Provide a list of 5 ethical companies & how they become ethical?

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Provide a list of 5 ethical companies & how they become ethical?

Microsoft

Environmental Sustainability Principles 

At Microsoft, they are committed to software and technology innovations that help people and organizations around the world improve the environment. Their goal is to reduce the impact of our operations and products, and to be a leader in environmental responsibility. Microsoft follows strict policies to ensure that the company remains in full compliance with international environmental regulations and the specific environmental requirements of each country/region where we do business. Microsoft actively works to protect our natural resources by doing the following:

Conserving, reusing, and recycling. 
Where feasible, Microsoft conserves natural resources by using recycled materials and supplies, efficiently using energy, and participating in recycling programs for Microsoft products after they have served their useful life. Microsoft encourages and supports the sustainable use of renewable natural resources.

Reducing and disposing of waste. 
Microsoft reduces and where possible eliminates waste through source reduction and recycling at company facilities. All waste is safely and responsibly handled and disposed of.

Developing safe and sustainable products. 
Microsoft develops, manufactures, and markets products that are safe for their intended use. Their environmental policies and practices aim to protect, conserve, and sustain the world's natural resources as well as to protect Microsoft customers and the communities in which we live and operate.

Making environmental stewardship part of our business relationships. 
At Microsoft, they strive to incorporate their environmental principles into our business relationships. They seek similar commitments to the environment from our major suppliers. They participate in industry groups to set industry standards on environmental practices. They strive to keep their customers informed about their efforts, and they welcome their feedback.

Continually improving our performance. 
They set objectives and targets to ensure continuous improvement in their environmental performance. Microsoft values employee contributions to our environmental initiatives. They regularly review our business activity and assess their environmental programs, practices, and goals to evaluate progress and to identify areas in which further improvements can be made.

Demonstrating responsibility to our stakeholders. 
They engage our stakeholders about their objectives and targets, and they periodically communicate our progress to the Board, their shareholders, their customers, and members of the public.

McDonalds

McDonald’s mission is to be the UK’s best family restaurant and they believe that this involves protecting the environment at the local and global level. They strive to ensure that our operations today do not have a negative impact on the lives of future generations.

Their goal is to achieve continuous environmental improvement. They comply with all current legislation and, where possible, act in anticipation of future environmental legislation. They base their environmental programme around the hierarchy of ‘Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle’ and are committed to continuous review, evaluation and improvement of our programme. This will include setting targets, and monitoring and reporting on progress towards meeting them.

Their business impacts on the environment through:

• Sourcing agricultural products and other materials to serve and build our restaurants; and

• The operation of our restaurants and administrative functions.

They aim to address these impacts by:

Restaurant Operations - focusing on restaurant processes to:

• improve energy efficiency;

• minimize impacts associated with odour, noise, effluent and emissions to the atmosphere;

• reduce the amount of solid waste;

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• increase the value recovered from solid waste before its responsible disposal;

• maintain a litter free environment around our restaurants by conducting regular litter patrols

Purchasing - focusing on procurement to:

• Work in partnership with environmentally responsible suppliers to minimize the resource use and pollution associated with our products and operations;

New Restaurants - focusing on the development of new restaurants to:

• minimize the impact on the environment of local communities;

• minimize the environmental impact of construction itself;

• reduce the environmental impact of building materials and increase the energy efficiency of the restaurant ...

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