Microsoft Corp. held a virtual red-carpet celebration showcasing supplier achievements and revealing the winners of the 2024 Microsoft Supplier Prestige Awards. The event was hosted by Albert Dankwa, Content Program Manager, Xbox, and Oumaima Talouka, Product Manager, Microsoft.
The third annual Microsoft Supplier Prestige Awards recognize suppliers that exemplify the pillars of strategy, priority, agility and modernization in the arenas of sustainability, accessibility, inclusion, representation and community. Aligning with Microsoft values, the awards seek to instill a sense of partnership across the supplier ecosystem.
Microsoft Procurement, specifically the Enterprise Supplier Programs & Outreach team, in partnership with Customer Experience and Success, set out to highlight captivating companies among Microsoft’s robust supplier community that are driving change and providing inspiration. The ceremony kicked off with opening remarks by Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff. The lineup of presenters included executives from Microsoft and partner companies that announced winners across 12 categories. Yusuf Mehdi, Executive Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft, gave the keynote address.
“It is such a pleasure to recognize Microsoft’s supplier community and celebrate how they contribute to Microsoft’s success,” Mehdi said. “This has been a transformative year for our company and one that required us to move at the speed of AI. That wouldn’t have been possible without our amazing and innovative suppliers and partners.”
Meet the 2024 winners, learn about their achievements, and see the finalists.
Showstopper of the Year: Strides in Sustainability: Schneider Electric and Lenovo
Commitment to pioneering climate change initiatives and alignment with Microsoft’s Sustainability vision. Nominees’ innovative projects are scalable and repeatable, and their activities generate significant GHG reductions that are likely to be long-lived.
From their Zero Carbon Project initiative to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their Tier I suppliers, to their “ecoDesign Way” which integrates environmental assessment into product design, to their Catalyze Program which engages suppliers in the semiconductor industry. Schneider Electric is more than doing their part; they are leading the way to raise awareness across the industry and through their supply chain.
In 2023, Lenovo become the first PC and smartphone maker and one of only 139 companies in the world with a net-zero target validated by SBTi (Science-Based Target Initiative). Through the Cloud Supply Chain Sustainability (CSCS) Program Lenovo increased their intensity reduction goal of 35%, which exceeds Microsoft’s 20% milestone and represents Lenovo’s impact on the industry and society to support a global low-carbon transition.
SOURCE: Newswire