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Environment:
AI for sustainability:
Environmental footprint: Leveraging AI to optimize our own operations, and working to reduce energy use and emissions from AI computing in our data centers.
Environmental footprint: Leveraging AI to optimize our own operations, and working to reduce energy use and emissions from AI computing in our data centers.
Optimization: Helping communities with AI-powered climate action planning
Optimization: Helping communities with AI-powered climate action planning
Our recent tests in Hamburg, Germany, showed that at traffic lights with our AI-driven recommendations, cars made over 25% fewer stops, resulting in approximately 10% fewer emissions.
Our recent tests in Hamburg, Germany, showed that at traffic lights with our AI-driven recommendations, cars made over 25% fewer stops, resulting in approximately 10% fewer emissions.
Prediction: Using AI to help communities address extreme weather events.
Prediction: Using AI to help communities address extreme weather events.
AI-powered tools can help address some of the worst impacts of climate-related disasters, from early warnings of natural disasters to reducing the impact of wildfires. In 2022, we launched Flood Hub, which allows local governments and aid organizations to identify when a riverine flood will occur, up to seven days in advance. In early 2023, we expanded this tool from 20 to 80 countries across the globe.
Social:
We focus our work on the areas where we can have the largest impact. Hit the pictures for further information.
Youth Business International is providing critical support to small businesses
As part of our COVID-19 response, we provided a $5 million grant to Youth Business International to provide critical support to underserved small businesses in 31 countries across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
Economic empowerment
Economic empowerment
We support digital skills training for job seekers, equitable access to capital, and small and medium businesses— particularly in underrepresented communities.
GiveDirectly delivers financial assistance to the people who need it most
GiveDirectly empowers marginalized communities and those affected by disasters like COVID-19 through direct cash transfers, which give people the flexibility to provide for their true needs, in contrast to in-kind donations. Since 2012, Google.org has provided over $10 million to GiveDirectly to support people in need and research the impact of GiveDirectly’s innovative approach.
Decades of experimental evidence show that cash transfers have positive long-term impacts and that they can stimulate local economies.
As Khan Academy has grown, so has Google.org’s support, which to date includes $12 million in funding, in addition to volunteer hours and other resources. Google.org has helped Khan Academy invest in the development of its intelligent software, deep data analytics and intuitive user interfaces that make their educational resources even more useful to students and teachers around the world.
Learning
Learning
We support organizations that are supporting equitable access to quality learning materials, computer science education, and digital responsibility resources.
Expanding StoryWeaver, an open-source translation platform for children’s books
Pratham Book’s StoryWeaver is a free online platform that connects readers, authors, illustrators, and translators to create free stories for children around the world. Since 2013, Google.org has supported Pratham Books with more than $4 million in funding, thousands of Google volunteer hours, and access to technical tools like the Google Translate API, which has enabled Pratham Books to dramatically increase the number of quality stories available through StoryWeaver.
Corporate Governance:
Transparency: Our Principles and Standards of Business Conduct
Transparency: Our Principles and Standards of Business Conduct
At Google, we believe it is important to have a voice in the political process to ensure the Internet remains a powerful engine for growth and innovation. Our engagement with policymakers and regulators is guided by a commitment to ensuring our participation is always open, transparent and clear to our users, shareholders, and the public.
Privacy, Security, and Data Use
Google is committed to keeping our users’ data private and secure and enable users around the world to easily manage their privacy preferences. Regulation can protect individuals and communities from harm and misuse of data, improve security standards, and help maintain the trust that enables continued innovation and technology-driven benefits. We published a Framework for Responsible Data Protection Regulation to support our advocacy for federal privacy legislation.
Google believes that government access laws must provide appropriate safeguards and protections for users. We offer detailed transparency reporting about government requests for user data, and we will continue working with stakeholders on frameworks that meet law enforcement needs without sacrificing due process, oversight, accountability, and user trust.
Sources:
2023 Environment Report-Google
social responsibility-Google
governance- Google
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