Microsoft's Big Climate Change Fight
Plans to Remove Carbon from Atmosphere with Target Dates Source: Microsoft Commitment from the Top Microsoft has joined the fight against Climate Change in a big way. It just announced that by 2030 it will have removed more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits. And, by 2050, it hopes to have taken out as much CO2 as all the direct emissions the company has made since its founding in 1975. Very Different, Innovative Approach The world's largest software company's approach to fighting Climate Change is quite different and innovative. Most companies promise to cut ongoing emissions or prevent new ones. By contrast, Microsoft's pledge to remove existing carbon from the atmosphere is unique for corporate America. CEO Leadership The commitment to fighting Climate Change is coming from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Speaking today at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington headquarters, he said we, as a global company, have to offset the damag