Product compliance and sustainability
At Microsoft, product safety, compliance, and sustainability are integral to our mission to design and build products that empower every person and every organization to achieve more.
Environmental compliance
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       Microsoft devices fulfill strict environmental criteria including, but not limited to, compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    Materials and substances
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       When we have concern over a chemical’s potential for damage to health or the environment, we believe actions should be taken to gather and assess additional data. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    Product safety
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       Microsoft cares about the safety of our customers and employees and is committed to product safety. We plan, design, manufacture, sell, and maintain Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens devices to meet or exceed industry standards. Microsoft devices are certified to applicable international safety standards.
Our Product Safety guidelines describe these commitments and provide additional information about our product safety warnings, product safety alerts, and how to report a potential product safety concern.
 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    Our Product Safety guidelines describe these commitments and provide additional information about our product safety warnings, product safety alerts, and how to report a potential product safety concern.
Batteries
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       Microsoft complies with global substance restriction, battery marking, consumer information, and transportation and recycling requirements. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    Energy
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       We work to improve energy-saving features throughout our hardware product portfolio to help our customers save energy. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    Environmental management system
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       We utilize an internationally recognized framework known as ISO 14001 that establishes a process for entities to manage and continuously improve their environmental performance. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    Packaging
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       Packaging for Microsoft products meet heavy metal restrictions, labelling, and essential requirements regarding packaging optimization, manufacturing, composition, recovery, and reuse. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    Cloud responsible packaging
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       We ensure that Microsoft cloud infrastructure hardware packaging meets global requirements and creates minimal environmental impact. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
                    End-of-life management
                                
  
  
  
    
      
      
      
       We work with recycling companies and supply chain partners to manage the end-of-life process. Find out where to recycle products, batteries, and packaging. 
      
    
    
  
                            
                        
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