Technology Record - Issue 25: Summer 2022

39 emission and we help them achieve their sustainability goals through Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, data and artificial intelligence. That is why, through the Microsoft #BuildFor2030 initiative, we aim to accelerate innovation and collective impact with our partner ecosystem, helping to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. With Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, we help customers aggregate sustainability data in an actionable way, thus providing accurate carbon accounting, measuring performance against goals and enabling intelligent insights for organisations to take more effective action. No matter where an organisation is in the sustainability journey, our partners’ devices, applications, and services can help them to minimise their environmental impact, deliver new value, accelerate business transformation and achieve sustainability goals. Microsoft has bold sustainability goals leading up to 2030 and you can get an update on our latest progress in the 2022 sustainability report released in March. Like the rest of us, you’ve had to acclimatise to a new normal of hybrid working brought about by recent events. What lessons did you learn whilst working from home during the lockdown period and how have you adopted technology to preserve personal productivity whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance? Over the past two years, we have seen the world transform. We’ve seen new experiences empowered by technology and new scenarios enabled by innovation. This is especially true with hybrid work. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to hybrid work, which means we need flexible strategies by providing the right collaboration tools and spaces that simplify communication. Microsoft Teams and Viva are great examples of services that help employees to stay connected and keep their well-being top of mind. Personally, I’ve gained new perspective on productivity through the pandemic while recognising the power of connection. Technology plays a key role in connecting our employees around the world. Organisations have decisions to make about how to leverage technology to improve their workflows and empower their teams, such as making office time worth the commute, enabling collaboration, or giving them the flexibility to work on their own terms. These are the new expectations people have for the workplace. Microsoft wants to enable people to do their best work.

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