Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 Investing in breakthrough innovation Sustainable food Mineral is using robotics, AI, and computer vision to create a more systems sustainable food production system. food production system. It’s developing perception- Increasing agricultural productivity and sustainability We’re helping advance the next generation of audacious Ocean ecosystems powered solutions with pa爀琀ners across the agriculture is imperative to feed the planet’s growing population. technologies to address sustainability challenges. value chain—from grocery retailers and enterprise Incubating breakthrough technologies is essential for Modern agriculture has a signi昀椀cant environmental Tidal is X’s moonshot to protect the ocean with farms to equipment manufacturers and crop protection impact, such as soil degradation and biodiversity loss the transformative change needed to deliver deep technology systems while feeding humanity sustainably. companies—to develop a be琀琀er understanding of the emissions reductions at scale and to bend the curve due to weeds, pests, diseases, herbicide resistance, and Its underwater sensor system and machine perception excess chemical input waste. Mineral uses robotics, complex interactions of plants, their growing environment, of climate change. tools are bringing visibility to our ocean ecosystems so we and farm management practices. AI, and computer vision to create a more sustainable can be琀琀er understand and protect them while sustainably And at X, Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” our teams are harnessing the ocean to solve some of humanity’s biggest developing cu琀琀ing-edge technology that aims to solve challenges—from food production to climate change. problems for millions of people and change systems worldwide. Climate-related projects comprise more than Tidal’s 昀椀rst product monitors 昀椀sh and environmental half of X’s current moonshots, which include experiments conditions underwater to detect and interpret things in ocean health, carbon sequestration, clean energy, like 昀椀sh behaviors, which are helpful for feeding and wild昀椀re awareness, waste reduction, and sustainable health tracking, and predict outcomes such as growth agriculture. X is using what they’ve learned from a decade trends over time—all of which can help 昀椀sh farmers make of climate projects to shape the work they’re doing now. be琀琀er, more environmentally-friendly and cost-e昀昀ective decisions about 昀椀sh feeding, welfare, and health. Clean electricity Tapestry aims to unlock access to clean, reliable, and Autonomous driving a昀昀ordable electricity worldwide by providing greater Waymo’s mission is to make it safe and easy for people insight into our increasingly dynamic and complex and things to get where they’re going. Waymo’s 昀氀eet of electricity system. As X’s moonshot for the electric grid, shared electric vehicles provides a fully autonomous ride- it’s creating a single vi爀琀ualized view of the electricity hailing service in Phoenix and San Francisco, connecting system that can predict and simulate what might happen communities with the bene昀椀ts of EVs. Waymo’s EV 昀氀eet is on the grid from nanoseconds to decades into the also matched with 100% renewable electricity. future. Insights from such computational models can lead to reduced energy consumption, lower emissions, and improved resilience to outages, as well as reduce interconnection queues, enabling more renewable energy capacity to be added to the grid. Tidal testing its technology at a 昀椀sh farm no爀琀h of the Arctic Circle. 28