Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 Creating ecosystems for collaboration Beyond our own tools and programs, we continue to Examples of other sustainability-focused investments invest in promising initiatives that aim to create scalable, include: high-impact collaboration ecosystems for climate change and sustainability. • AI for the Global Goals, $25 million in funding to suppo爀琀 the development of new AI-driven approaches that accelerate progress on the Google.org UN Sustainable Development Goals. • A $10 million grant to ICLEI-Local Governments for Google.org aims to bring the best of Google to help solve Sustainability to suppo爀琀 10 nonpro昀椀t-led projects some of humanity’s biggest challenges. This includes that help cities accelerate their sustainable transition combining funding, innovation, and technical expe爀琀ise to through data-driven environmental and climate action suppo爀琀 underserved communities, provide oppo爀琀unity at the local level. for everyone, and help address a number of sustainability The Environmental Justice Data Fund, a collection challenges. • of grants totaling nearly $9 million that aim to help Launched in 2022, the Google.org Impact Challenge on frontline communities that have been historically Climate Innovation allocates up to $30 million to suppo爀琀 underserved and dispropo爀琀ionately impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. breakthrough projects that use data and technology to accelerate climate action. Selected organizations will • AVPN’s APAC Sustainability Seed Fund provides receive funding to scale their activities, along with access $3 million in grant funding to 13 local organizations to Google’s technical expe爀琀ise and products to help focused on sustainability solutions for vulnerable and them maximize their impact. Our 昀椀rst recipient, the World underserved communities in Asia Paci昀椀c. Resources Institute (WRI), will receive $5 million to suppo爀琀 its project, which will use sensors, satellite imagery, and AI to help decision-makers understand where to implement cool su爀昀ace infrastructure to reduce the impact of extreme heat. We’ve launched the Google.org Impact Challenge: Tech for Social Good—the 昀椀rst open call for European organizations to apply for pro bono technical suppo爀琀 and funding for charitable projects focused on tackling Googlers collaborate in the Event Center at our Bay View campus. complex issues, including sustainability. 29