Microsoft 2017 GRI G4 Content Index

Microsoft 2017 GRI G4 Content Index

Strategy and Analysis

G4-1

Statement from the most senior decision-maker at about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and the organization's strategy for addressing sustainability.

G4-2

Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities at .

Organizational Profile

G4-3 G4-4

Name of the organization. Activities, brands, products, and services.

G4-5 G4-6

Location of the organization's headquarters.

Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries where either the organization has significant operations or that are specifically relevant to the topics covered in the report.

G4-7

Nature of ownership and legal form.

G4-8

Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers and beneficiaries).

G4-9

Scale of reporting organization:

G4-10

Information on employees and other workers.

Information Links

Statement From Senior Decision-maker Microsoft - Annual Report

Page(s)

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Homepage

Key Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities Microsoft Annual Form 10K

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Our approach to reporting

Information Links Microsoft Corporation

Activities, Brands, Products, and Services

Microsoft - Annual Report

Microsoft Annual Form 10K

Page(s)

Location of Headquarters Microsoft - Annual Report

Location of Operations Microsoft - Worldwide Operations Microsoft - Annual Report Microsoft News Center - Subsidiaries Fast Facts about Microsoft - Operation Centers

Ownership and Legal Form Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

Microsoft - Annual Report

Markets Served Microsoft - Annual Report

Microsoft Annual Form 10K

Scale of the Organization Microsoft - Annual Report

Microsoft Fast Facts: Scale of Organization

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

Information on Employees and Other Workers

G4-11 G4-12

Percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements Description of the organization's supply chain.

G4-13

Significant changes during the reporting period to the organization's size, structure, ownership, or its supply chain.

Commitments to External Initiatives

G4-14

Whether and how the organization applies the Precautionary Principle or approach.

G4-15

List of externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or which it endorses.

G4-16

Memberships of industry or other associations, and national or international advocacy organizations.

Identified Material Aspects and Boundaries

G4-17

Entities included in the consolidated financial statements.

G4-18

Details on report content and G4 Aspect boundaries.

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

Microsoft Global Diversity & Inclusion

Collective Bargaining Agreements

Supply Chain Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Responsible sourcing

Microsoft Responsible Sourcing Site

Significant Changes to the Organization and its Supply Chain

Microsoft - News Center

Microsoft - Annual Report

Microsoft News Center - Subsidiaries

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Responsible sourcing

Information Links

Page(s)

Precautionary Principle or Approach

Precautionary Principle for Consumer Electronics

External Initiatives Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Homepage

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Principles

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Our approach to reporting

Membership of Associations Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Homepage

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Information Links

Page(s)

Entities Included in the Consolidated Financial Statements

Microsoft - Annual Report

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

Defining Report Content and Boundaries

G4-19

A list of the material aspects identified in the process for defining report content.

G4-20 G4-21

Aspect Boundary within the organization Aspect Boundary outside the organization.

G4-22

Explanation of the effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatements.

G4-23

Significant changes from previous reporting periods in Materiality and Boundaries.

Stakeholder Engagement

G4-24

List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.

G4-25

Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.

G4-26 G4-27

Organization's approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group, and an indication of whether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process.

Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement.

Report Profile

G4-28

Reporting period for information provided.

G4-29 G4-30

Date of most recent previous report. Reporting cycle (such as annual, biennial).

G4-31 G4-32

Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. GRI Content Index

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Our approach to reporting

List of Material Aspects

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Internal Boundary Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Homepage

External Boundary

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Responsible sourcing

Restatements of Information Microsoft 2016 CSR Report

Changes in Reporting

Information Links

Page(s)

List of Stakeholder Groups

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Identifying and Selecting Stakeholders

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Approach to Stakeholder Engagement

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Key Topics and Concerns Raised

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Information Links

Page(s)

Reporting Period

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Our approach to reporting

Date of Most Recent Report Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Reports hub

Reporting Cycle

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Our approach to reporting

Contact Point for Questions Regarding the Report

GRI Content Index

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - GRI G4 Index

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Our approach to reporting

G4-33

Policy and current practices with regard to seeking external assurance for the report

Assurance CDP - Microsoft Corp Responses

Governance

G4-34

Governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body and committees responsible for the decision-making on economic, environmental, and social topics.

