Microsoft plans to reduce carbon footprint by 30%

[IDG] Microsoft Corp. has set a goal for reducing its carbon emissions and has plans to support the development of software that can help address climate change issues, the company’s chief environmental strategist said.Microsoft hopes to reduce carbon emissions per unit of revenue by 30% of 2007 levels by 2012, Rob Bernard said in a blog post on Wednesday.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129570Microsoft aims to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent
In a post last week on the Microsoft’s Environment Sustainability Blog, Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, explained Microsoft’s goals for the environment: “Today, I want to focus on our carbon footprint goal. We understand that environmental action must begin at home. Today, Steve announced to all employees that Microsoft has set a goal to reduce its carbon emissions per unit of revenue by at least 30% compared with 2007 levels by 2012. We’ll achieve this goal by improving energy use in our buildings and operations, reducing air travel, and increasing our use of renewable energy.” I recommend checking out the full letter as it’s a good read.The announcement comes hot on the heels of last month’s news of Microsoft giving enterprises running Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 a free tool, dubbed the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard, for tracking their environmental impact and energy consumption.
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsoft-aims-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-by-30-percent.ars