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One year on: Microsoft updates on carbon removal ambitions
New investment in direct air capture firm Climeworks just one milestone since landmark pledge to tackle tech giant's historic emissions
'Lost opportunity for corporate leadership': Are tech giants failing to pull their weight in climate lobbying battles?
New InfluenceMap report argues recent flurry of climate goals announced by Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google owner Alphabet has been undermined by firms' 'limited' climate lobbying activity
Microsoft teams up with UK start-up to curb climate impact of aircraft contrails
Satavia claims better atmospheric forecasting using AI can eliminate or offset up to 60 per cent of aviation industry's climate impact
Climate Pledge: Microsoft, Unilever, and ITV join Amazon's net zero drive
Amazon's corporate climate initiative secures backing from another 13 major companies, as overall membership committed to net zero by 2040 swells to 31
Third Derivative: Blue chips team up to launch climate tech accelerator
Rocky Mountain Institute and New Energy Nexus launch climate technology accelerator launches to help fledgling companies scale, attract investment, and forge partnerships, with backing from some of the world's largest corporates
Microsoft to purchase cleaner jet fuel to offset employee travel on Alaska Airlines
Microsoft plans to curb the emissions generated by employees flying from California to Washington by purchasing sustainable aviation fuel credits from fuel company SkyNRG
Microsoft, Tiffany help carve out new responsible mining standard
The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance delivers has this week delivered its first mine audit, with support from leading corporates
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud
US tech giants have faced criticism for continuing to work with fossil fuel giants such as Chevron and ExxonMobil, despite their own ambitious climate commitments
Shell and Microsoft strengthen ties with joint plan to curb emissions
Strategic partnership will see Microsoft buy renewable energy from oil and gas major, as well as providing Shell with digital tools to help 'drive efficiencies'
Microsoft outlines plan to become 'water positive' by 2030
Tech giant unveils latest sustainability pledge, aiming to become a net replenisher of water within a decade and focus efforts on water stressed regions of the world
More than 150 business leaders urge EU to step up 2030 emissions target
Call to adopt targets proposed in last year's Green New Deal plan made in an open letter signed by the more than 150 business leaders
Microsoft joins Coca-Cola and Unilever in EU green business supergroup
Tech giant becomes latest big name addition to the European Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change
Climate risk: Amazon, Allianz, Microsoft, and S&P Global join open data initiative
Linux Foundation spearheads new drive to harness AI and open source data to combat climate risk
Behind Microsoft's bold plan to build social equity into clean energy buying
The tech giant is looking to turn the Just Transition concept into a clean energy investment reality
Microsoft eyes hydrogen 'opportunity' after successful data centre pilot
Tech giant pilots hydrogen fuel cells as backup power source for Utah data centres, as it also joins growing number of firms in global Hydrogen Council
Microsoft inks 500MW solar deal as it outlines suite of fresh sustainability steps
Tech giant also touts further carbon removal efforts, $50m innovation investment, an expanded carbon tax, and a new 'sustainability calculator' for customers
Transform to Net Zero: Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks and others launch corporate climate alliance
Danone, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Maersk, Wipro and Natura & Co among founding members of corporate drive to share expertise in setting science-based climate targets
Anatomy of a 'moonshot': Microsoft's Lucas Joppa on CO2 removal, supply chains and building a carbon negative future
Tech giant's chief environmental officer talks to BusinessGreen about the firm's ambitious plan to remove all CO2 it has generated since its foundation in 1975
Google backs off on custom AI for oil and gas extraction
A new Greenpeace report notes that Microsoft, Amazon and Google are undermining their public carbon commitments through by providing services that allow oil and gas firms extract fossil fuels from the earth.
'Planetary computer': Microsoft ramps up sustainability vision with new land protection pledges
Microsoft has pledged to protect more than 11,000 acres of land by 2025, through a range of measures that include land acquisition, national park creation, and backing community- or Indigenous-led conservation efforts.
Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption
Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever
Microsoft's quest to go 'carbon negative' inspires $1B fund
Heather Clancy takes a microscope to Microsoft's landmark climate pledges
'A bold bet to solve a big problem': Microsoft promises to be 'carbon negative' by 2030
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
How can the UK harness technology for the greener good?
Reaching net zero emissions requires technologies we already know exist, so what's stopping the UK from scaling them?
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