Top 5 ESG Companies in 2022

3. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

With a market cap of $1.76 trillion, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the biggest tech companies in the world and is leading from the front when it comes to ESG. Like Apple, Microsoft plans to become carbon neutral by 2030. Since announcing this historic plan in January 2021, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has cut its carbon emissions by 6 percent in a period of 12 months. During the same period, it purchased the removal of 1.3 million metric tons of carbon from 26 projects around the world.

 By 2050, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) plans to remove the “historical emissions” it created since its founding. By 2030, Microsoft says it will be replenishing more water than it uses, becoming “water positive.” By the same time period, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will become zero waste producer across its direct waste footprint.