Microsoft, the newest member of CEBDS, announced its initiative that aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030 and eliminate all carbon emissions it has produced since its founding in 1975 by 2050. This includes directly reducing all energy-related operations to near-zero by the middle of this decade.
“By 2030, Microsoft will be carbon negative, and by 2050, the company will have removed from the environment all the carbon it has emitted, either directly or through electricity consumption, since its founding in 1975,” said Brad Smith, president of Microsoft.
The company has also created a climate innovation fund, which will have US$1.4 billion. The resource will be used to accelerate the global development of technologies for reducing, capturing and removing carbon-related systems, machines and services.
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Microsoft enables digital transformation in the era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The company has been in Brazil for 30 years and is one of the 110 subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, founded in 1975. Since 2003, the company has invested more than R$451 million in providing free technology to 5,757 NGOs in Brazil, benefiting several social projects. Since 2011, Microsoft has supported more than 7,000 startups in Brazil, with an investment of more than US$202 million in cloud credits.
