Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers and related services. Microsoft's headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's corporate governance structure establishes management accountability, provides a framework for setting objectives and monitoring performance, and strengthens its culture of responsible business practices. The company is committed to mitigating its environmental impact through initiatives like becoming carbon neutral in 2012, purchasing renewable energy, and supporting e-waste recycling programs. As a global technology leader, Microsoft aims to help enable innovation in clean energy and more sustainable economic growth through its products, partnerships, and climate

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2. What is microsoft ?
Microsoft Corporation is an American
multinational technology company, that
develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and
sells computer software, consumer electronics
and personal computers and services.
It’s headquartered are based in Redmond,
Washington, It was created by Bill Gates and
Paul Allen in 1975.

3. Corporate Governance
Corporate governance at Microsoft:
● Establishes and preserves management accountability to company owners by appropriately
distributing rights and responsibilities among Board members, managers and shareholders.
● Provides a structure for management and the Board to set objectives and monitor performance.
● Strengthens and safeguards our culture of business integrity and responsible business practices.
● Encourages the efficient use of resources, and requires accountability for stewardship of those
resources.

4. Guiding Principles and Policies
Microsoft envisions a world in which technology can help enable people and organizations to accelerate
innovation in and deployment of clean energy technologies, achieve more sustainable economic growth,
and drive a transformation toward smarter use of resources. Microsoft is committed to taking responsibility
for and mitigating our impact on the environment.

5. Responsible Governance
Microsoft requires that those individuals who recommend corporate political contributions in the United
States certify as to their knowledge of and adherence to these policies and practices. Outside ethics
counsel reviews and approves all MSPAC and corporate political giving activities, filings, reports, and
materials. Microsoft publishes MSPAC and corporate political spending reports semi-annually on the
corporate website.

6. What Does Microsoft as Citizen Company?

7. Products and partnerships
Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet
Explorer and Edge web browsers.
Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup. As of 2016, it is the world's
largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.
This company proposes a lot of software to work like Windows 10

8. Climate and Energy
Carbon
Since 2012, Microsoft’s global operations have been
carbon neutral.
The company created a program to reduce the
carbon emissions in their energy use and air travel.
For this they had internal energy efficiency
investments, purchaded renewable energy, certified
carbon offset projects and supported e-waste
recycling.
Since this has started, Microsoft has purchased more
than 14 million megawatt-hours of green power,
reduced emissions by 9 million and supported the
lives of more than 7 million people.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/about/corporate-
responsibility/environment-climate-
and-energy
Energy

9. “Waste and waste” -Marie
Water use:
Microsoft tries to reduce 90% of their
water comsumption with air to cooling
their datacenter. For it they uses
ambient air and when it is hot the put
some water into airstream. So they
reduces 20-30% their consumption of
energy. It is very important to
microsoft reduces water waste. They
keep rainwater for irrigation in India.
In Paris Microsoft office rainwater is
used for flush fixtures.
Waste management:
Microsoft recycles whenever they can.
They make some program against
waste. They try to reduce food waste
with compostable tableware.
In their headquarters they have done
0% of waste, it represents 45% of their
budget. After the water and food waste,
microsoft wants to reach 0% of
electronic waste. It means reuse
electronics device.

10. SOURCE
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-responsibility/planet
https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/