Satya Nadella—Nadella committed Microsoft to carbon negative by 2030 and removing all historic emissions by 2050, backed by $1B Climate Innovation Fund

On January 16, 2020, Satya Nadella, Brad Smith, and Amy Hood announced Microsoft's commitment to be carbon negative by 2030 and remove all emissions since the company's 1975 founding by 2050. Microsoft pledged to reduce carbon emissions by more than half by 2030 and remove the rest. The company created a $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund to invest over four years into new technologies. Progress on sustainability goals was included in executive compensation determination starting FY2021. During the first year, Microsoft reduced emissions by 6%, from 11.6 million to 10.9 million metric tons.