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Dear reader,

Welcome to the Google Cloud Hub, where you can find a collection of valuable and inspiring information on sustainability and ESG reporting. As ESG factors are increasingly informing business decisions, it is important to consider their role in your operations and strategy.

On this hub, we have included relevant articles to share insights into how Google Cloud can be a partner in supporting your responsible investment strategy. You can also find out why several of our customers, such as Unilever and Etsy, decided to partner with Google Cloud to drive sustainability.

We are looking forward to the exchange with you and are always available for questions and suggestions.

Best regards,
Luc Schamhart and the Google Cloud Team

Welcome

IT leaders are choosing a sustainable future

A recent Google-commissioned study by IDG, based on a global survey of more than 2,000 IT decision-makers, illustrated the importance of sustainability for organizations’ IT departments while also revealing that significant work is needed before businesses meet their sustainability goals.

Closing the disconnect in ESG data in financial services

Needing access to better environmental, social and governance (ESG) data is crucial to helping the businesses of today achieve their ESG goals and ambitions. ESG factors are increasingly informing the decisions that financial services leaders make – from day-to-day operational choices to long-term strategic planning.

Announcing new tools to measure—and reduce—your environmental impact

Our third decade of climate action: Realizing a carbon-free future

Data centers are more energy efficient than ever

Investing Beyond Returns

The science is clear. The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change. High on the agenda of most companies is the need to integrate sustainability into their governance, risk assessment, decision-making, and disclosures.

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24/7 by 2030: Realizing a Carbon-free Future

Electricity is the fuel that enables Google to serve our billions of users’ needs, around the world and around the clock. Yet in many places the energy we use is still produced in ways that result in carbon emissions. That’s why we’ve long strived to lead the way to a carbon-free future.

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Unilever

Google Cloud and Unilever announced that they will advance sustainable business practices together using technology to expand the use of data for eco-friendly decision making. As an initial step in this partnership, the two companies are collaborating on the first commercial application of Google Cloud and Google Earth Engine for sustainable commodity sourcing. Click on the logo to read more.

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Johnson Controls

Google Cloud has announced an expanded relationship with Johnson Controls that will involve the leading building technology and solutions company running SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning Central Component (ECC) environment on Google Cloud. Migrating its SAP ECC environment to the cloud has helped Johnson Controls modernize some of its most critical business systems and applications at scale, and will expand the company’s use of sustainable cloud infrastructure. Click on the logo to read more.

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National Geographic

National Geographic’s migration of its Image Collection to Google Cloud has improved the organization’s carbon footprint. Delivering carbon-neutral services to customers helps National Geographic make a positive impact on its business and the planet. Click on the logo to read more.

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L'Oréal

Beauty Tech is a strategic ambition for L’Oréal: the ambition to invent the beauty of the future while becoming the company of the future. Sustainable tech is an imperative and a very important step towards this ambition of creating responsible beauty for consumers, and sustainable-by-design tech services for employees. Click on the logo to read more.

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Etsy

Etsy is one of a number of organizations committed to environmental responsibility—many of whom focus on reducing the environmental impact of their operations by reaching 100% renewable energy. Google shares this commitment, and in 2017 we met our own goal of matching 100% of the energy we consume with renewable energy purchases. Click on the logo to read more.