# Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/microsoft-faces-potential-vote-shareholders-curious-about-its-plans-to-tackle-emissions/
- Published: 2026-10-28T14:15:00+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/10/28/microsoft-faces-potential-vote-shareholders-curious-about-its-plans-to-tackle-emissions/5305953
- Topics: Americas, Business, Climate, Companies, Elections, Politics, Science, World

## Key points

- Microsoft’s emissions rose 62 per cent above their 2020 baseline.
- Trillium wants shareholders to seek a clearer climate plan.
- Microsoft recommends voting against the proposal.

## Summary

Trillium Asset Management is urging Microsoft shareholders to back a proposal asking the company to explain how it plans to meet its 2030 climate targets. The request comes as Microsoft’s emissions have risen alongside rapid growth in AI and cloud services, raising questions about how it will reconcile expanding infrastructure with its carbon-negative pledge.

Microsoft’s reported emissions increased from 13 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2020 to 20 million in 2025, or 62 per cent above its baseline; the company estimates they would have reached about 34 million tonnes without its existing initiatives. Most of the rise is linked to Scope 3 emissions from data centre construction and supply, while Scope 2 emissions from purchased energy rose to 13 per cent of the total in 2025, from 2 per cent in 2024. Trillium wants annual disclosure of a climate transition plan, while Microsoft recommends shareholders reject the proposal, saying its current disclosures are sufficient and the requested forecasts would be uncertain.

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