谷歌公佈了其地圖和旅遊搜尋平台的更新，旨在幫助用戶選擇更永續的選擇。

從本週開始，碳排放資訊已添加到 Google Flights 中，人們可以看到與每個航班和飛機上的座位相關的二氧化碳排放量。

The search giant’s Hotel Search will also make information clearly available on the sustainability efforts by operators in areas like waste management, water conservation and accreditations.

此外，Google已開始在地圖上推出環保路線選項，並為詢問氣候變遷的人們推出了重新設計的內容豐富的結果頁面。

今天宣布的新功能是在Google成為 Travalyst（哈利王子發起的永續旅遊計畫）的最新企業支持者之後推出的。

Google母公司 Alphabet 執行長 Sundar Pichai 表示，該公司致力於幫助 10 億人做出更永續的選擇。

“Our goal is to make the sustainable choice the easier choice,” he said. “Individually they might be small, but multiply them together across our projects and that equals big transformations for the planet. There’s no time to waste, so let’s get started.”

Stephanie Horton, Google’s global consumer marketing director, said searches for eco-hotels has doubled as people start to travel again after the COVID pandemic.

“Promoting more sustainable travel is not something we can do alone, that’s why we joined Travalyst to bring standardisation across the industry.

“That will make sure that wherever you are booking your travel you have reliable information and help you make a sustainable decision.”

Pichai added: “Climate change is no longer a distant threat — it’s increasingly local and personal.

“Around the world, wildfires, flooding and other extreme weather continue to affect our health, our economies and our future together on our planet.

“We need urgent and meaningful solutions to address this pressing challenge. That’s why last year we 致力於採取大膽行動 到 2030 年，我們的資料中心和園區將全天候（24/7）無碳能源運作。

“Companies aren’t the only ones asking what more we can do to help the planet – increasingly people are asking themselves those questions, too.

“So today we’re sharing several new ways people can use Google’s products to make sustainable choices.”

谷歌還與城市合作進行人工智慧項目，使交通號誌運作更有高效，並推出了 Nest Renew，幫助房主以更永續的方式為房產供暖。

It has also pledged to run the cleanest cloud computing platform on the planet and is working with industry giants like Salesforce, Whirlpool, Etsy, HSBC, and Unilever on their sustainability challenges.