Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 forests, water cycles, and biodiversity that intersect Cloud customers and Climate risk and resilience Renewable energy its supply chain. We also helped launch TraceMark, a Google Cloud Ready – Sustainability Solution designed commercial pa爀琀ners Many of our commercial customers are eager to Wind farms are an impo爀琀ant source of carbon-free for enterprises, which aims to accelerate the delivery of assess and improve their resilience to climate change. electricity, but wind can 昀氀uctuate depending on the traceability and transparency in global supply chains for We’re collaborating with customers and commercial From transpo爀琀ation companies to 昀椀nancial service weather. Through Google Cloud, customers like Engie raw materials. pa爀琀ners across a number of sectors—including energy, organizations, Google is helping organizations integrate (a global energy and renewables supplier) can optimize transpo爀琀ation, agriculture, manufacturing, consumer climate data and geospatial analysis into business strategy their wind po爀琀folio in sho爀琀-term power markets goods, and 昀椀nancial services—to work towards and risk management. For example, we pa爀琀nered with by predicting wind power output 36 hours ahead of Transpo爀琀ation-related sustainability goals. RSMetrics and Infosys to publish a design pa琀琀ern for actual generation and making optimal hourly delivery emissions po爀琀folio climate risk analysis and we’re helping insurers commitments to the grid, a full day in advance. We’re providing powe爀昀ul insights to help our Google boost responses to disaster-related claims. We’re working with a number of commercial organizations Cloud customers around the world predict climate risk, to tackle transpo爀琀ation-related emissions. Ecommerce increase visibility across their supply chain, and reduce Sustainability pa爀琀ner We’ve launched SpatiaFi, together with our pa爀琀ner  60 shipments are on track to double by 2026, and 90% of and repo爀琀 on their emissions. Climate Engine, to help the banking sector harness the solutions U.S. consumers expect free two-to-three-day shipping, 61 power of geospatial analytics to suppo爀琀 climate 昀椀nance. so we’re helping businesses optimize every stage of the For example, geospatial data can help a bank’s agriculture Pa爀琀ner solutions are impo爀琀ant to scale the impact for our Carbon footprinting last mile delivery journey: capturing valid addresses, customers build a personalized picture of 昀氀ood and customers and help them get the suppo爀琀 they need, from optimizing delivery routes, e昀케ciently navigating drought risks and biodiversity at a 昀椀eld-speci昀椀c level. processing ESG data to reducing carbon emissions. This is In 2022, we introduced the Carbon Sense Suite, which drivers, tracking shipment progress, and analyzing 昀氀eet why we launched Google Cloud Ready – Sustainability, a includes products such as Carbon Footprint and Active pe爀昀ormance. We’re also helping organizations harness designation to validate and promote sustainability pa爀琀ner Assist, and tools such as Cloud region picker. The suite is the power of data and AI to drive more intelligent logistics Responsible sourcing solutions built on Google Cloud. enabling Google Cloud customers to accurately measure, operations and supply chains. For example, our customer repo爀琀, and reduce their cloud-related carbon emissions. EV Suitability Assessment helps organizations monitor As global demand for raw materials continues to grow, We help developers and organizations make low-carbon their 昀氀eet of vehicles and make choices that minimize deforestation is increasing, contributing to GHG emissions. architecture decisions and provide best practices to environmental impact. Companies want to know more about the origins of their improve sustainability. raw materials, including which are sourced responsibly— Data analytics tools from Google Cloud are also helping and how they can improve their sourcing practices. Developers at companies such as L’Oréal and SAP are airlines. Lu昀琀hansa Group pa爀琀nered with Google Cloud using Google Cloud tools to reduce the emissions and Google Research to develop a pla琀昀orm that facilitates Google Cloud, in pa爀琀nership with NGIS (a geospatial associated with their technology footprint. Working be琀琀er planning and management of daily 昀氀ight operations. solutions company) is helping brands gain a deeper closely with these customers, we developed our Carbon understanding of sustainable sourcing practices across Footprint product—a freely available tool that provides supplier networks. By combining the power of our cloud monthly emissions data on a per service, project, and computing, AI, and geospatial analytics, we’re helping We’re helping organizations harness region basis. The data can be accessed in BigQuery for companies get real-time, reliable information into the power of data and AI to drive more analysis and can be easily integrated with popular carbon operations at a local supplier level, globally. For example, intelligent supply chains. accounting tools. Carbon Footprint data is also integrated Great Western wind farm in Oklahoma we’re helping Unilever build a more holistic view of the with recommendations to reduce emissions. (225 MW for Google) 25