Carbon offsets: getting to zero
Even after our efforts in efficiency and renewable energy, we still impact the environment. We help bring our footprint to zero by investing in projects that reduce carbon emissions at another source outside of Google. We're very picky because we want to make sure that our investment has a positive impact that wouldn’t have happened without us. For example, we pay for reductions in emissions from a landfill near our data center. By investing in these projects, our total climate impact ends up being zero. This means that all of our products and services are carbon neutral.