Today, we’re releasing our 11th Environmental Report, which provides a holistic view of our 2025 sustainability performance. Our report comes at a critical time—as we navigate the tension between hyper-growth and environmental stewardship—and proves our enduring commitment to a more sustainable future.
At Google, we’re deeply committed to responsibly managing the environmental footprint of our operations and unlocking the power of AI for the planet, and I’m proud of the progress that we’ve made:
💡 Purchasing record-breaking clean energy: Google is one of the largest corporate purchasers of clean energy in the world. In 2025 alone, we signed agreements for over 12 GW of net-new clean energy.
📉 Decoupling growth from emissions: We effectively decoupled our electricity demand from its related emissions, achieving a 2% year-over-year reduction in operational emissions despite a 37% annual increase in electricity consumption—our largest load growth in history.
⚙️ Driving emissions efficiencies: Initiatives like clean energy procurement and AI stack efficiencies collectively avoided over 58 million tCO2e in 2025. Without these efforts, our footprint would’ve been five times larger.
🌎 Scaling real-world impact: Nine of our solutions (like fuel-efficient routing, Nest thermostats, Green Light, Contrails, and more) helped others reduce an estimated 41 million tCO2e in 2025—for context, that’s roughly three times Google’s own emissions.
We continue to evolve our approach in tandem with the technology we build, regularly assessing our strategy as we move forward with steady execution, balancing bold ambition with real-world impact. We’ll continue to prioritize AI stack efficiencies, clean energy and innovation to ensure our efforts make use of the transformative potential of AI to enhance lives globally.
I invite you to explore our impact stories and metrics in the full report:
- Read our blog: goo.gle/4xTkwGR
- Explore the PDF: goo.gle/4vJBmX6
- Ask questions in Google NotebookLM: goo.gle/4xYvtqm
- Or, swipe through some of our key highlights below.
