1、Environmental Report2020Table of contentsOur approach3 EXECUTIVE LETTER:Our third decade of climate action6Performancehighlightsandtargets11Missionandvalues14OurprioritiesDesigning efficient datacenters21 Introduction21Energyefficiency24Embeddingcircularity24 Economic impact25 Carbon-neutral cloud28
2、 SPOTLIGHT:Developingacarbon-intelligentcomputingplatformAdvancing carbon-free energy30 Introduction30Ourenergyjourney36Investinginrenewableenergy37 Our carbon footprint42 SPOTLIGHT:BoostingthevalueofwindenergyCreating sustainable workplaces44 Introduction44Healthyecosystems46Greenbuildings48Officeo
3、perations52 SPOTLIGHT:Designinganet-zerocarbonworkplaceBuilding better devices and services54 Introduction55Consumerhardwaredevices56Circularmaterials58Energysavings59Partnerships62 SPOTLIGHT:MakingenergysavingseasywithNestEmpowering users with technology64 Introduction64Mappingourworld68AIforsocial
4、good70Toolsforeveryone72 SPOTLIGHT:ExpandingclimateinsightsDownUnderAppendix74Environmentaldata77AboutGoogle78Endnotes1Google Environmental Report 2020Our approach2Google Environmental Report 2020ExecutiveletterOur third decade of climate actionSustainability is one of our core values at Google,and
5、we have been a leader on climate change since the companys founding over 20 years ago.These are some of our key achievements to date:In 2007,webecamethefirstmajorcompanytobecomecarbonneutral,andin2019,weachieved13consecutiveyearsofcarbonneutrality.In 2017,webecamethefirstmajorcompanytomatch100%ofour
6、annualelectricityusewithrenewableenergy,whichwevedoneforthreeconsecutiveyears.Wearetheworldslargestannualcorporatepurchaserofrenewableenergy.In 2020,weneutralizedourlegacycarbonfootprintsinceourfounding,makingGooglethefirstmajorcompanytobecarbonneutralforitsentireoperatinghistory.In 2020,weissued$5.