G2

Huma K.

Participatory Budgeting Borough Coordinator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/8/2024

"In Console Dashboard"

4/5

What do you like best about Google Carbon Footprint?

Google Carbon Footprint is a powerful and simple-to-use sustainability measurement tool for businesses that want to monitor and reduce the emissions impact of their cloud computing usage. The platform offers three key benefits:

Accurately measure the gross carbon footprint

Google famously claims that any system running on its cloud platform has zero net operational emissions. However, the Carbon Footprint tool allows you to accurately calculate the gross emissions impact of your cloud operations. This data also breaks down into geographical regions to enable assessment of operations across the world.

Track the emissions profile of every cloud project

With Carbon Footprint you can monitor your gross cloud emissions over time by project, product, and region. This gives IT teams and developers metrics that can help them plan future enhancements that will improve their carbon footprint.

Share detailed methodology with sustainability officers

Google openly publishes the carbon emissions calculation methodology used by the Carbon Footprint tool. This enables reviewers and reporting teams to verify that their emissions data meets the globally accepted GHG Protocol. It is also worth noting that Google’s methodology has been checked for ‘reasonableness’ by independent third-party experts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Carbon Footprint?

You can integrate your Google Cloud emissions data with popular carbon accounting tools. We also partner with organizations that specialize in emissions and environmental data.

For most businesses, Google Carbon Footprint will only form part of their ESG strategy because it is limited to reporting on Google Cloud usage. Organisations that want to understand greenhouse gas emissions generated by their on-premise operations or hosted in other clouds will need an additional/alternative tool to capture that information.

Because it is free for Google Cloud users, Google Carbon Footprint is an ideal tool for getting started with carbon footprint calculations. There is no associated financial penalty for migrating to another platform as your ESG reporting requirements change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Carbon Footprint solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Google’s Carbon Assessment tool, companies can measure, assess, and reduce the carbon footprint of their Google Cloud usage. The tool allows companies to:

View the gross, location-based emissions from their Google Cloud usage.

Monitor usage over time by project, product, and region.

Help CIOs identify where they can further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental impact of operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.