In early 2020, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella hopped on a relatively small stage to announce big news to the world — the tech giant was determined to reach carbon negativity by removing even more carbon than it emits in just a decade. To do that, it was not only cutting emissions from its direct operations but also across its whole supply chain. Yet that last part was set to be a gargantuan challenge.
The following year, one of Microsoft’s electronics suppliers, a Taiwan-based company…