Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 O昀케ces Supply chain Around the world, our o昀케ces use water for a variety Addressing water challenges requires accurate water of needs including preparing food, cleaning and use data throughout our supply chain. By monitoring hygiene, irrigating campus landscapes, and keeping our this data, we can focus our water stewardship e昀昀o爀琀s workspaces cool. We take a variety of approaches to on supplier facilities with the greatest oppo爀琀unities for manage water responsibly and drive responsible water improved management. To measure water use and assess use in our real estate operations through increased water risk in our value chain, we ask suppliers to disclose e昀케ciency and by sourcing water from non-potable water-related data via the CDP supply chain pla琀昀orm supplies. and complete and disclose water risk assessments of their direct operations and value chain. One of the main ways we conserve water in Google workplaces is by adopting design standards aligned In 2022, 177 of the 186 suppliers (95%) that were invited with leading third-pa爀琀y ce爀琀i昀椀cations, including LEED to pa爀琀icipate in the Water Security po爀琀ion of the CDP and the LBC. Our building design requirements for new Supply Chain survey responded. This repo爀琀ing includes construction include the incorporation of water-e昀케cient data on water withdrawal, consumption, and discharge— 昀椀xtures, such as faucets, toilets, and irrigation systems. all water withdrawn from all sources (e.g., su爀昀ace water, These design standards also address replacing old 昀椀xtures groundwater, rainwater, municipal water supply, and with highly e昀케cient ones in any space we move into, and trucked water), the po爀琀ion of water permanently lost in the installing water meters with automatic leak detection. In withdrawal (e.g., evaporated or incorporated into products multiple o昀케ces around the world, we’ve achieved Alliance from cooling, irrigation, and production processes), and the for Water Stewardship ce爀琀i昀椀cation, a leading third-pa爀琀y water e昀툀uents discharged to all locations (e.g., subsu爀昀ace standard that helps us develop best-in-class, regional and su爀昀ace waters, sewers, and groundwater). strategies for responsible water use, and to engage with local pa爀琀ners on watershed health projects. To learn more about how we assess and manage our water- related risks, see the Governance and engagement section. Beyond these standards, we drive water stewardship in our workplaces by developing innovative solutions that strive to be replicable and scalable. For example, our new Bay 2022 HIGHLIGHT View campus, which opened in 2022, is on track to be the As of the end of 2022, we estimate largest development project in the world to achieve Water Petal ce爀琀i昀椀cation from the LBC, with an on-site stormwater our 38 replenishment projects had the and wastewater treatment system that can serve as a capacity to replenish over 1.3 billion model for others. Learn more in our Bay View spotlight. gallons of water annually once  101 fully implemented. Steam rises above the cooling towers at our data center in The Dalles, Oregon. 51