[delish]

It is praiseworthy Microsoft straightforwardly reported the increase.

I haven't paid attention to these kinds of optional disclosures. Never thought about it but were I asked I would have said these are advertisements. I don't dislike sustainability, but I thought those function as advertisements because you can expect to get more sustainability "for free" over time, because of many things (Moore's Law, ephemeralization, societal investment). So of course savvy corporations publish sustainability reports that say, "We're doin' great : )."

Therefore I'd argue their commitment to sustainability is shown by their disclosure of the increase.

[1vuio0pswjnm7]

"Therefore I'd argue their commitment to sustainability is shown by their disclsoure of the increase."

Alternatively, one could argue the increase shows their commitment to profit at the expense of the environment and the voluntary disclosure shows a commitment to greenwashing.

[Nition]

It's funny how that happens sometimes. Reminds me of the United Nations' "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples". The only four countries that didn't sign it initially were the ones that actually looked at it and thought about whether they could really achieve it.

[alpinisme]

That’s a charitable description of the states that voted against and an uncharitable description of the ones that voted for. A less loaded description would just observe that the opposed countries were the ones where the indigenous peoples would have the greatest claims and the governments would have the greatest resources to claim.

[nitwit005]

Saying no does require honesty though. Signing a treaty, and then ignoring it, is always an option.

[alpinisme]

True. It requires honesty that the state does not intend to uphold the resolution. But it does not require honesty about why.

[karma_pharmer]

the ones that actually looked at it and

... noticed that it doesn't even define "indigenous"

[gds44]

Yet their own people are quiting over their claims - https://grist.org/accountability/microsoft-employees-spent-y...

[darkerside]

How do you know it isn't so much worse than what they're saying that this is actually part of the cover up? I'm not saying I believe that, just following your own logic.

[GeekyBear]

> It is praiseworthy Microsoft straightforwardly reported the increase.

Didn't they just learn a lesson about the additional bad press you can be subjected to if you try to hide the severity of your security issues instead of just owning up to what's happening?

[kolinko]

Microsoft is quite awesome in general when it comes to carbon neutrality.

[p3rls]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterion_of_embarrassment