2024 Environmental Sustainability Report
We’re sharing our latest progress, challenges, and learnings to accelerate global progress towards net zero.
Carbon negative
Our sustainability journey starts with reducing our carbon emissions as much as possible, replacing our energy consumption with carbon-free energy, and removing the emissions that remain.
Water positive
At Microsoft, net water positive means reducing water consumption across our global operations, replenishing more water than we use, increasing access to water and sanitation services, scaling water solutions through innovation and digitization, and advocating for effective and innovative water policy.
Zero waste
As we work to achieve zero waste, we’re taking an increasingly circular approach to materials management to reduce waste and carbon emissions. Our strategy goes beyond waste diversion as we work across our value chain beginning with design and material selection.
Protect ecosystems
We’ve committed to permanently protect more land than we use by 2025 and have exceeded our land protection target by more than 40%. Beyond our own operations, we’re actively working to protect the environmental health of the communities that host our datacenter operations and where our employees live and work.
“We remain resolute in our commitment to meet our climate goals and to empower others with the technology needed to build a more sustainable future.”
Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, and Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer
There is no issue today that connects everyone on the planet more than the issues around climate change. We all need to succeed together.
Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, and Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer
Advancing sustainability
We’re building sustainability into everything we do—including our operations, products, solutions, and beyond our four walls.
Empowering our customers
We’re developing and delivering sustainable solutions, tools, and resources to help our customers accelerate their sustainability progress.
Enabling societal impact
We believe that companies that can do more, should. In this era of AI, we remain committed to responsible innovation, ensuring that we’re building a responsible future for everyone.
2024 Environmental Sustainability Report
This report covers our 2023 financial year.
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2022 Environmental Sustainability Report
This report covers our 2022 financial year.
View the 2022 report
2021 Environmental Sustainability Report
This report covers our 2021 financial year.
View the 2021 report
2020 Environmental Sustainability Report
This report covers our 2020 financial year.
View the 2020 report
Pursuant to California Assembly Bill No. 1305 (the “law” or “1305”), which was signed into law October 7, 2023, Microsoft may be required to make certain disclosures regarding its involvement in the voluntary carbon offsets 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 1305, we will promptly determine the scope of those obligations and comply with those obligations no later than January 1, 2025.
