Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability empowers organizations to accelerate sustainability progress and business growth by bringing together a set of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) capabilities across the Microsoft cloud portfolio plus solutions from our global ecosystem of partners. <br><br> <b>Build a sustainable IT infrastructure</b><br> Identify opportunities to replace tools, systems, or activities with cleaner options and add business value.<br> • Create carbon and energy efficiencies in the cloud.<br> • Assess, monitor, and help improve compliance posture with global, regional, and industry regulations and standards.<br> • Adopt technologies that are sustainable by design.<br> <br><br> <b>Reduce environmental impact of operations</b><br> Minimize the environmental footprint of your operational systems and processes.<br> • Create energy efficiencies and transition to clean energy.<br> • Modernize fleets and transportation. <br> • Reduce the environmental impact of buildings, spaces, and equipment.<br> • Enable seamless collaboration about goals and progress.<br> <br><br> <b>Create sustainable value chains</b> <br> Facilitate greater transparency and accountability through your value chain, from sourcing of materials through end of use.<br> • Increase value chain transparency. <br> • Create more sustainable products and services. <br> • Optimize materials and product logistics. <br>