{
  "id": 16908501,
  "title": "Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/microsoft-faces-potential-vote-shareholders-curious-about-its-plans",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T14:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/10/28/microsoft-faces-potential-vote-shareholders-curious-about-its-plans-to-tackle-emissions/5305953"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Trillium Asset Management has proposed a shareholder request for Microsoft to disclose more information on how it plans to achieve its carbon reduction goals by 2030. The cloud and software company set the ambitious target of becoming carbon-negative by 2030 and removing all carbon emissions by 2050. However, since 2020, Microsoft's emissions have increased from 13 million tons of CO2 equivalent to 20 million tons in 2025, largely due to the construction and provisioning of new datacenters to meet the rising demand for cloud services and AI training. Microsoft estimates that without its current carbon reduction initiatives, emissions would now be near 34 million tons. Trillium Asset Management is urging Microsoft shareholders to vote for Proposal 4 during the annual meeting on December 8. The proposal asks Microsoft to disclose additional information on how it will manage its climate commitments, going beyond existing disclosures and being made annually. Microsoft has recommended that shareholders vote against the proposal, arguing that it requests new disclosures that go beyond legal and regulatory requirements and established voluntary climate-reporting frameworks.",
  "summary": "Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}