Each quarter, the company gives out an Environmental Sustainability Action Award. The award recognizes an employee or team who has shown leadership of how Microsoft and its employees can have a positive impact on the way our products and services can...

After a brief hiatus for the “week in sustainability” round up, we’re back at it! This week, The New York Times Green Blog highlighted the unveiling of an interactive Internet-based map allowing people to see the energy use in specific neighborhoods in...

Last week, in my “Earth Day 2012: A progress report” blog post , I was happy to report that, through a combination of energy efficiency measures and an investment in high-quality externally verified renewable energy and carbon reduction projects...

Question. Why do data centers need to be connected to a dirty, expensive, unreliable electrical grid? Answer. They don't and they don't want to be either. Integrating a data center directly into the power plant -- what we are calling our Data Plant program...

Three years ago, Microsoft adopted a broad environmental strategy that included commitments both to reduce the impact of our operations and products and to accelerate the use of information technology in addressing serious environmental issues. Our CEO...