Based on these findings, Microsoft will be taking actions to enable greater repairability of its devices by the end of the year, as stipulated in an agreement the tech company reached with investor advocacy nonprofit As You Sow last fall. Read More →
Read MoreKelly McBee, waste program coordinator for As You Sow,, said she expected other manufacturers to follow in Apple and Microsoft’s footsteps. “I absolutely think we will see more of a domino effect,” she said. “These are two of the greatest players in this space, and they have set a new bar for their competitors.” Read More →
Read MoreAt Apple and John Deere, shareholder resolutions have already been filed and, thanks to the success of this one from As You Sow, more filings are likely on the way, says Wiens. Read More →
Read MoreAccording to As You Sow, Microsoft has committed to launching a third-party study to evaluate the matter. But perhaps more importantly, the company is also promising to “expand the availability of certain parts and repair documentation beyond Microsoft’s Authorized Service Provider network.” Read More →
Read MoreYesterday, Microsoft has agreed to increase consumers’ options to repair their devices by the end of 2022, and in response, As You Sow withdrew the shareholder resolution. Read More →
Read MoreAs You Sow, a shareholder activism nonprofit group, brought a resolution with Microsoft about its repair restrictions. On Thursday, the group withdrew its resolution. “This is an encouraging step,” said Kelly McBee, waste program coordinator for the nonprofit. Read More →
Read More"Microsoft positions itself as a leader on climate and the environment, yet facilitates premature landfilling of its devices by restricting consumer access to device reparability," Kelly McBee, waste program coordinator at As You Sow, wrote in the filed resolution. Read More →
Read MoreAs You Sow calls Microsoft’s commitment “an encouraging step,” but it’s worth keeping in perspective that it is just a step — what Microsoft has actually done today is said that it’ll have a study done and then use it to “guide” its “product design and plans for expanding device repair options,” according to a statement emailed to The Verge by a Microsoft spokesperson. Read More →
Read MoreKelly McBee, the waste program coordinator at As You Sow started intensively exploring the issue of electronic waste several years ago. After learning that Microsoft was actively contributing to the crisis through its restrictive repair policies, she reached out to the company to have a “good faith conversation” in May. It didn’t go well. Read More →
Read More“This is an encouraging step by Microsoft to respond to the upswell of federal and state activity in the right to repair movement,” Kelly McBee, waste program coordinator at As You Sow, said in a press release. “Excitingly, this agreement will begin to allow consumers to repair their Microsoft devices outside the limited network of authorized repair shops.” Read More →
Read More“Microsoft positions itself as a leader on climate and the environment, yet facilitates premature landfilling of its devices by restricting consumer access to device reparability,” said Kelly McBee, the waste programme co-ordinator at As You Sow. Read More →
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