Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 Europe Asia-Paci昀椀c Engagement on European sustainability, climate, and energy policy Asia Clean Energy As a founding member, Google helped launch ACEC at COP-27 to work together with other companies and organizations to accelerate corporate clean energy sourcing and help Coalition (ACEC) Google engaged with EU policy makers through Digital Europe to inform the development of decarbonize electrical grids in the region. Energy E昀케ciency Directive a standardized energy and sustainability repo爀琀ing framework for data centers, and establish Google suppo爀琀ed an APEC Energy Working Group project, sponsored by the U.S. Depa爀琀ment measures to encourage greater reuse of waste heat. of Energy and the Paci昀椀c No爀琀hwest National Laboratory. The project led to a repo爀琀 that Asia-Paci昀椀c Economic Google worked through Digital Europe and RE-Source to advocate for the inclusion of time- summarized key insights and recommendations shared during two workshops, highlighting Cooperation (APEC) stamping for Guarantees of Origin in the EU Renewable Energy Directive, enabling hourly Renewable Energy ways governments and the private sector can lead and pa爀琀ner to accelerate power system carbon-free energy matching and greater transparency of clean energy claims. Google also Directive decarbonization across the region. organized an industry le琀琀er encouraging the European Commission to issue strong rules that Australia - maintain the environmental integrity of grid-based hydrogen production. Clean Energy Google signed onto an MOU between Australia Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Circular economy Demand Initiative Bowen and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, focused on breaking down ecodesign regulations Google responded to public consultation in September 2022, providing technical feedback on Memorandum of barriers to enable corporate clean energy procurement in Australia. Understanding on sma爀琀phones and the EU ecodesign regulations on sma爀琀phones and tablets. tablets Google pa爀琀nered with the Australian Government’s national science and research agency, the Australia - AI Commonwealth Scienti昀椀c and Industrial Research Organisation, and the Depa爀琀ment of Foreign Sustainable Google submi琀琀ed comments to the European Commission’s public consultation regarding and blue carbon A昀昀airs and Trade on a project to explore novel applications of AI to measure, with greater consumption of the promotion of repair and reuse of goods. We shared our views on the core principles to collaboration e昀케ciency and accuracy, the capacity of seagrass ecosystems to absorb and sequester carbon public goods (e.g., consider when introducing policy measures to promote repair and reuse horizontally, and for in the Indo-Paci昀椀c. “right to repair”) sma爀琀phones and tablets speci昀椀cally. Google provided a public submission and statement of suppo爀琀 on the Climate Change Bill 2022 and the Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022, which passed the Australian Body of European Google responded to a questionnaire by BEREC in view of the development of key pe爀昀ormance Regulators indicators to characterize the environmental impact of electronic communications, networks, Australia - Climate Parliament on September 8th, 2022. The former outlines Australia’s GHG emissions reduction Change Bill targets of 43% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030, and net zero by 2050. The la琀琀er makes for Electronic devices, and services. We provided information about our environmental repo爀琀ing practices Communications and suggestions to help identify which indicators would provide relevant environmental consequential amendments to incorporate Australia’s GHG emissions reduction targets under the Paris Agreement into legislation for relevant Commonwealth entities and schemes. (BEREC) information. Engagement with coalitions and sustainability initiatives Google is a strategic pa爀琀ner and steering commi琀琀ee member of the RE-Source Pla琀昀orm, the European pla琀昀orm for corporate renewable energy sourcing. Through its policy advocacy RE-Source Pla琀昀orm and resources for renewable energy buyers, RE-Source seeks to remove barriers to corporate purchasing of renewable energy in suppo爀琀 of Europe’s climate and energy goals. 81