Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 Introduction 3 Operating sustainably 31 Executive le琀琀ers 4 Our ambition 32 Our operat Highlights 6 ions 32 ero ca Our sustainability strategy 7 Net-z rbon 33 What’s Targets and progress summary 8 Water stewardship 49 Emerging oppo爀琀unities 9 Circular economy 55 inside Nature and biodiversity 67 Empowering individuals 12 Spotlight: Building a more sustainable 73 campus in Mountain View Our ambition 13 About this repo爀琀 Our approach 13 Governance and engagement 75 Helping people make 14 Google’s 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 provides an overview of our environmental more sustainable choices About Google 76  1 sustainability strategy and targets and our annual progress towards them. Sustainability governance 76 Reducing home energy use 14 This repo爀琀 features data, pe爀昀ormance highlights, and progress against our Risk management 77 targets from our 2022 昀椀scal year (January 1 to December 31, 2022). It also mentions Providing sustainable 17 some notable achievements from the 昀椀rst half of 2023. A昀琀er two years of transpo爀琀ation options Stakeholder engagement 78 condensed repo爀琀ing, we’re sharing a deeper dive into our approach in one place. Sharing other actionable information 19 Public policy and advocacy 79 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES The journey ahead 19 Pa爀琀nerships 83 • 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀: Executive Summary Awards and recognition 84 • Sustainability.google Working together 20 • Sustainability repo爀琀s Appendix 85 Our ambition 21 • Sustainability blog Our approach 21 Repo爀琀ing approach and methodology 86 • Our commitments Suppo爀琀ing pa爀琀ners 22 Environmental data tables 90 • Alphabet environmental, social, and governance (ESG) Investing in breakthrough innovation 28 Environmental repo爀琀ing frameworks index 96 • About Google Creating ecosystems for collaboration 29 Endnotes 101 The journey ahead 30 Glossary 103 2