Gold Rush

Companies getting into the gold rush of the metaverse can, like many before them in burgeoning industries, put profit first with little thought to the implications on society. Rarely have we been able to proactively factor in brand purpose and ESG pl... View More

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