Being a part of Microsoft, Xbox has its own commitment to "meaningfully reduce" its environmental impact and become a "carbon negative, water positive and zero waste company by 2030". It's now provided a "progress update" about its carbon reduction goals.
In just three years, it's managed to contribute to its goal with interventions to "reduce energy from console usage".
"These interventions, which include greening game code and players opting into energy saver modes, have prevented over 1.2 million metric tons of CO2e, compared to usage without interventions. According to US EPA estimates, this reduction prevents emissions equivalent to more than 3 billion car miles (driven by an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle) being released into the atmosphere."
These preventions have been achieved with the help of the Xbox Sustainability Toolkit and the Shutdown (energy saving) power option.
"These measures highlight some of the improvements we’ve made to reduce our carbon footprint, and we are continually exploring new ways to innovate, learn, and improve our sustainability efforts at Xbox."
If you want to take advantage of these energy efficiency features on your own Xbox, navigate to settings and follow these steps: "General > Power options and confirm that Shutdown (energy saving) is active".
While Xbox says it's proud of the progress it's made so far on this front, it also notes how "work towards a more sustainable future is never complete". You can get the full rundown on Xbox Wire.