Environmental sustainability at Google

At Google, our values ​​reflect our beliefs in the fundamental importance of tolerance, openness, science, and environmental commitment. Since our establishment, it is always core value to operate our business in an environmentally sustainable way.

In 2016, we operated as a carbon neutral company for 10 years and announced that our overall business will reach 100% renewable energy in 2017. When I promised carbon neutral in 2007, I know that aggressive energy conservation programs, renewable energy, and carbon offset are important to the ongoing strategy, but I could not imagine it ten years ago . How to learn and innovate in these areas

Our global expansion program celebrated its 10th anniversary recently. Earth Outreach is a vibrant and breathtaking dashboard with machine learning and cloud computing to provide resources, tools and inspiration from Google Earth and other drawing tools for that reason. We are building the. Create new insights on planets, communities and worldwide

After reporting the carbon footprint and announcing the sustainability plan, we put in our entire story in the first environmental report in December 2016. Updating to the first report is a breakthrough year for our program and it is an opportunity to end 2016, sharing some of the progress we have made with ongoing efforts. I think there are many things to be proud of - but there are lots of things to do

We emphasize environmental efforts more than ever and that companies, governments and citizens can play an important role in securing clean air, water, soil and healthy forests believe. We will continue to strive to create a cleaner and more prosperous future for everyone.

Today we will publish the latest environmental report providing data on the Google Environmental Sustainability Program. This report will end in 2016. This is a carbon neutral for 10 years, an outreach program to the earth for 10 years, 100% renewable energy Our business Last year, we worked as a carbon neutral company for 10 years. In 2007, we are actively seeking energy efficiency, renewable energy and high quality carbon offset. Since then, our carbon footprint grew at a rate slower than our business. We have learned and advanced these fields in a way we could not imagine ten years ago - and work proved that we can serve more and more users while reducing natural resources - To do.

Environmental sustainability is increasingly being dealt with by global environmental problems and it provides a driving force for companies to evaluate the environmental impact, such as the use of natural resources and carbon footprints. Sustainability of the business environment provides the opportunity to integrate integrated sustainability goals and plans into business strategies and corporate responsibility programs. Today, the sustainability of the environment is becoming more public as a focus of innovative scientific research, or through regional and global policy initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the Paris Convention (COP 22) It is at the forefront of policy discussion.

The golden rule of creating a dynamic and sustainable company is to make it function as usual. Sustainability needs to cover all aspects of the business, from reducing the environmental impact of companies and employees to incorporating sustainability into business decisions. This means that sustainable value is guaranteed to shine in all three aspects of individual contract (formal, psychological, social). Sustainability should be integrated into core work methods and procedures, and an integral part of performance evaluation. Employees should feel that their efforts are recognized and rewarded. Corporate culture needs to provide strong, sustainable value for employees to match personal value and corporate value. But cultural changes take time