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A jaguar (Panthera onca), photographed deep inside the Nouragues Natural Reserve, French Guiana. Image made with a DSLR Camera trap.
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    Wildlife Insights helps capture the beauty of biodiversity, as well as its fragility

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    Protecting our people—and planet—through safer chemistry and responsible management

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    The alchemy of aluminum: Pioneering a new recycled alloy for our products

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  • Stacks of Chromebooks on a table awaiting repair

    September 2023

    Reducing Waste and Empowering Students: How an Oklahoma school is breathing new life into Chromebooks

  • Two Pixel phones sitting on a shelf

    September 2023

    A proactive approach to safer product materials

  • An adult and a child walk down a dirt path in a national park lined by greenery

    August 2022

    Empowering opportunity: Supporting peace and preservation in Garamba

  • A supplier wearing red gloves, white shirt, black apron, mask, eyeglasses and face shield while handling a hose

    August 2022

    Helping to protect our people—and planet—through safer chemistry and responsible management

  • A top down view of brown packaging in a grid

    August 2022

    Rethinking supply chain packaging to reduce upstream waste

  • Man in a yellow reflector vest and baseball hat carries a device out of a home to be recycled

    August 2022

    Lowering emotional barriers to e‑waste recycling for supply chain sustainability

  • Image of a QR code on shipments from the mining site

    November 2021

    Using blockchain to advance minerals traceability with LuNa Smelter

  • Image of a Jaguar prowling in a very green forest and looking right at the camera

    March 2021

    Wildlife Insights helps capture the beauty of biodiversity, as well as its fragility

  • Interactive tool shows how small changes can make a big impact

    December 2019

    Interactive tool shows how small changes can make a big impact

  • Image showing the stages of build using recycled materials for the Pixel housing

    January 2021

    The alchemy of aluminum: Pioneering a new recycled alloy for our products

  • Aerial image of Congolese artist Mugabo working with friends on his mixed media piece.

    January 2021

    Rise to power: Congolese artists speak their truth in Ukweli documentary

  • Female worker in a Bangkok, Thailand facility

    November 2020

    Journey through our supply chain

  • Rows of solar panels aligned in a desert landscape.

    December 2016

    100% renewable is just the beginning

  • A man wearing a green camoflauge t-shirt standing in a bush with red flowers

    February 2020

    All for one, one for Earth: Using geospatial tools to create positive change in India

  • Four workers wearing a blue uniform working on an assembly line in a factory setting

    October 2019

    Building an energy-efficient, low-carbon supply chain

  • Pumps out in a field with a wide green valley in the background.

    February 2018

    Capturing value from waste in upstate New York

  • A technician stands in front of a data center wall.

    December 2016

    Earth Engine creates a living map of forest loss

  • A green landscape next to an urban concrete walkway.

    September 2018

    Ecologically focused landscapes are coming to life on Google campuses

  • Two boats floating on a body of water with mountain ranges in the background. One boat flies the Democratic Republic of the Congo flag

    October 2019

    From pilot to power: Gathering clean energy momentum in the Congo

  • An aerial view of a rich green landscape perfectly edged by a browner landscape.

    December 2016

    Greening the grid: how Google buys renewable energy

  • Google’s Booth at European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna, Austria 2019 designed by Dusty Reid, marketing event manager for Google Earth

    August 2019

    How to build an event booth out of old barns and bicycle tires

  • A glimpse at one of our supplier's factories in China

    October 2018

    Learning by listening: Hearing from workers influences our strategy

  • Worker assembling product parts

    October 2018

    Made by me

  • Image of hardware used for project airview in front of a reddish oranga backround

    October 2017

    Mapping the invisible: Street View cars add air pollution sensors

  • Sun setting over rolling hills in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    October 2018

    More than mining: Supporting economic opportunity in the Congo with clean energy

  • Image of the Nest E Thermostat above a colorful illustration of houses in a row

    December 2018

    Nest uses energy-saving technology to relieve the low-income energy burden

  • Wind turbines near water, standing on along a thin strip of land in foggy weather.

    October 2017

    Northern exposure: How our Nordic renewable deals are reaping rewards

  • September 2018

    Oceans of data: tracking illegal fishing over 1.4 billion square miles

  • Closeup of many small circuit boards in a pile.

    March 2018

    Once is never enough

  • A Nest Thermostat hangs on a wall above a shelf of small green indoor plants

    October 2019

    Partnering with suppliers to create better recycled plastic

  • Overhead view of a field adjacent to rows of solar panels.

    September 2018

    Positive energy: Belgian site becomes first Google data center to add on-site solar

  • A man stands in front of a quaint home with solar panels on the roof.

    December 2016

    Reaching our solar potential, one rooftop at a time

  • Overhead shot of someone chopping vegetables.

    December 2016

    Recipe for sustainability: Why Google cafes love ugly produce

  • Two men sitting on a mound of grass and dirt, one showing the peace sign, the other one laughing.

    October 2018

    Revealing the realities of mining with VR

  • A worker builds a consumer hardware product.

    October 2018

    Safer chemistry for healthy manufacturing

  • Deconstructed Google devices in a line

    October 2019

    Supply chain meets blockchain for end-to-end mineral tracking

  • Wind mills on a flat green landscape in a wind farm in Minco, OK

    September 2019

    The Internet is 24x7—carbon-free energy should be too

  • The inside of a long hallway inside a modern business building.

    September 2019

    The journey toward healthier materials

  • September 2018

    The more you know: Turning environmental insights into action

  • Sharks, fish, and other reef sea animals are seen from below, bright blue sky above.

    June 2018

    Transparency unleashed: How Global Fishing Watch is transforming fishery management

  • Google Data Center building in Taiwan.

    September 2018

    Unlocking access to corporate renewable energy purchasing in Taiwan