Google announced a package of novelties for its search engine that contribute to sustainability, giving tools to users that become information and there is much more awareness about the consumption of environmental products or that actions have a lesser impact.
Along with that, it unveiled new products to work with organizations and companies in the sustainable transformation that the planet needs, an issue that in many companies is becoming a fundamental axis.
New sustainable tools in the Google search engine
Users of this search engine will find several new options in the coming weeks when making queries on topics such as electric cars, recipes, routes and second-hand clothes.
Efficient cars and ecological routes
In the coming days Google will add information on fuel costs and emissions when a user is looking for a new car to buy that runs on gasoline. While for those who want an electric model, data will also be given on the estimated costs, the speed and duration of the charge, as well as public charging stations close to the user’s location.
But for those who already have their car, a feature called ecological routes has been added, which allows you to see the route that is most efficient in terms of fuel consumption. The idea of the company is also to invite delivery companies to use these routes to contribute to the environment.
sustainable recipes
Users will find information to buy which foods have a lower environmental impact and thus see recipes with those products.
For example, when searching for “bean recipes” or “chicken with broccoli”, you will be able to see how one option compares to others thanks to ingredient-level emissions information from the recipes. United Nations. This tool will be available worldwide, but for now only in English.
buying used clothes
According to data shared by Google, 10% of global carbon emissions come from clothing, so one way to help reduce this impact is to buy second-hand items, especially for those countries where there are seasons and there is a constant change of clothing.
During this year, a highlight will be added to the searches for this type of product, which will make it easier to find these clothes, make the decision and also save some money.
New Sustainability Products for the Cloud
All this joins the work of Google in their relationship with companies, especially in what has to do with GoogleCloud.
According to company data, more and more people and companies are seeking how to turn their desire to be sustainable into actions, for this reason in the last decade queries on topics such as: “how to reduce my carbon footprint” and ” what is greenwashing?
The first ad was Google Earth Engine in Google Cloud is already generally available, this will allow governments, organizations and industries to have information on the risks to infrastructure and natural resources after climate change, which will help them to have a better picture of their current situation and thus take decisions.
A pilot plan was also announced so that through the platform Cloud users can have data 24 hours a day on carbon-free energy, with access to historical and real-time data, viewing an emissions profile.
