As a tech-forward region that’s home to a large percentage of global youth, there’s good reason to believe that the innovation that’s needed to engage in climate action — at scale and on time — will come from Asia Pacific. We’re already seeing that people across the region are becoming increasingly concerned, with searches for sustainability-related topics reaching record highs this year in countries like India, Australia and Singapore. And, decisively, people are looking for ways to learn and take action with top-searched queries like “how to be more sustainable” and “how to recycle”.We see an opportunity for Google to support this drive to move from ambition to action in three key areas:Addressing our own impactSince Google was founded in 1998, we have built sustainability into everything we do. We’ve set ambitious global goals to minimize our own carbon footprint and maximize our contribution to global climate solutions.Across Asia Pacific, the way we tackle our carbon, water, waste and ecological impact is tailored to each country. In every community we operate in, we want to support the ecosystems that are already in place. For example, in India, we partner with local NGOs to fund and restore wells and lakes, and improve access to water and sanitation.Expanding clean energy is also critical for us to decarbonize operations, supply chains and reach net-zero emissions — and we think we can make an impact here that can expand access to clean energy at large. For example, last week we became a founding member of the Asia Clean Energy Coalition, a multi-stakeholder initiative to accelerate clean energy in Asia by improving policy and market environments in these markets. We’re also pleased to be supporting the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) and the Clean Energy Demand Initiative (CEDI) to expand their international efforts through a $1 million grant from Google.org.
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Friday, November 15, 2024
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