Our sustainability approach We believe that every business has the oppo爀琀unity and obligation to protect our planet and suppo爀琀 the communities where it operates. Sustainability is one of our core values at Google, and we strive to build sustainability into everything we do. Google’s sustainability strategy focuses on three key pillars that span both environmental and social initiatives: ˦ Accelerating the transition to carbon-free energy and a circular economy ˦ Empowering everyone with technology ˦ Bene昀椀ting the people and places where we operate 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 昀椀rst major company to become carbon neutral for our operations. ˦ 2017: We became the 昀椀rst major company to match 100% of our annual electricity use with renewable energy, which we’ve achieved for 昀椀ve 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. Now we’re going even fu爀琀her. By 2030 we aim to achieve net-zero emissions across all of our operations and value chain, including our consumer hardware products, and to become the 昀椀rst major company to run on carbon-free energy 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Alphabet Sustainability Bond Impact Report 2022 Introduction 5