Carbon negative “The key to addressing climate change at a company like Microsoft is to partner with every industry to understand how it functions, discern the elements vital to its success, share and adapt solutions, and help our customers chart an informed path to decarbonization.” Brad Smith, President and Vice Chair Contents Our approa ch 16 Getting to carbon negative 20 Reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions 21 Feature story: 100/ 100/0 carbon - free energy 23 Reduc ing Scope 3 emissions 25 Removing carbon 30 Driving transformation 31 Enabling systems change 34 Key trends 41 What’s next? 42 Resources 43 - 15