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'A bold bet to solve a big problem': Microsoft promises to be 'carbon negative' by 2030

16 January 2020 • 4 min read

BREAKING: Tech giant promises that by 2050 it will remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it has emitted since its founding in 1975

Tech giant Microsoft has today unveiled one of the most sweeping sustainability strategies in corporate history, promising it will become a 'carbon negative' organisation by 2030, including throughout...

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