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<div class="js-slideshow-image"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <picture> <source media="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1023px))" srcset="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/87/3a/3d896aed4ef3ac37d7bdbde843ab/eue-apw-120721-1045-edit-1.webp=w900"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcset="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/87/3a/3d896aed4ef3ac37d7bdbde843ab/eue-apw-120721-1045-edit-1.webp=w1200"> <img class="slideshow-image slide-show-image" src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/87/3a/3d896aed4ef3ac37d7bdbde843ab/eue-apw-120721-1045-edit-1.webp=w600" alt="Group of workers asemble rows of solar panels in a green field"> <figcaption class="caption-over-img">The Rødby Fjord solar project adds carbon-free energy to the grid that powers our data center in Fredericia, Denmark</figcaption> </picture> </div> </div> <div class="js-slideshow-image hide-element"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <picture> <source media="((min-width: 600px) and 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class="slide-intro">Advance our standard of water stewardship</p> <h2 class="slide-caption glue-caption">We aim to replenish more freshwater than we consume and help improve water quality and ecosystem health in the communities where we operate.</h2> <a class="sus-link" href="../operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" title="Learn more: Advance our standard of water stewardship" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" data-ga-section-name="Advance our standard of water stewardship" data-ga-content-type="cta"> Learn more </a> </li> <li class="slideshow-content js-slideshow-content" tabindex="0" data-index="0"> <div class="cta-section"> <p class="slide-intro">Accelerate a circular economy</p> <h2 class="slide-caption glue-caption">Our ambition is to maximize the reuse of finite resources across our operations, products, and supply chains and enable others to do the same.</h2> <a class="sus-link" 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Invest in nature-based and technology-based carbon removal solutions to neutralize our remaining emissions.* </p> </div> <div class="deadline"> <span class="glue-label">Target year</span> <p class="deadline-period">2030</p> </div> <div class="progress"> <p class="glue-label progress-label">2023</p> <p class="glue-caption progress-caption"> Our total GHG emissions were <b>14.3 million tCO2e</b>, representing a 13% year-over-year increase and a 48% increase compared to our 2019 target base year—primarily due to increases in data center energy consumption and supply chain emissions.</p> </div> <div class="status"> <span class="glue-label">Status</span> <span class="status-icon">Ongoing</span> </div> </div> <div class="table-frame"> <div class="target"> <p class="glue-eyebrow target-eyebrow">Carbon-free energy<sup>2</sup></p> <span class="glue-label target-label">Target</span> <p class="glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5 target-description"> Run on 24/7 carbon-free energy on every grid where we operate by 2030.<br><br> <p class="glue-caption">*Having previously used “before” and “by” interchangeably, we’ve refined the language of our carbon reduction target to “by” 2030 to enhance clarity and improve consistency with our targets. 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emissions (compared to our 2019 base year) by 2030, and we plan to invest in nature-based and technology-based carbon removal solutions to neutralize our remaining emissions. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>2</sup> Carbon-free energy is any type of electricity generation that doesn’t directly emit carbon dioxide, including (but not limited to) solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and nuclear. Sustainable biomass and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are special cases considered on a case-by-case basis, but are often also considered carbon-free energy sources. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>3</sup> Scope: Annual freshwater replenished at our offices and Google-owned and -operated data centers, excluding seawater and reclaimed wastewater. </div> <div class="note-text"> <p><sup>4</sup> We contracted a third-party to estimate replenishment benefits using the Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA) methodology (<a href="https://www.wri.org/research/volumetric-water-benefit-accounting-vwba-method-implementing-and-valuing-water-stewardship" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reig et al., 2019</a>).</p> </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>5</sup> We consider “Zero Waste to Landfill“ for our data center operations to mean that more than 90% of waste is diverted from landfill and incineration, in line with industry standards. As of 2023, our waste diversion methodology considers thermally processed waste (i.e., incineration), with or without energy recovery, as waste disposal. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>6</sup> In 2023, we adjusted our methodology for calculating waste generated and diversion for our data centers—for more details, see Reducing data center waste in the Circular economy section. These changes are reflected for 2023, but not for prior years. 2022 performance (38%) is based on our previous methodology and is not comparable year-over-year. Had we not made these methodology changes, we estimate that our reported 2023 percentage of data centers to reach Zero Waste to Landfill would have been 43%, or a 5% increase compared to our reported 2022 percentage. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>7</sup> Based on total plastic weight of Google Pixel, Nest, Chromecast, and Fitbit products manufactured in 2023. This does not include plastics in printed circuit boards, labels, cables, connectors, electronic components and modules, optical components, electrostatic discharge (ESD) components, electromagnetic interference (EMI) components, films, coatings, and adhesives. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>8</sup> Based on total plastic weight of Google Pixel, Nest, and Chromecast products manufactured in 2022. This does not include plastics in printed circuit boards, labels, cables, connectors, electronic components and modules, optical components, electrostatic discharge (ESD) components, electromagnetic interference (EMI) components, films, coatings, and adhesives. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>9</sup> Based on total weight of new Google Pixel and Fitbit retail packaging (excluding adhesive materials and required plastic stickers) as shipped by Google. To meet the request of some retail partners, stickers and/or security tags are applied to some packaging variations and may contain plastic. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>10</sup> Sustainability has been a core value for Google since our founding, and our environmental reporting and thinking has evolved over the years. 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