Employee engagement (continued) 10 Sustainable disposition of IT assets The Sustainability Community not only helps Microsoft lower its own operational carbon and waste footprint, but also creates a way to share these best practices with external organizations so they can do the same. A Microsoft employee noticed a gap in our internal processes: as customers migrate from on-premises IT assets to the cloud (Azure), the on-premises hardware, like servers and racks, becomes e-waste, which can create serious environmental hazards if it’s not properly disposed of. The issue was raised to the Azure leadership through the community, and a new resource was developed to guide customers on how to ensure the sustainable, secure, and compliant disposition of IT assets. This guide is being used by our Azure Migrate & Modernize Program (AMMP) customers, through which 20,000 virtual machines and 2,000 databases have been migrated. Learn more about the IT Asset Disposition Guide Sustainability training In October 2021, we launched the Sustainability in Action badge. This is the fir st all-employee learning course focused on sust ainability, with four hours of content on carbon, water , waste, and ecosystems. Within the first two months, mor e than 3,000 employees completed the course, and can serve as sustainability champions in their daily work as well as personal lives. Employee-led education In April 2021, to celebrate the 51 st anniversary of Earth Day, the Microsoft Sustainability Community organized three days of learning sessions to educate, inspire, and activate employees on the importance of sustainability. Volunteers coordinated more than 40 sessions and generated 30 hours of evergreen learnin g content covering topics from green software engineering to how to live a zero waste lifestyle at home. More than 3,600 people from 56 countries participated. LinkedIn celebrated Earth Day with over 61 global experiences and participation from nearly 2,900 employees at the virtual events. Our employee co mmunities drive bottom-up sustainability initiatives to educate, inspire, and activate employees. 3,000 3,000 employees completed Sustainability in Action training within the first two months.