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Emission estimates

When searching for a flight, Google helps you factor environmental impact into your decision. Carbon emission estimates are available for nearly every flight on Google Flights.

Travalyst Coalition

As a part of this group, Google is leading development of a standardized way to calculate carbon emissions for air travel.

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Eco-certified hotels

Before you book your stay, Google Search makes it easy to find more sustainable options where you’re traveling.

Eco-certified badge

This badge signifies a hotel meets high sustainability standards, and you can learn more about their efforts in the “About” tab.

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Climate-friendlier options

Compared to flying, taking a bus or train can be more cost-effective, convenient, and sustainable. It’s not always possible to avoid flying, but consider which flights you take - some flights pollute less than others.

71%

Percentage of surveyed travelers wanting to make more sustainable choices, according to a 2022 Booking.com survey.

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Fuel-efficient routes

When you need to drive, Google Maps will let you choose the most fuel- or energy-efficient route – if it isn’t already the fastest one, which can help reduce emissions.1

500,000 fuel-based cars

Since launching in October 2021, we estimate fuel-efficient routing has helped prevent more than 2.4 million metric tons of CO2e emissions — the equivalent of taking approximately 500,000 fuel-based cars off the road for a year.2

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Fuel-efficient vehicles

With Google Search, you can compare electric and hybrid cars against gas-powered models to understand the cost of more sustainable options before you buy.

Fuel cost calculator

A search tool that allows users to see emissions estimates, and annual fuel costs for different vehicles.3

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Alternative transportation

Transportation accounts for one-fifth of global carbon emissions, and almost half of these come from gas-powered passenger vehicles, according to Our World in Data. Google Maps provides routes for alternate transportation options including public transit, cycling, and scooters.

500

Number of cities worldwide in which Google provides bike and scooter share information.

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Fuel savings

Fuel-efficient routing in Google Maps shows you the route that can save you the most fuel by considering factors such as road incline, stops, engine type, and traffic predictions, because contrary to popular belief, the most fuel-efficient route is not always the fastest or the shortest.

Fuel-efficient routing

This feature helps drivers find the most fuel-efficient routes using insights from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and data from the European Environment Agency.4

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Charging stations

For EV drivers with vehicles that have Google built-in, Google Maps will suggest the best stop based on factors like current traffic, your charge level and expected energy consumption. Maps will also show when places like a supermarket have charging stations on-site.5

“Very fast” charge

This charging filter in vehicles with Google built-in helps drivers find charging stations with chargers of 150 kilowatts or higher to get many cars back on the road in less than 40 minutes.

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Streamlined travel

For some trips, taking a train might be the more sustainable option. You can now shop for train tickets directly on Google Search, for travel in and around select countries.6

“Berlin to Vienna trains”

In select countries, enter this type of query on Search and you’ll find an easy way to browse train schedules and ticket prices.

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Leading the transition to a more sustainable future through information and innovation

At Google we have a unique opportunity to empower individuals, organizations and governments with the data and tools they need to drive positive action for our planet.

That means using our products and platforms to help people make more sustainable choices, and working together with our partners to help reduce their emissions and advance transformative technology for a carbon-free future. It also means using our deep legacy in research and the breakthroughs we’re making in AI to accelerate innovation that can tackle climate change.

We know that we also have a responsibility to address our own carbon footprint.

As we enter our third decade of climate action, we’re setting ambitious goals for ourselves. We’re pursuing net-zero emissions7 across our operations and value chain by 2030. This is supported by our ambitious clean energy goal to operate our data centers and office campuses on 24/7 carbon-free energy, such as solar and wind.8

We expect this new era in technology to open up new, even bigger opportunities to accelerate system-level change. It’s a big part of the reason we’re optimistic about what’s possible in the years ahead.

Nest thermostats help people save energy at home
Nest thermostats help people save energy at home
The Rødby Fjord solar project adds carbon-free energy to the grid that powers our data center in Fredericia, Denmark
The Rødby Fjord solar project adds carbon-free energy to the grid that powers our data center in Fredericia, Denmark
Nest thermostats help people save energy at home
Nest thermostats help people save energy at home

Every action counts

If we work together towards a more sustainable future, there’s no limit to what we can achieve.

Discover ways to take action

See how our products can help you make more sustainable choices.

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Support your organization

Get the information you need to make thoughtful decisions around reducing your organization's emissions and achieving your sustainability goals.

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See what we’re doing

Learn how we’re driving innovation in climate and clean energy through our own operations.

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Working together towards 1 GT

Through our products, we aim to help individuals, cities, and other partners collectively reduce 1 gigaton of their carbon dioxide equivalent emissions annually by 2030.

