Projects

How we’re setting the pace in sustainability.

  • An adult and a chile walk down a dirt path in a national park lined by greenery
    2022

    Empowering opportunity: Supporting peace and preservation in Garamba

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  • A supplier wearing red gloves, white shirt, black apron, mask, eyeglasses and face shield while handling a hose
    2022

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

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  • A top down view of brown packaging in a grid
    2022

    Rethinking supply chain packaging to reduce upstream waste

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  • Man in a yellow reflector vest and baseball hat carries a device out of a home to be recycled
    2022

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

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  • Image of a QR code on shipments from the mining site
    2021

    Using blockchain to advance minerals traceability with LuNa Smelter

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  • Jaguar
    2021

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

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  • Interactive tool shows how small changes can make a big impact
    2019

    Interactive tool shows how small changes can make a big impact

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  • Image showing the stages of build using recycled materials for the Pixel housing
    2021

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

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  • Aerial image of Congolese artist Mugabo working with friends on his mixed media piece.
    2021

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

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  • Female worker in a Bangkok, Thailand facility
    2020

    Journey through our supply chain

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  • Rows of solar panels aligned in a desert landscape.
    2016

    100% renewable is just the beginning

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  • All for one, one for Earth: Using geospatial tools to create positive change in India
    2020

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

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  • Remanufacturing facility in Amsterdam, NL
    2019

    Building an energy-efficient, low-carbon supply chain

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  • Pumps out in a field with a wide green valley in the background.
    2018

    Capturing value from waste in upstate New York

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  • A technician stands in front of a data center wall.
    2016

    Earth Engine creates a living map of forest loss

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  • A green landscape next to an urban concrete walkway.
    2018

    Ecologically focused landscapes are coming to life on Google campuses

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  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
    2019

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

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  • An aerial view of a rich green landscape perfectly edged by a browner landscape.
    2016

    Greening the grid: how Google buys renewable energy

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

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

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  • A glimpse at one of our supplier's factories in China
    2018

    Learning by listening: Hearing from workers influences our strategy

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  • Worker assembling product parts
    2018

    Made by Me

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  • Hardware for project airview
    2017

    Mapping the invisible: Street View cars add air pollution sensors

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  • Congo sunset
    2018

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

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  • Nest E Thermostat
    2018

    Nest Uses Energy-Saving Technology To Relieve The Low-Income Energy Burden

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  • Wind turbines near water, standing on along a thin strip of land in foggy weather.
    2017

    Northern exposure: How our Nordic renewable deals are reaping rewards

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  • 2018

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

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  • Closeup of many small circuit boards in a pile.
    2018

    Once is Never Enough

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  • Nest Thermostat above plants
    2019

    Partnering with suppliers to create better recycled plastic

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  • Overhead view of a field adjacent to rows of solar panels.
    2018

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

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  • A man stands in front of a quaint home with solar panels on the roof.
    2016

    Reaching our solar potential, one rooftop at a time

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  • Overhead shot of someone chopping vegetables.
    2016

    Recipe for sustainability: Why Google cafes love ugly produce

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  • Two men, one throwing the peace sign, the other one laughing.
    2018

    Revealing the realities of mining with VR

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  • A worker builds a consumer hardware product.
    2018

    Safer chemistry for healthy manufacturing

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  • Google devices
    2019

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

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  • Wind Farm in Minco, OK
    2019

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

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  • The inside of a long hallway inside a modern business building.
    2019

    The journey toward healthier materials

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  • 2018

    The more you know: Turning environmental insights into action

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  • Sharks, fish, and other reef sea animals are seen from below, bright blue sky above.
    2018

    Transparency unleashed: How Global Fishing Watch is transforming fishery management

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  • Google Data Center building in Taiwan.
    2018

    Unlocking access to corporate renewable energy purchasing in Taiwan

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