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Advocacy & Partnerships

Microsoft works with respected corporations, governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to extend technology's positive impact on the environment.

Global e-Sustainability Initiative

Microsoft is on the board of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) — a collaboration between leading IT companies, government agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) whose purpose is to achieve environmental sustainability through technology innovation.

Microsoft is proud to have helped lead and enable GeSI's influential research and work on critical issues ranging from how IT can address climate change to responsible sourcing in the hardware supply chain.

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Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Cloud

Eye On Earth is a groundbreaking online portal that the European Environment Agency (EEA), working with Microsoft, launched to give individuals and governments a direct connection to their environments.
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Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Cloud

Hosted on our cloud-based Windows Azure technology, and visualized through Bing Maps, Eye On Earth provides 600 million people with near real-time access to localized, easy-to-understand environmental data like air and water quality. It is available in 26 languages and reaches 32 EEA member states.

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