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Google Maps

Choose the most fuel-efficient route

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Google Shopping

Shop for more efficient appliances for your home

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Google Flights

Find a flight with lower per-traveler carbon emissions

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Google Nest

Make an impact right from home

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Google Earth Engine

Explore earth science data analysis at a planetary scale

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Environmental Insights Explorer

Build a resilient, sustainable future for your city or region

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Creating sustainable impact at scale

Creating sustainable impact at scale

See how we're sharing the innovations we create and the lessons we learn to help accelerate the global transition to a carbon-free future.

Creating sustainable impact at scale

See how we're sharing the innovations we create and the lessons we learn to help accelerate the global transition to a carbon-free future.

Solar panels being installed at the solar project that powers our data center in Fredericia, Denmark
Solar panels being installed at the solar project that powers our data center in Fredericia, Denmark

Pursuing net-zero emissions through technology and innovation

We use energy to power our products and to run our operations, including our data centers and offices. For our third decade of climate action, we’re pursuing net-zero emissions across our operations and value chain by 2030.6 This is supported by our ambitious clean energy goal to operate our data centers and office campuses on 24/7 carbon-free energy, such as solar and wind.7
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Cover image of a white paper titled: Accelerating Climate Action at Google and Beyond: A Progress Update

Accelerating Climate Action at Google and Beyond: A Progress Update

Celebrating a year of clean energy growth, and looking ahead at our path to net-zero emissions.

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View of Google's Bay View campus at dusk
Bay View, an all-electric, net water positive campus with the largest geothermal installation in North America, and the first campus designed by Google. Photo by Iwan Baanis

Advancing water stewardship

We use water to help cool our data centers, and in our offices around the world. We strive to be responsible stewards of every resource we use, including water.

We aim to replenish 120% of the freshwater volume we consume, on average, across our offices and data centers, and help restore and improve the quality of water and health of ecosystems in the communities where we operate.

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Pixel + Nest products which include the Nest Doorbell, Nest Wifi Pro, Pixel 7, and Pixel Watch

Accelerating a circular economy

Our work towards a more circular economy cuts across all our core business operations including our data centers, workplaces, and consumer hardware products, and spans the entire value chain from safer chemistry and manufacturing waste to electronic waste recycling.

We aim to maximize the reuse of finite resources across our operations, products, and supply chains and enable others to do the same.

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Cover image of a white paper titled: Closing the Plastics Circularity Gap: Full Report

Closing the Plastics Circularity Gap

This study determines the strategic low-risk and no-risk interventions under multiple future scenarios that can create irreversible momentum toward plastic circularity.

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A butterfly lands on small white flowers

Striving to protect and enhance nature and biodiversity through our campuses and technology

Preserving nature is critical both to mitigating climate change and adapting to it.

With hundreds of offices around the world, Google is mindful of the potential impact on local nature and biodiversity on our campuses and in the surrounding communities and ecosystems. Our aim is for nature and people to flourish together in the spaces that Google calls home.

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Stay informed

Stay up to date on our news and progress.

    1 Fuel-efficient routing was first launched in the U.S. in 2021. In 2022, we expanded it to Canada and nearly forty European countries, as well as in Egypt ahead of COP27.
    2 Google uses an AI prediction model to estimate the expected fuel or energy consumption for each route option when users request driving directions. We identify the route that we predict will consume the least amount of fuel or energy. If this route is not already the fastest one and it offers meaningful energy and fuel savings with only a small increase in driving time, we recommend it to the user. To calculate enabled emissions reductions, we tally the fuel usage from the chosen fuel-efficient routes and subtract it from the predicted fuel consumption that would have occurred on the fastest route without fuel-efficient routing and apply adjustments for factors such as: CO2e factors, fleet factors, well-to-wheels factors, and powertrain mismatch factors. We then input the estimated prevented emissions into the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator to calculate equivalent cars off the road for a year. The cumulative figure covers estimated emissions prevented after fuel-efficient routing was launched, from October 2021 through September 2023. Enabled emissions reductions estimates include inherent uncertainty due to factors that include the lack of primary data and precise information about real-world actions and their effects. These factors contribute to a range of possible outcomes, within which we report a central value.
    3 Fuel cost calculator in Google Search is currently available on mobile only in the US, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
    4 Fuel-efficient routing in Google Maps is currently available in the US, Canada, Europe, and Egypt.
    5 EV charging station information is currently available in Google Maps in the US, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and the UK.
    6 Train schedules and tickets in Google Search are currently available in Google Search in the US, Canada, Japan, and 17 European countries.
    7 We are aiming to reduce 50% of our combined absolute Scope 1, 2 (market-based), and 3 absolute greenhouse gas emissions when compared to a 2019 base year, and planning to invest in nature-based and technology-based carbon removal solutions to neutralize our remaining emissions.
    8 Carbon-free energy is any type of electricity generation that doesn’t directly emit carbon dioxide, including (but not limited to) solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and nuclear. Sustainable biomass and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are special cases considered on a case-by-case basis, but are often also considered carbon-free energy sources.