We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Pichai testifies before Congress earlier this year. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)In the wake of devastating wildfires and floods around the globe, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai today championed the company’s environmental efforts, which now includes eliminating Google’s entire carbon legacy.“The science is clear: The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change,” Pichai wrote in a blog post. “As of today, we have eliminated Google’s entire carbon legacy (covering all our operational emissions before we became carbon neutral in 2007) through the purchase of high-quality carbon offsets.”Google is the first major company to get this done, according to Pichai. Going forward, Google plans to also be the first to run on carbon-free energy all the time by 2030. “This is our biggest sustainability moonshot yet, with enormous practical and technical complexity,” Pichai said.Once achieved, “this will mean every email you send through Gmail, every question you ask Google Search, every YouTube video you watch, and every route you take using Google Maps, is supplied by clean energy every hour of every day,” Pichai said.It also means more clean energy jobs: 20,000 of them by 2025. Some of those jobs will be created by Google’s investments in carbon-free energy across its critical manufacturing regions. Google also committed to help more than 500 cities reduce a total of 1 gigaton of carbon by 2030, and to help partners bring down carbon emissions. “We’re optimistic that by harnessing new technologies, investing in the right infrastructure and tools, and empowering partners, nonprofits and people, this can be the most decisive decade for climate action yet,” Pichai said. “We’re proud to do our part, and to help move the world closer to a carbon-free future for all.” Further Reading Business Reviews Business Best Picks
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We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Pichai testifies before Congress earlier this year. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)In the wake of devastating wildfires and floods around the globe, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai today championed the company’s environmental efforts, which now includes eliminating Google’s entire carbon legacy.“The science is clear: The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change,” Pichai wrote in a blog post. “As of today, we have eliminated Google’s entire carbon legacy (covering all our operational emissions before we became carbon neutral in 2007) through the purchase of high-quality carbon offsets.”Google is the first major company to get this done, according to Pichai. Going forward, Google plans to also be the first to run on carbon-free energy all the time by 2030. “This is our biggest sustainability moonshot yet, with enormous practical and technical complexity,” Pichai said.Once achieved, “this will mean every email you send through Gmail, every question you ask Google Search, every YouTube video you watch, and every route you take using Google Maps, is supplied by clean energy every hour of every day,” Pichai said.It also means more clean energy jobs: 20,000 of them by 2025. Some of those jobs will be created by Google’s investments in carbon-free energy across its critical manufacturing regions. Google also committed to help more than 500 cities reduce a total of 1 gigaton of carbon by 2030, and to help partners bring down carbon emissions. “We’re optimistic that by harnessing new technologies, investing in the right infrastructure and tools, and empowering partners, nonprofits and people, this can be the most decisive decade for climate action yet,” Pichai said. “We’re proud to do our part, and to help move the world closer to a carbon-free future for all.” Further Reading Business Reviews Business Best Picks