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Invest Responsibly or Risk Reputational Fallout?
Invest Responsibly or Risk Reputational Fallout?
Yah
Yah
Popularity & Adoption (Microsoft already embedded in K-12 education)
Scalable Infrastructure
Influence (Potentially, investors could influence Microsoft to adopt greener practices)
Digital Access
Nah
Nah
Resource Extraction (Ethical dilemmas &Co2 emissions)
Energy Demands ( Cooling and electrical demand on fossil fuels. Can it ever be sustainable?)
Lack of Research & Transparency (Reputational damage)
Greenwashing (Misrepresentation of eco-friendliness)
What Must Change in Order to Invest Responsibly?
What Must Change in Order to Invest Responsibly?
Clear carbon research and reporting, especially in the educational sphere (K-12)
Demand ethical sourcing of raw materials
Advocacy/demand for greener innovations and true sustainability
Energy-efficient servers
What Should Investors Do with the Audit?
What Should Investors Do with the Audit?
Although cloud-based digital tools, such as Microsoft Office 365, offer convenience for many educators and can be seen as a reliable investment for the Foundation, its hidden ethical and environmental costs must be considered. Without research and inquiry into education’s role in cloud-based emissions, school districts, as well as NGOs, risk further promoting unsustainable digital practices under the facade of progressivism and greenwashing.
Thus, investors, the Foundation, should only continue investing in Microsoft, once they completely commit to sustainable, ethical, and transparent cloud infrastructure and practices.
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