{"id":33883,"date":"2022-10-06T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T10:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/?p=33883"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T10:29:08","slug":"how-to-turn-your-sustainability-ambition-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/how-to-turn-your-sustainability-ambition-into-action\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn your sustainability ambition into action"},"content":{"rendered":"

We know from the latest IPCC report on climate change that we have a very narrow window of time to ensure we achieve our global goal of operating within a 1.5-degree climate rise. The impact of not doing so will have devastating consequences for global temperatures, drought impacting food security, and flooding and sea level rises putting lives at risk and destroying precious ecosystems.<\/p>\n

We need to achieve our aim of becoming a global net-zero economy and prevent the worst effects of climate change \u2013 before it\u2019s too late. As a business community we can, and must, work together to stay on track with our sustainability goals, even in the face of considerable market instability.<\/p>\n

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Transforming net-zero commitment into strategy<\/h3>\n

Last year, world leaders left COP26 having made a series of commitments that we pledged to translate into corporate and employee action \u2013 and, crucially, deliver on. Yet\u00a0our own research shows us that half of all UK organisations won\u2019t hit the 2050 net zero target.<\/a>\u00a0Additionally, there\u2019s a number of disruptive global events ranging from the war in Ukraine, to fuel, food, and cost of living crises, and, of course, the ongoing recovery from COVID-19 that have challenged overall progress. As a result, there is very real concern that progress may stall even further.<\/p>\n

However, despite the significant challenges we face, there have been green shoots of progress, with a variety of organisations already implementing successful sustainable strategies \u2013 but we must keep going.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft\u2019s sustainability journey<\/h3>\n

At Microsoft, we too are on this same journey, with lots still to learn. Like others, over the last year we have reported both successes and challenges, but we continue to innovate and apply learnings quickly to our business and our industry.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re two years into our 10-year plan\u00a0to be carbon negative by 2030 and by 2050 to remove more carbon from the environment than we have emitted since 1975. We\u2019re also striving to be water positive, zero waste and to protect and restore more land than we use.<\/p>\n

So, how has our strategy evolved and what learnings can we share?<\/p>\n