Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 Trade associations and We’re also members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, its events or advocacy positions, nor the views of its 1.5°C and create a prosperous and competitive Business Roundtable, and other business trade leaders or members. We assess the alignment of our zero-carbon economy. We’re in dialogue with our trade associations, where we’re engaged in climate and energy trade association pa爀琀icipation with the goals of the Paris associations to encourage alignment between our third-pa爀琀y groups policy issues. For example, we’re founding members Agreement, and engage within organizations to suppo爀琀 core public policy objectives and their policy advocacy of the Chamber’s Task Force on Climate Actions, and advocacy for climate policies needed to limit warming to activities, including on climate change. We belong to many sustainability-focused third-pa爀琀y we’ve engaged within the Task Force since its inception groups through which we engage on sustainability policy to suppo爀琀 constructive engagement by the Chamber issues around the world—for example, organizations like on climate policy to create a zero-carbon economy. We the American Clean Power Association, the European also pa爀琀icipate in sta昀昀-level discussions on the Business Climate Neutral Data Center Pact, RE100, the Asia Clean Roundtable’s Energy and Environment commi琀琀ee. Energy Coalition, and many more. In addition, we’ve helped to found organizations such as the Clean Energy We respect the independence and agency of trade Buyers Association and the United Nations 24/7 Carbon- associations and third pa爀琀ies to shape their own policy Free Energy Compact. See Figure 28 for more details. agendas, events, and advocacy positions. Our sponsorship or collaboration with a third-pa爀琀y organization doesn’t mean that we endorse the organization’s entire agenda, FIGURE 28 Google’s sustainability-focused trade associations and memberships • Advanced Energy United • Digital Europe • Advanced Energy Buyers Group • Energy Alabama • Advanced Power Alliance • Energy Tag • Alliance to Save Energy • Glasgow is Our Business • American Clean Power Association • Japan Climate Leaders Pa爀琀nership • American Council on Renewable Energy • Markto昀昀ensive Erneuerbare Energien • Americans for a Clean Energy Grid • No爀琀h Carolina Sustainable Energy Association • Asia Clean Energy Coalition • RE100 • Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions • RE-Source • Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association • Resources for the Future • Business Environment Leadership Council of • Renewable No爀琀hwest the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions • Sma爀琀 Electric Power Alliance • Clean Energy Buyers Association • SolarPower Europe • Clean Energy Demand Initiative • We Are Still In • Clean Grid Alliance • WindEurope • Conservation Voters of South Carolina With our Bay View campus, we paid careful a琀琀ention to the characteristics of the spaces you can see and feel, like materials and daylight, but also to aspects that are harder to see, like air quality, thermal comfo爀琀, and acoustics. 82