Ecosystems
Our commitment
Our approach
Using data and AI to restore ecosystems
Funding community-based restoration and conservation
Designing with nature across our operations and projects
Building and strengthening nature-based markets
Using data and AI to restore ecosystems
Harnessing geospatial data for real-world impact
The Planetary Computer combines petabytes of global environmental data with user-friendly tools, helping scientists and conservation leaders turn data into actionable insights.
Advancing conservation with AI
Through Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, we help researchers monitor and report on ecosystem health to address biodiversity challenges worldwide.
Funding community-based restoration and conservation
Supporting regenerative agriculture with the Agoro Carbon Alliance
By advancing practices like native grass seeding, our agreement with the Agoro Carbon Alliance will generate an estimated 2.6 million soil organic carbon removal credits while strengthening US farm resilience and restoring soil health, water retention, and biodiversity.
Restoring forests with the Kijani Smallholder Farmer Project
In Uganda, the Kijani Forestry Smallholder Farmer Project—one of Africa’s largest restoration efforts—restores degraded land, stores carbon, and strengthens rural livelihoods through community-led reforestation.
Designing with nature across our operations and projects
Applying biomimicry in North Holland
Designed in response to community input, our Middenmeer datacenter integrates landscaping that reflects resilient local ecosystems, including 150 trees and 2,300 square meters of native greenery that support biodiversity.
Reducing urban heat
We work to design our datacenters with reflective materials, permeable pavements, and vegetated surfaces to lower temperatures, improve stormwater management, and support LEED heat reduction standards.
Building and strengthening nature-based markets
Restoring pocosin wetlands through the Pantheon Regeneration project
Through the Pantheon Regeneration project, Microsoft supports peatland restoration at The Pocosin Ecological Reserve—one of the first commercial-scale wetland projects in the US—restoring natural water tables, enhancing biodiversity, and removing millions of tons of carbon.
Advancing global carbon markets
Symbiosis, a coalition backed by Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Salesforce, aims to scale high-integrity markets for nature-based carbon removal. Efforts focus on forest restoration, agroforestry, and emerging blue carbon projects with a goal of contracting 20 million tons of high-quality removals by 2030.
Innovation
