Google strikes biochar carbon removal deal with Varaha

Google will buy carbon credits from an Indian initiative that turns large amounts of agricultural waste into biochar—a form of charcoal that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and returns it to the soil. The deal—signed by Google and Indian supplier Varaha—is one of the biggest ever involving biochar and is the tech giant’s first

Google aims for NetZero emissions by 2030

Tech giant Google has shifted its strategy on achieving carbon neutrality, abandoning its previous practice of mass-purchasing cheap carbon offsets. The company now aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2030 through absolute emission reductions and investment in carbon removal projects. For over a decade, Google claimed carbon neutrality by counterbalancing its emissions with carbon offsets

Increasing digitalisation a concern for decarbonisation

More than half of the digital data firms generate is collected, processed and stored for single-use purposes. Often, it is never re-used. This could be your multiple near-identical images held on Google Photos or iCloud, a business’s outdated spreadsheets that will never be used again, or data from internet of things sensors that have no

Corporate net zero promises found to be insufficient and relying on cheap offsets

The often-misguided optimism associated with the private sector’s commitment to addressing climate change is easy to debunk. The latest evidence comes up in the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022 published February 8, 2022, by Germany-based think tank New Climate Institute (NCI). Twenty-five of the world’s largest corporates, including Apple Inc, Accenture Plc, Google LLC, Amazon.com,