Google has shown its true form recently as a major innovator in climate technology. This puts it on a sustainable map (quite literally) ensuring that drivers and travellers have insights to decarbonise transport, help countries predict weather events and natural disasters, and assist with emissions reduction activities of anyone who uses its digital products and services. 

Of its own emissions, Google has calculated this since 2006 and reported publicly to the Carbon Disclosure Project. In 2022, the company reported emissions progress of 10.2 million metric tCO2e, which was a result of changes to its Scope 3 accounting methodology. This brought the company’s recorded emissions below that of its pre-COVID level. 

It’s not all about emissions, though, as Google also engages in activities to encourage greater governance across the board, with functions such as risk management, stakeholder engagement, and policy development at the forefront of proceedings.