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Commitments to our shared future

Our commitments help us align our work with our mission. The annual Impact Summary highlights our approach to and progress toward these commitments.
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Meeting the moment

To empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, we focus on four enduring commitments: expand opportunity, earn trust, protect fundamental rights, and advance sustainability.
Expand opportunity

We expand economic opportunity and growth for all

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.

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AI skills for everyone

Learn how Microsoft’s AI skills training is helping people around the world succeed in a rapidly changing economy.

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14.1 million people trained and certified with digital skills

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Earn trust

We create a safe, secure, and responsible digital world

To create positive impact with technology, people need to trust the technologies they use and the companies behind them. That’s why we’re committed to the responsible development and use of AI, protecting privacy, and advancing digital safety and cybersecurity.

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A shared mission for responsible AI

Microsoft has partnered with Stimson Center to facilitate cross-boundary conversations that help ensure AI’s benefits are deployed responsibly across the globe.

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Protect fundamental rights

We support and advance people’s fundamental rights

When our technology changes the world, we have a responsibility to protect people’s fundamental rights while extending the benefits of technology and working to mitigate potential harm. For us, this means promoting responsible business practices, expanding accessibility and connectivity, and advancing fair and inclusive societies.

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Improving access to art

Microsoft and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are working together to improve the art experience for the blind and low-vision community.

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Helped bring more than 100 million people high-speed internet access

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Advance sustainability

We invest in and build a sustainable future

Climate change is the defining issue of our generation, and addressing it requires swift, collective action and technological innovation. We are committed to meeting our own goals while enabling others to do the same. That means taking responsibility for our operational footprint and accelerating progress through technology.

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Using AI to help preserve the Amazon rainforest

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest, but deforestation is an urgent problem that if left unchecked could permanently skew the planet’s ecosystem. AI may hold the key to protect this critical part of the world.

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Over 1.5 million people provided access to clean water and sanitation solutions

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How our work aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet underpins our work with the United Nations and our support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We have a 20-year history of working with the United Nations (UN) and support the SDGs as a set of 17 universal goals for all parties to achieve by 2030.

Our commitments

Supported through our work on the UN SDGs


Expand opportunity
Goal 4          Quality Education
Goal 5          Gender Equality
Goal 8          Decent Work and Economic Growth
Goal 10        Reduced Inequalities
Goal 17        Partnership for the Goals

Earn trust
Goal 9          Industry, Innovations, and Infrastructure
Goal 16        Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
Goal 17        Partnership for the Goals


Protect fundamental rights
Goal 5          Gender Equality
Goal 10        Reduced Inequalities
Goal 11        Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 16        Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
Goal 17        Partnership for the Goals



Advance sustainability
Goal 6          Clean Water and Sanitation
Goal 7          Affordable and Clean Energy
Goal 12        Responsible Consumption and Production
Goal 13        Climate Action
Goal 14        Life Below Water
Goal 15        Life on Land
Goal 17        Partnership for the Goals

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How we work

We activate resources from across our business and our ecosystem to drive progress faster and farther than we could on our own.
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Reporting governance and approach

We strive to conduct our business in ways that are principled, transparent, and accountable to our shareholders and other key stakeholders.
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Leading with transparency

Our Reports Hub provides a single, consolidated view of key reports and resources related to our programs and progress.
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Archived Impact Summaries

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