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Our commitment to sustainable development

Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet underpins our work with the United Nations and our efforts to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
View the 2023 SDG report Microsoft at the UN

Harnessing technology to advance progress on the SDGs

We recognize our enormous opportunity to ensure the technology we create benefits everyone on the planet, as well as the planet itself. The common challenges the world faces are complex, and they cannot be solved by any government or organization alone.

Microsoft’s commitment to multi-stakeholder collaboration

Bringing together the diverse perspectives and resources of governments, business, civil society, and international organizations enhances our ability to create and implement innovative solutions that will drive lasting and sustainable impact.

Using technology to accelerate SDG progress

Since becoming an SDG Advocate in 2021, Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith has emphasized the power of innovation, technology, and multi-stakeholder partnerships to keep the promise of the SDGs.

Our commitment to the UN SDGs

As we look forward to the year ahead, we continue to focus on four commitments to help people and organizations achieve more: expand opportunity, earn trust, protect fundamental rights, and advance sustainability.

Expand opportunity

We believe economic growth and opportunity must reach every person, organization, community, and country. This starts with ensuring everyone has the skills to thrive in a digital, AI-enabled economy, and extends to empowering nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and other organizations to digitally transform and address society’s biggest challenges. This work supports our efforts on Goals 4—Quality Education and 8—Decent Work and Economic Growth.
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Earn trust

To create positive impact with technology, people must be able to trust the technologies they use and the companies behind them. That’s why we’re committed to the responsible use of AI, protecting privacy, and advancing digital safety and cybersecurity. Our focus on earning trust helps support several SDGs, including Goal 16—Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.
Read about how we earn trust

Protect fundamental rights

We have a responsibility to protect people’s fundamental rights and help all communities succeed in an increasingly digital world. For us, this means promoting responsible business practices, expanding accessibility and connectivity, and advancing fair and inclusive societies. When we protect fundamental rights, we support SDGs 8 and 16.
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Advance sustainability

Climate change is the defining issue of our generation, and addressing it requires swift, collective action and technical innovation. Microsoft is committed to meeting our own climate goals and enabling others to do the same by promoting rapid policy action, supporting the development of sustainability markets, and accelerating progress through AI-enabled solutions. Our commitment to advancing sustainability is directly aligned with Goal 13—Climate Action.
Our approach to sustainability

Digital development as a global opportunity

Digital inclusivity and resilience are critical to global development, especially in rapidly urbanizing parts of the world. Transformational technology such as AI provides new and real ways to make progress toward the SDGs in 2023 and beyond.
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Microsoft takes a historic role at LDC5

In March 2023, Microsoft co-chaired with the UN the Private Sector-Forum at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha, Qatar, joining multi-stakeholder discussions on ways to mobilize long-term investment and finance for LDCs.

Read more about Microsoft at LDC5
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Seizing the AI moment: AI for Good

AI represents a once-in-a-lifetime technology, capable of having significant global impacts. To achieve these impacts, we have established several protocols and toolkits to help organizations and governments understand how to use AI responsibly.

Explore the AI for Good Lab
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Responsible AI governance

As AI technology becomes a bigger part of our lives, it’s critical that governments, civil society, and industry establish interoperable guardrails. In Microsoft’s blueprint for the public governance of AI, we offer views on some ways this can be done.

Read the blueprint for public governance of AI

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Microsoft at the United Nations

Learn more about our engagement with the work of the United Nations and our efforts to support the UN Charter.

Learn about Microsoft at the UN

Reports Hub

We are committed to improving our world and reporting our progress. Our Reports Hub provides a single source for key reports and resources across our environmental, social, and governance efforts.

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2022 UN SDG Report

In 2022, several Microsoft initiatives helped advance progress on all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Read the 2022 report
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