Microsoft Corp. may have its work lower out getting Activision Blizzard Inc.’s sustainability applications as much as its personal requirements if its deliberate $75 billion acquisition of the videogame maker goes forward.
Microsoft has developed environmental, social and governance insurance policies over a few years, together with quite a few environmental and workplace-diversity disclosures, and plans to compensate for all its historic greenhouse-gas emissions. Activision lags far behind, disclosing a lot much less ESG data and having far fewer insurance policies in place. If the deal goes by way of, it may take years for Microsoft to deliver Activision into line with its practices, consultants mentioned.
