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Elisabeth, hi. When it comes to
sustainability, there is a clear gap,

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isn't there, between intention
and pledges and concrete action.

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What is the role of technology and
data in helping to bridge that gap?

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The role of technology is very practical.

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It is really an enablement and
a platform in two ways. One,

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it helps us understand where you are
and create a baseline of intelligence,

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because you can't manage
what you can't measure.

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And so part of what we're doing at
Microsoft is enabling with our cloud of

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sustainability, our
sustainability manager tool,

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companies and corporates that are complex
worldwide with large supply chains for

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example.

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You can really begin to get your arms
around not just scope one and two,

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but scope three. And then second of all,

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all of the physical technology
that enables the actual reduction

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actions, whether it's saving
energy or saving water,

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requires a digital backbone to work
- like advanced energy efficiency,

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EV charging for example.

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And so that's also where Microsoft helps
create the brains that actually enable

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the kit to work.

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Tell me more about what Microsoft is
doing to ensure that the sustainability

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data that companies have
can be used effectively

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to make good decisions.

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First of all,

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it starts with data quality and
getting all of your data in one place

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so that you can have one source of truth.
Because without one source of truth,

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you're gonna have the fragmentation that
makes decision-making very difficult.

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And so being able to create that
platform so you have confidence and

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credibility, that's where leaders
can make good quality decisions.

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Because you can see it,

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you can have the insights from that
data and then you can do forecasting,

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scenario planning, analysis,
simulation... gamification.

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That actually helps you say,
Okay, what are the trade-offs?

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How do I move my capital?

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What are the levers that I can actually
make sure I'm growing my business

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profitably, but at the same
time reducing my impact?

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In this decisive, difficult decade,

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I imagine we've got coming and
we've already had, I suppose,

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the first couple of years,

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what is the one action that companies
can take to not only survive but to

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thrive?

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Well, immediately in the first
instance: understand where you are,

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know your numbers, get
a baseline for yourself.

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And then you can do practical things like
implement a price of carbon internally

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that will help guide those decision
making. And then second of all,

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it's take action. Perfect
is the enemy of good.

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It's time to actually lean
in, experiment... that's
where innovation comes from.

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Elisabeth, thank you so much.

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Thank you so much.