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Sustainable Brands Collaboratory
Beyond Employee Engagement
Monthly Call
3/13/14
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Agenda
• Where we are (5-10 minutes)
• Microsoft Case Discussion (45 minutes)
• Next Steps (5 minutes)
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Where we are
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• Great eBay Call – check
the Forum for
presentations, comms
materials, audio
• Forum Activity Challenge
• Issues to Explore
Microsoft Case
• Josh and Rob to share
process/approach/learnings of employee
engagement- the how and the what
• Discussion ongoing- raise your hand or use the
chat feature for questions & comments
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Awareness
All Microsoft Employees Communities, Teams & Groups Passionate Leaders
Engagement Leadership
“I really want to get involved, I just don’t know how.”
“I didn’t read the newsletters.”
“I want to do more than encourage people to turn off
lights and recycle.”
“Why don’t our executives talk about or advocate for
sustainability?”
“What can I do if I don’t have ‘sustainability’ in my title?”
“I don’t feel like I’m aware of all that we’re doing.”
“It seems like other companies are faster to embrace new ideas
in sustainability.”
“I want to know who the other involved employees are.”
How do we tap into the culture of innovation at Microsoft that moves us from sustainability as a “tax” (aka “do this”) to sustainability as an accelerator (aka “empowerment”)?
How do we do this in a way that when knitted together the work of the individuals and communities creates collective impact?
How do we measure our engagement program in order to show how individuals working together make greater change?
STRATEGIES
FOCUS AREAS
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Determine best time to perform highest-energy-consuming computation
Move computation closer to renewable energy sources
Developed dashboard & algorithm for analyzing different rates on the electric grid, like current carbon emissions and the rate at which renewable energy is being integrated to power the grid
Conor Kelly
NTL PROJECT ENGINEER 3
Using big data & electricity market analytics to increase renewable energy sources in data centers
• Avg 15,000 to 20,000 attendees
• Events now keep ~350,000 plastic bottles from use
• 30,000+ meals and thousands of leftover event supplies to food banks, schools and youth organizations
“We make the effort because Microsoft’s
commitment to sustainability is present across all
the company’s operations, including our meetings
and events” Gina Broel
Set in consultation with the Office of the CFO based on the average price of renewable energy and carbon offset projects globally
Product
groups
Data
center
operations
Corporate
R&D
Central fund
Invest in renewable energy, carbon offsets & internal efficiency
Corporate
operations
Sales and
marketing
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Next Steps
• Forum Challenge- two cases, articles or reports on EE to the Forum.
• April call
– Tatyana and Randi from HP will discuss their global, customer-facing, skills-based Eco Advocates program
• June in San Diego
• Emergent themes-
– Borrowing/Adapting is an accelerant
– Sharing failure
– Learning and Focusing
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The conversation will continue in the Forum!
Thanks Everyone