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Carbon footprint

Microsoft’s carbon emissions climb 25% as tech giants grapple with AI’s energy toll

Microsoft’s annual sustainability report shows a 25% emissions jump fueled by AI energy demands, testing its 2030 climate goal to become carbon negative. But its chief sustainability officer remains optimistic that long-term investments in carbon reductions and a “portfolio approach” can still rescue their ambitious targets. Read More

The cost of the AI boom: Amazon emissions jump 16% as company stands by net-zero pledge

Amazon’s 2025 sustainability report reveals a 16% carbon emissions spike driven by AI data center expansion, even as the company maintains its 2040 net-zero goals. Read More

Report: As AI electricity demands soar, Microsoft weighs retreat from ambitious carbon-free energy pledge

The same AI boom that is minting record profits for Microsoft is now threatening to derail its climate leadership as it looks to weaken its ambitious clean energy goals. Read More

Amazon’s carbon emissions rise 6% amid AI boom

After two years of modest declines, Amazon reported today that its carbon footprint grew by 6% last year. The global… Read More

Microsoft’s carbon footprint rises 23.4% at halfway point to ambitious 2030 net-zero climate goal

Microsoft’s carbon footprint has grown 23.4% since the software and cloud giant set a goal in 2020 to shrink its… Read More

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Amazon employee survey reveals concerns about company’s climate leadership and enviro impacts

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice surveyed 800 of the tech giant’s workers to get feedback on Amazon’s climate impacts and… Read More

Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank 3% last year — but AI-driven climate challenges loom

Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank by 3% last year, marking its second straight year of decline. In its annual sustainability report,… Read More

Microsoft’s carbon footprint keeps growing as AI drives data center expansions

In 2020, Microsoft made an ambitious commitment to make its operations carbon negative within a decade, removing more carbon from… Read More

Amazon Fresh store in Seattle becomes world’s first grocery to win Zero Carbon certification

An Amazon Fresh store in North Seattle is the world’s first grocery store to be certified as Zero Carbon by… Read More

Seattle startup Muir AI, which helps companies calculate complex carbon emissions, raises $3.25M

Muir AI, a Seattle startup providing carbon accounting, has raised a $3.25 million seed round led by Base10 Partners. Existing… Read More

Microsoft is a guinea pig for climate friendly concrete as it paves the way to greener data centers

Microsoft is building 120 new data centers this year alone, and operates more than 300 of the server hubs worldwide.… Read More

Amazon lowers annual carbon footprint for first time with 0.4% reduction in emissions

For the first time in the five years that Amazon has shared its carbon emissions, the cloud computing, online retail… Read More

Carbon accounting and reduction startup with unusual strategy launches with $9.4M

The news: Climate Vault Solutions on Tuesday announced its launch and a $9.4 million seed round. The Seattle-based company is… Read More

Microsoft makes tiny dent in annual carbon footprint but says ‘it’s not happening fast enough’

After its carbon footprint grew a shoe size or two in 2021, Microsoft notched a small decline in its carbon… Read More

Amazon and SpaceX vets apply their AI and satellite skills to new carbon accounting startup

Corporations worldwide are committing to shrinking their carbon footprints. But it can get complicated when companies try to calculate how… Read More

Former senator Reuven Carlyle launches climate consulting and finance venture backed by $14M

Reuven Carlyle, who last month retired from the Washington State Senate, is launching a startup that will provide a suite… Read More

Amazon is using ultra-low carbon fuels to curb climate impact of deliveries

Amazon today announced a deal with low-carbon fuel manufacturer Infinium to purchase some of its “electrofuel” to power delivery trucks… Read More

Here’s why Microsoft’s carbon footprint grew 21% last year, as profits swelled

Microsoft on Thursday released its annual Environmental Sustainability Report for 2021, covering its progress on goals for climate impacts, water… Read More

Jeff Bezos announces Amazon ‘Climate Pledge,’ promising to cut emissions and pushing other companies to follow suit

At a news conference this morning at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the… Read More

With a strong nudge from employees, can Amazon finally become a leader on climate change?

Amazon revels in its reputation for taking bold, unexpected action, for being visionary in industries such as cloud computing and… Read More

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