In the article, Microsoft says they are carbon neutral today. They make a distinction between being carbon neutral—offsetting all their emissions—and being “net

In the article, Microsoft says they are carbon neutral today. They make a distinction between being carbon neutral—offsetting all their emissions—and being “net zero”. The latter is harder because it requires actually removing carbon from the atmosphere, not just paying someone else not to emit carbon. They also make a distinction between Scope 1 (direct emissions), Scope 2 (emissions created by energy providers), and Scope 3 (emissions created by suppliers). Their Scope 3 emissions are two orders of magnitude higher than their Scope 1 emissions, if I’m remembering it right. Their commitment is to be net negative including Scope 3 emissions. I was impressed. They went well above and beyond a simple PR move.