Google has announced intentions to invest $150 million towards renewable energy projects to limit the environmental impact of its products, including the Nest.
Google will be spending millions of dollars over the next several years on renewable energy projects that will feed power into local grids. These efforts follow Google’s commitment to becoming carbon-neutral in 100% of its shipments to and from customers by 2020.
“Earlier this year we shared our initial sustainability commitments for Google hardware which demonstrate how we’re thinking about sustainability every step of the way--from design to manufacturing to shipping to reuse,” says Anna Meegan, Google’s Head of Sustainability for Consumer Hardware on the company’s blog. “We’ve made even more progress toward these commitments. One hundred percent of the Nest products launching in 2019 are built with recycled plastics. Shipping those products, along with all other Made by Google products, from us to you, is now 100 percent carbon neutral. But we want to work toward a world where everyone has access to renewable energy, including our suppliers and their communities. As a part of this, we’ve committed to invest approximately $150 million into renewable energy projects in key manufacturing regions.”