Sustainability
Google
Thu May 02 2024
See the winners of our Single-Use Plastics Challenge
Here are the winners of our Single-Use Plastics Challenge, and how these solutions help reduce the food and beverage industry’s plastic foot...
Tue Apr 30 2024
How we're supporting watershed health in southern Nevada
Here’s a look at the work we’ve done in Nevada to support local water stewardship, data center water usage and regional economic impact.
Chromebooks
Mon Apr 22 2024
How Chromebooks can support your school's Earth Day goals
For Earth Day, we’re sharing how Chromebooks can help support sustainability goals at your school by building a repair program and more.
Open-Source
GitHub
Using open source to help the earth
This Earth Day, we discuss how tech and open source are helping two organizations combat the effects of a changing climate.
Earth Week 2024: How we’re working with climate startups on sustainability
Wed Apr 17 2024
New ways to power up your electric vehicle adventures with Google Maps
New ways to find EV charging stations in Google Maps: AI summaries of charging station locations, showing nearby chargers and more.
Search
Find more sustainable ways to get around, with new Maps and Search updates
We’re introducing updates in Maps and Search that help people find information on lower-carbon travel alternatives.
Wed Mar 20 2024
How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale
An overview of our paper in Nature on how we are using AI to help scale flood forecasting to vulnerable communities around the world.
Tue Mar 19 2024
A new initiative with Microsoft and Nucor to accelerate advanced clean electricity technologies
We’re working with Microsoft and Nucor to aggregate demand for advanced clean electricity technologies.
UK
What's cooking: How Hellmann's is using Google Cloud AI to turn leftovers into meals
Hellmann's introduces Meal Reveal, a new tool powered by Google Cloud AI that analyses fridge contents and suggests matching recipes.
Data-Centers-and-Infrastructure
Thu Mar 14 2024
Our work to build a more sustainable future in Arizona
A new agreement brings wind and solar energy to the local Arizona electricity grid.
Our pledge to support carbon removal solutions
We pledge to contract for $35M of carbon removal credits over the next 12 months, matching the U.
Arts-and-Culture
Fri Mar 01 2024
Learn about wildlife conservation with Rewild the World
Meet four threatened wildlife species in their natural habitat, and help heal their environment with our new playful and educational experim...
Wed Feb 21 2024
Welcome to St. John’s Terminal, our new home in New York City
St.
Mon Feb 05 2024
How AI flood forecasting can help communities in need
A look at our collaboration with humanitarian organizations to use flood forecasting technology.
Thu Feb 01 2024
Getting closer to a carbon-free future: Our largest offshore wind projects to date
We’re adding over 700 megawatts of clean energy capacity to European grids with new milestones in our journey to 24/7 carbon-free energy.
Thu Jan 04 2024
10 ways to be more sustainable with Google in 2024
We want to help people find the information they need to make more sustainable choices every day.
Thu Nov 30 2023
Discover the link between climate change and freshwater availability
From artists and climate scientists, learn how we can better manage the planet's water.
Tue Nov 28 2023
A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now operational
Our first-of-its-kind geothermal power project in Nevada is now operational.
Thu Nov 23 2023
How Google's data centers help Europe meet its sustainability goals
Mon Nov 20 2023
Accelerating climate action with AI
AI has the potential to mitigate 5-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to our new report with Boston Consulting Group.
Hardware
Dropbox
Tue Nov 14 2023
From AI to sustainability, why our latest data centers use 400G networking
Wed Nov 08 2023
Boosting sustainable solutions from Sweden
Today, we’re announcing the Swedish recipients of Google.
Tue Oct 10 2023
New ways we’re helping reduce transportation and energy emissions
These new product features and expansions help people, city planners and policy makers take action toward building a sustainable future.
Sustainable with Google: Our progress toward a sustainable future
Nuevas formas en las que ayudamos a reducir emisiones de transporte y energía
Estas nuevas funciones y expansiones de productos ayudan a personas, urbanistas y legisladores a tomar medidas para un futuro sustentable.
A-message-from-our-CEO
Our global progress toward a sustainable future
CEO Sundar Pichai shares Google’s progress on sustainability efforts, including how AI is reducing emissions from traffic, flights and more.
Research
How we’re using AI to combat floods, wildfires and extreme heat
Here are the some ways we are advancing AI research at Google to help people and communities address the effects of climate change.
Tue Sep 19 2023
How 4 historic buildings became Google workspaces
Google has reimagined four historic landmarks as sustainable new workplaces.
Thu Sep 14 2023
How we can accelerate advanced clean energy technologies
How Google and others can accelerate advanced clean energy technologies to help fully decarbonize electricity grids.
Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates
Chromebooks are getting 10 years of automatic updates, plus new features to help devices last longer.
Tue Sep 05 2023
Google’s clean energy progress in Ireland
Ireland’s first long-term renewable energy deal brings us one step closer to our 24/7 carbon-free energy goal.
Tue Aug 22 2023
How do offices run on 24/7 clean energy?
Google offices in New York, the Bay Area and parts of Europe operate on carbon-free energy.
Tue Aug 08 2023
How AI is helping airlines mitigate the climate impact of contrails
We used AI to help airlines choose routes that are less likely to cause contrails, minimizing the environmental impact of flights.
Mon Jul 24 2023
Our 2023 Environmental Report
Take a look at how we’re reducing emissions and helping people make more sustainable choices.
Google.org
Mon Jul 17 2023
6 women leading the fight against climate change
We’re celebrating climate science pioneer Eunice Newton Foote and six women-led Google.
6 mujeres lideran la lucha contra el cambio climático
Homenajeamos a Eunice Newton Foot, científica pionera de la ciencia climática, y a 6 organizaciones beneficiarias de Google.
Google.org’s new grant to help track permafrost thaw
A new $5 million grant aims to help Woodwell Climate Research Center track Arctic permafrost thaw in near real-time.
Travel
Wed Jul 12 2023
A new advisory committee to improve flight emission estimates
Representatives from the ICCT and more will help oversee the Travel Impact Model, our methodology for predicting flight emissions.
Thu Jun 22 2023
Our support for early warning systems
Google’s Yossi Matias and WMO Director of Infrastructure Anthony Rea discuss the Early Warnings For All Initiative.
Tue Jun 20 2023
Helping California’s monarch butterflies: an update
An update on Google’s support for California’s monarch butterflies.
data-center
Tue Jun 13 2023
How the data center site selection process works at Dropbox
Wed May 31 2023
A sustainable solution helped a small town cool its data center
Season 3 of the Where the Internet Lives podcast explores how data centers change the world around them in surprising and beneficial ways.
Mon May 22 2023
Helping more people stay safe with flood forecasting
AI-powered Flood Hub is expanding to nearly 80 countries worldwide.
Wed Mar 08 2023
After four years of SMR storage, here's what we love?and what comes next