Microsoft has pledged to make all of its data centers, software development labs and any other direct operations carbon neutral, starting in fiscal 2013.

The company announced its decision in a blog post, saying that it has also recently worked to promote environmental responsibility across the company and will make every business unit responsible for offsetting its own carbon emissions. The company will do so by charging a fee for carbon, which its operations in “over 100 countries” will have to pay off.

Read the full article in The Washington Post.