Google’s Sustainability Mission With Robert Little

Описание: In this episode, Cory Connors welcomes his longtime friend and sustainability leader Robert Little to discuss Google’s sustainability mission—particularly its global work in circularity, recycling accessibility, packaging innovation, and the role of AI in modern waste systems. Robert shares his nonlinear career path, the principles that shaped his sustainability mindset, and how Google is leveraging its massive product ecosystem to scale sustainability solutions for billions of users worldwide.

The conversation explores Google Maps’ recycling drop‑off locator, Google Trends as a tool for understanding consumer sustainability needs, Google’s plastic‑free packaging design journey, and innovations like CircularNet and Materra, X’s emerging AI‑powered materials identification technology.

Resources Mentioned:

Google Trends – trends.google.com
Google Maps Recycling Attributes https://blog.google/products/maps/fin...
Google’s Plastic‑Free Packaging Design Guide https://sustainability.google/reports...
CircularNet (open‑source machine learning model) https://blog.tensorflow.org/2022/10/c...
Materra by X (The Moonshot Factory) https://blog.tensorflow.org/2022/10/c...

Contact:

Connect with Robert Little on LinkedIn.   / robertjameslittle  

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