Overview Carbon Water Waste Ecosystems Appendix 72 Appendix A (continued) Our policies and practices Governance Additional information How we We work to apply the power of technology to earn and Microsoft has made sustainability part of its business, We regularly publish progress on our work on sustain the trust of the customers and partners we including embedding it deeply into its governance environmental sustainability, as well as our larger empower and the communities in which we live and structure. The Microsoft Board is engaged in oversight CSR work. This year’s CSR report can be found here: report work. This focus extends to our work to build a of climate-related risks and opportunities, and sustainable future where everyone has access to the management is fully engaged in assessing and Download our benefits and opportunities that technology can bring. managing risks and opportunities. Additional 2020 CSR Report Reporting standards It’s central to our mission to empower every person and information about our governance structure for Previous reports can be found here: GRI: Microsoft works to align our corporate social organization to achieve more, and it΄s why many of our sustainability can be found in Appendix D as well responsibility (CSR) commitments and reporting to employees come to work every day. as in our CDP responses. Our Reports hub global standards. We inform our CSR reporting using Working together with stakeholders Read more the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability We know that the decisions we make affect our Appendix D Our Sustainable Devices FY20 report can be found here: Reporting Standards. employees, customers, partners, shareholders, suppliers, TCFD and SASB: Microsoft is committed to fully aligning and communities, and we take their voices into account. Forward-looking statements Microsoft Devices Sustainability Report FY20 with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate- Microsoft receives input from millions of people each This report includes estimates, projections, and other related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the year—from individual customers to policymakers and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Our yearly data sheet, with greater detail on our Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) global human rights specialists. We bring outside Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, section emissions and impacts, is in Appendix B: standards. We adapted these frameworks, where perspectives into the company and inform our business 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and section 21E of the necessary, to map them to our current operations, decisions through a variety of feedback channels. We go Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking Read more programs, and processes as they relate to climate risks beyond formal channels, proactively engaging with key statements generally are identified by the words Appendix B and opportunities assessment and management with stakeholders, advocacy groups, industry experts, CSR “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” Our current year CDP responses on Climate and Water, the intent to publish our disclosure in 2021. rating agencies, CSR-focused investors, and many others. “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” both named to the A List, can be found here: SDGs: We΄re actively engaged in supporting the UN We also share our learnings and practices thereby “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and publicly generating industry dialogue, informing public debate, likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking Read our CDP response report how Microsoft contributes to the global effort and advancing greater progress. statements are based on current expectations and on Climate to achieve them. More information on this year’s report assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties Read our CDP response can be found here: Identifying material issues that may cause actual results to differ materially. on Water Our CSR materiality assessment reflects input gathered We describe risks and uncertainties that could cause Our commitment to from our stakeholder engagement processes, actual results and events to differ materially in our sustainable development consultation with Business for Social Responsibility and reports filed with Securities and Exchange Commission. other external experts, and consideration of the impact We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly of our core businesses. any forward-looking statements, whether because of In 2020, Microsoft conducted a new materiality new information, future events, or otherwise. assessment with a focus on environmental sustainability, which can be accessed in Appendix C. Read more Appendix C