Make Sustainability Part of Everybody's Job
As companies large and small wake up to the urgency of the climate crisis, many are marshaling their resources to reduce their environmental impact and transform their business. But all too often they fail to leverage one of the most powerful and readily available resources they already have - their employees. This article will explore why sustainability should be a part of everybody's job and how to get there.2020 The Year of Sustainability
2020 was an incredibly important year for sustainability at Microsoft. The company stepped forward with four bold commitments around carbon, waste, water and ecosystems. But as the climate and ecological crises and their effects accelerate, the question is, will it be enough? I spent some time reflecting on what I saw this year as a leader of the Worldwide Sustainability Community (WWSC), Microsoft's largest employee group dedicated to "making sustainability part of everybody's job."Microsoft's AI & Sustainability Playbook
How can AI be used to help accelerate sustainability? Microsoft's Vice Chair and President, Brad Smith, shared a new playbook that outlines five enabling conditions for using AI to accelerate sustainability solutions. Learn more and access the playbook here: Brad Smith LinkedIn - Accelerating Sustainability with AI: A PlaybookProject Methane Leaks - Unit8 Climate | Climate Hackathon
Climate Hackathon, took place online 22-26 March 2021. The goal was to raise awareness about the Climate issues and at the same time create a platform for our developer audience to develop innovative solutions with our Azure Services. We interviewed the team behind the winner of the Carbon track, Methane Leaks - Unit8 Climate to get to know them, their motives to join the hackathon, as well as their learnings during the hackathon and how they want to apply these learnings in their upcoming projects.
Project 15 from Microsoft – A Story in Five Parts
Project 15 from Microsoft started when two developers asked "what if we could help scientists" and grew to include the United Nations Development Program as "Friends of Project 15" to form a cross-discipline and cross-generation effort to growth hack sustainability and conservation.
