SUSTAINABILITY
Decommissioned servers processed by Circular Centers are finding second lives in schools as resources for skills training programmes, while partnerships with companies in Asia are repurposing used memory cards in electronic toys and gaming systems.
Broader sustainability goals This achievement forms part of Microsoft’ s comprehensive sustainability strategy, which includes becoming carbon negative, water positive and achieving zero waste by 2030.
The company is also committed to protecting more land than it uses by 2025. With the Microsoft Cloud powered by millions of servers spread across more than 60 data centre regions, the circular economy programme plays a crucial role in decoupling business growth from environmental impact.
“ This milestone reflects our dedication and is just one piece of reaching our goal of zero waste by 2030,” notes Melanie Nakagawa, Microsoft’ s Chief Sustainability Officer.“ What stands out most to me about this achievement is the creativity and innovation that made this possible.
“ Through material recovery – extracting valuable components from discarded products and putting them to work in new ways, like memory chips and motherboards – we’ re not just reducing waste, we’ re conserving resources and lowering emissions. It’ s proof that circularity is both possible and impactful and can benefit the triple bottom line of people, planet, profit.”
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