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Microsoft sustainability   | Customer sustainability    | Global sustainability   | Appendix   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\nIn this report  \n# Microsoft sustainability\n\nAppendix  \nOverview  \nGlobal  \nCustomer  \nsustainability  \nsustainability  \n\n| Carbon   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Our approach   | 10   |\n| Improving the measurement    | 14   |\n| and efficiency of our   |  |\n| operations   |  |\n\nWaste  \n\n| Foreword  \u003Cbr>04   |\n| --- |\n| 2023 highlights  \u003Cbr>07   |\n| How we work  \u003Cbr>08   |\n\n\n| Overview  \u003Cbr>57   |\n| --- |\n| Microsoft Cloud for  \u003Cbr>59  \u003Cbr>Sustainability   |\n| Devices  \u003Cbr>61   |\n| Green software  \u003Cbr>65   |\n| Arts and culture  \u003Cbr>67   |\n| Planetary Computer  \u003Cbr>68   |\n| Progress through partnership 69   |\n\n\n| 85  \u003Cbr>AppendixA   |\n| --- |\n| 86  \u003Cbr>AppendixB   |\n| \\#sustainabilitychampions 87   |\n\n\n| Our approach  \u003Cbr>35   |\n| --- |\n| Reducing waste at our  \u003Cbr>37  \u003Cbr>campuses and datacenters   |\n| Advancing circular cloud  \u003Cbr>40  \u003Cbr>hardware and packaging   |\n| 42  \u003Cbr>Improving device and  \u003Cbr>packaging circularity   |\n| 45  \u003Cbr>Learnings and what's next   |\n\n\n| Overview   | 70   |\n| --- | --- |\n| Investing in innovation   | 72   |\n| Accelerate sustainability  \u003Cbr>solutions with Al   | 76   |\n|  |  |\n| Policyand advocacy   | 79   |\n| Employee engagement   | 81   |\n| Scaling impact through   | 82   |\n| Green Skilling   |  |\n\nBuilding markets and  \n18  \ndriving progress        \nLearnings and what's next  \n   22  \n\n| Water   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Our approach   | 23   |\n| Reduction   | 26   |\n| Replenishment   | 28   |\n| Access   | 30   |\n| Innovation   | 32   |\n| Policy   | 33   |\n| Learnings and what's next   | 34   |\n\nProgress through partnership 83  \n\n| Ecosystems   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Our approach   | 46   |\n| Improving biodiversity   | 48   |\n| at our campuses   |  |\n| Increasing biodiversity   | 50   |\n| at our datacenters   |  |\n| Protecting more land   | 51   |\n| than we use   |  |\n| Datacenter community   | 53   |\n| environmental sustainability   |  |\n| Learnings and what's next   | 55   |\n\nReporting disclosure  \nA key principle of our work  \nis transparency.This report  \npublished annually,includes our  \nstrategy,progress against our  \ngoals,and key challenges and  \ntrends we see in this work.We also  \npublish our environmental data,  \nwhich is included in the separate  \nEnvironmental Data Fact Sheet.  \nDeloitte &Touche LLP performed  \n18.5K  \n$761M  \n5M  \n61M  \na review relating to specified  \nCover captured by:  \ninformation within Section1 of the  \nEnvironmental Data Fact Sheet.  \nFinnian Power  \nmetric tons of carbon removalcontracted in FY23  \nmetric tons of waste diverted  \ncubic meters of water  \nallocated towards climate  \nRegional CE Program Manager,  \nfrom landfills and incinerators  \nreplenishment projects  \ntechnologies through our  \nRead about how we report in  \nIreland  \ncontracted by end of FY23  \nClimate Innovation Fund(CIF)  \nAppendix A.  \nAppendix  \n# Overview\n\nReviewing our2023 progressand learnings  \n\n| Foreword   | 04   |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2023highlights   | 07   |\n| How we work   | 08   |\n\nOur employees are at the core of our sustainabilityjourney.Their passion and commitment catalyzesprogress in every part of our business and theircommunities around the world.  \nImages taken by employees are featured throughoutthe 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report.  \nForeword  \n# Accelerating innovationand partnership for peopleand the planet\n\nFour years ago,Microsoft committed that by2030 we would become carbon negative,waterpositive,zero waste,and protect more land thanwe use.Since that announcement,we have seenmajor changes both in the technology sector andin our understanding of what it will take to meetour climate 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