Information Links

Page(s)

Governance Structure Microsoft Board Committees

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

G4-35

Process for delegating authority for economic, environmental and social topics from the highest governance body to senior executives and other employees.

Delegating Authority

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

G4-36

Whether the organization has appointed an executive-level position or positions with responsibility for economic, environmental and social topics, and whether post holders report directly to the highest governance body.

Executive-Level Responsiblity for Economic, Environmental, and Social Topics

Microsoft Senior Leaders

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

G4-37

Processes for consultation between stakeholders and the highest governance body on economic, environmental and social topics.

Consulting Stakeholders on Economic, Environmental, and Social Topics

Microsoft - Contact the Board of Directors

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

G4-38

Composition of the highest governance body and its committees.

Composition of the Highest Governance Body and its Committees

Microsoft - Board of Directors

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

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G4-39

Whether the chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer in the organization.

Chair of the Highest Governance Body Microsoft - Corporate Governance Guidelines

Corporate Governance Frequently Asked Questions

G4-40

Nomination and selection processes for the highest governance body and its committees and the criteria used for nominating and selecting highest governance body members.

Nominating and Selecting the Highest Governance Body

Microsoft - Corporate Governance Guidelines

section 3

G4-41

Processes for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided and managed.

Conflicts of Interest

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

G4-42

Highest governance body's and senior executives' roles in the development, approval, and updating of the organization's purpose, value or mission statements, strategies, policies, and goals related to economic, environmental, and social topics.

Role of the Highest Governance Body in Setting Purpose, Values, and Strategy

G4-43 G4-44 G4-45

G4-46 G4-47 G4-48 G4-49 G4-50 G4-51 G4-52

Microsoft - Corporate Governance Guidelines

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Measures taken to develop and enhance the highest governance body's collective knowledge of economic, environmental, and social topics.

Collective Knowledge of Highest Governance Body

Microsoft Corporation Regulatory and Public Policy Committee...

Microsoft - Corporate Governance Guidelines

Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's performance with respect to governance of economic, environmental, and social topics.

Evaluating the Highest Governance Body's Performance

Microsoft - Corporate Governance Guidelines

See item 22

Microsoft Corporation Regulatory and Public Policy Committee...

See item 6

Highest governance body's role in identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social topics and their impacts, risks, and opportunities ? including its role in the implementation of due diligence processes.

Identifying and Managing Economic, Environmental, and Social Impacts

Microsoft Corporation Regulatory and Public Policy Committee...

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Highest governance body's role in reviewing the effectiveness of the organization's risk management processes for economic, environmental and social topics.

Effectiveness of Risk Management Process Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Frequency of the highest governance body's review of economic, environmental and social impacts, risks, and opportunities.

Review Of Economic, Environmental, and Social Topics Microsoft Corporation Regulatory and Public Policy Committee...

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Highest committee or position that formally reviews and approves the organization's sustainability report and ensures that all material G4 Aspects are covered.

Highest Governance Body's Role in Sustainability Reporting

Microsoft CSR Digital Report - Governance of CSR

Process for communicating critical concerns to the highest governance body.

Communicating Critical Concerns Microsoft - Contact the Board of Directors

Total number and nature of critical concerns that were communicated to the highest governance body and mechanism(s) used Nature and Total Number of Critical Concerns

to address and resolve critical concerns.

Remuneration policies for the highest governance body and senior executives by type of remuneration.

Remuneration Policies

Information for Investors - Proxy & Annual Form 10K

Process for determining remuneration.

Process for Determining Remuneration

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