Our approach We believe that every business has the opportunity and obligation to protect our planet. Sustainability is one of our core values at Google, and we strive to build sustainability into everything we do. We’ve been a leader on sustainability and climate change since Google’s founding over 20 years ago. These are some of our key achievements over the past two decades: 2007: We became the first major company to be carbon neutral for our operations. 2017: We became the first major company to match 100% of our annual electricity use with renewable energy, which we’ve achieved for five consecutive years. 2020: We issued $5.75 billion in sustainability bonds —the largest sustainability or green bond issuance by any company in history at the time. 2021: We matched 66% of our data center electricity use with regional carbon-free sources, on an hourly basis. Our sustainability strategy is focused on three key pillars: accelerating the transition to carbon-free energy and a circular economy, empowering everyone with technology, and benefiting the people and places where we operate (see Figure 1). Figure 1 SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY OVERVIEW We strive to build sustainability into everything we do Empower with technology Tackle major sustainability problems and drive net-positive impact using Google technologies, platforms, products, and services Accelerate carbon-free and circular Decouple business growth from the growth of carbon intensity and material use Benefit people and places Share benefits with the communities of our facilities, users, partners, and suppliers 2 Google Environmental Report 2022