Context
Recently, Indian American Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella has won the prestigious C K Prahlad award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership for the year 2021, along with three other top leaders of Microsoft.
Key-points
- Microsoft's top four executives received the Award for their co-operative leadership of transforming Microsoft into a carbon negative company by 2030 and eliminating all of its historic emission by 2050.
- In addition to Nadella, Microsoft President and Deputy Chairman Brad Smith, chief financial officer Amy Hood and chief environmental officer Lucas Joppa shared the Global Business Sustainability Leadership award.
About C K Prahalad Award
- The award was presented in 2010 by the Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) in honor of a member of the Advisory Board member C.K Prahalad.
- The award thanks the winners for being an example of the fundamental link between sustainability, innovation and long-term business success around the world.
