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Is Data Architecture our Digital Intergenerational Legacy for Place?
In the digital world, new technology can cycle round in a matter of weeks.![Female working by a body of water](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2023/05/Shefy-Engineering-Blog-Mar-2023-Header-Image-MC4S-Water-GettyImages-1370595590-300x169.jpg)
Introducing critical new water data capabilities in Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Increased demand and less reliable water supply have put the world at a critical turning point: Sustainable water management must be prioritized. Today we’re announcing powerful new water sustainability management features (in preview) in Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability and an extended collaboration with Ecolab to help organizations accelerate their progress on water sustainability.![Body of water view](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2023/05/MelanieNMSC19_indiaMathura_026-1920x1078-1-300x168.jpg)
The journey to water positive
Water is a precious finite resource, essential for life. For Microsoft, water management is critical to operations such as those needed to cool our datacenters and operate our buildings globally. And that is why, in 2020, Microsoft announced its commitment to become water positive by 2030 and joined the Water Resilience Coalition.![Image of the network between modern building](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2023/05/RalphHMC4S-Blog-Mar-2023-Header-Image-GettyImages-1277390448-1-1-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg)
Get ready for ESG reporting with increased data transparency
As we examine how new rules impact the scope of our reporting, we’re helping our customers do the same, because our own experience has shown us that collecting and analyzing data at scale—that is, across entire operations and value chains—requires increasingly automated, data-driven digital technologies.![A graphic with the words: Making sustainability everyone's job. 4 ways to invest in the planet.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2023/03/MicrosoftTeams-image-300x169.webp)
Putting sustainability into the heart of everyone’s job: 4 ways to take action
This year’s theme for Earth Day is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ and focuses on engaging governments, institutions, businesses, and citizens to do their part. With this in mind, sustainability in 2023 has become as much the responsibility of each employee as it is the wider organisation’s. But how do you make sustainability everyone’s job?![Brittany Bosco standing in front of a screen](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2023/03/CLO20_Maya_002-300x200.jpg)
How to future-proof your business: a CFO’s-eye view
At times of economic turmoil, chief financial officers (CFOs) are under even more pressure than usual to manage risk and drive resilience. That means managing their organisations’ profit and loss, cutting overheads, and otherwise reducing costs while planning for the future. The way forward for getting your P&L in line is to drive revenue.![two people standing next to a building](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2022/12/MicrosoftTeams-image-1-300x200.jpg)
Aberdeen City Council shows ambition and leadership in tackling climate change
Find out how Aberdeen City Council is working in partnership to meet ambitious net-zero goals and help ensure a sustainable future.![The need for urgent action: COP27 and the road to net zero](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2022/11/New-300x169.jpg)
The need for urgent action: COP27 and the road to net zero
Globally, we are facing the greatest challenge humanity has seen: To limit the planet’s temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.![The future of banking](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2022/10/MicrosoftTeams-image-9-300x169.webp)
The future of banking: How to stay innovative, collaborative and secure
In the current economic environment, banks and other financial services firms recognise the need to embrace digital transformation to get maximum value from their technology investments and do more with less.![Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability featured image](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2022/06/Sustainability-blog-thumbnail-010622-300x169.webp)
How to turn your sustainability ambition into action
We know from the latest IPCC report on climate change that we have a very narrow window of time to ensure we achieve our global goal of operating within a 1.5-degree climate rise.![An illustration of leaves representing sustainability, next to an illustration of Bit the Raccoon.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2021/08/sustainabilitythumb-300x169.webp)