Our approach
From product design to manufacturing and across our supply chains, we are working to address our environmental and social impact at every step.
Create products, services, and processes that reuse materials and reduce our impact on the environment.
Collaborate with suppliers to create a safer, fairer and more equitable supply chain.
Make products that put people first and expand access to their benefits.
At Google, our goal is to achieve net zero emissions across all of our operations and value chain by 2030.
“Designers are problem solvers. And sustainability is the biggest problem for our generation to solve.”
– Ivy Ross, Head of Design for all Google hardware products
A large part of manufacturing waste ends up in landfills. To reduce our carbon footprint and impact, we’re maximizing the use of recycled and renewable materials across our operations, products, and supply chains.
Pixel 9 contains recycled metals, glass, and plastic, and rare earth elements.2 The Pixel frame is 100% recycled aluminum.3 And the packaging is 100% plastic-free.4
Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL Cases are made with at least 42% recycled materials.5
The Pixel Woven and Stretch Bands are made with recycled yarns.6
There is immense strain on our natural resources with an urgent need to balance consumption and consequences. So we’re trying to reduce the waste generated at all levels – from manufacturing to retail.
The Nest Thermostat is now made with 36% fewer parts for a less complicated design.
Pixel Tablet features a flexible design, making them more versatile so they can continually adapt to people’s evolving preferences.
"The most significant opportunity for improvement in environmental and human rights outcomes is in partnership with our suppliers."
- Anna Meegan
We are working to take better care of the communities in which we operate. From partnering with mining companies to investing in biodiversity and renewable energy, we want to help build comprehensive approaches to our impact commitment.
At Google, our goal is to achieve net-zero emissions across all of our operations and value chain by 2030. We aim to reduce 50% of our combined Scope 1, 2 (market-based), and 3 absolute emissions (compared to our 2019 base year) by 2030, and plan to invest in nature-based and technology-based carbon removal solutions to neutralize our remaining emissions.
From 2010 to 2023, we entered into agreements to invest more than $3.1 billion in renewable energy projects with an expected combined generation capacity of approximately 4.5 GW.19
We've committed to investing roughly $150 million USD into renewable energy projects in key manufacturing regions, aiming to catalyse roughly $1.5 billion USD of capital into renewable energy.
We’re working on making the mineral-tracking process more transparent for everyone.
In 2018, we joined Cisco, SGS, Volkswagen, and Peruvian mining company Minsur to launch a plan for end-to-end mineral traceability.
The pilot focuses on tin from Minsur’s San Rafael mine, which produces approximately 6% of the world’s tin supply.
As part of Google’s conflict minerals program in Congo and neighboring countries, we partner with governmental organizations, industry groups, and NGOs to aid conflict-free gold sourcing.
“When we build products at Google, we think in terms of building for everyone, with everyone. This is hard work...it’s a journey, and we’re committed to learning and improving.”
- Annie Jean-Baptiste, Head of Product Inclusion at Google, Building for Everyone
Building for the users
Nest Renew is a new service for compatible Nest thermostats10 that makes it easy to support clean energy, right from home.10
Electricity from the grid is often a mix of non-renewable energy from gas and coal, and clean energy from solar and wind farms. Nest Renew can estimate when energy in a region is cleaner and works with Nest thermostats to help users in the US automatically shift usage11 to times when the grid is cleaner,12 or less expensive.13
With a Nest thermostat, people can also track how much energy they use every day and see how they can use less.15
Since 2011, Nest thermostats have saved an estimated
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