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Security report for sustainability.google

Google · Technology · United States

Low risk. 1 critical or high finding in GDPR outside view.

Security score

86/100

Risk levelLow

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Google Sustainability is a dedicated platform by Google LLC focusing on leveraging artificial intelligence and technology to promote sustainable innovation and reduce environmental impact globally. The website highlights Google's commitment to sustainability through its products, research initiatives, and operational improvements, targeting a broad audience including individuals, cities, researchers, governments, and businesses. The platform showcases tools and reports that enable emissions reductions and resource efficiency, positioning Google as a leader in technology-driven sustainability solutions. Technically, the website employs a modern tech stack including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Google Tag Manager, and Material Design components, hosted on Google's infrastructure ensuring fast performance and excellent mobile optimization. The site is well-structured with clear navigation and accessibility considerations, reflecting a high level of digital maturity. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS with strong SSL configuration and includes standard security headers. It uses cookie consent mechanisms and follows privacy best practices aligned with GDPR compliance. However, explicit security policies, incident response details, and vulnerability disclosure information are not publicly available, representing areas for improvement. Overall, the website is highly professional, trustworthy, and safe for general audiences. It demonstrates strong business credibility and technical robustness with minor gaps in security transparency. Strategic recommendations include publishing detailed security policies, providing vulnerability disclosure channels, and enhancing accessibility features to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

1 finding rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
95
Security headers
75
Email security
85
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
86

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
2
Employees
0
Customers
2
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

1 subdomain affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Google Sustainability operates within the technology sector with significant involvement in energy and transportation sustainability. The business model revolves around integrating sustainability into Google's core products and research, enabling users and partners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resource efficiency. Google leverages its AI capabilities and cloud infrastructure to develop innovative tools such as fuel-efficient routing, solar savings estimators, and environmental insights platforms. The company targets a diverse customer base including individuals, municipalities, researchers, and enterprises, fostering partnerships to drive systemic environmental change. Google's market position as a global technology leader provides competitive advantages through brand trust, extensive resources, and a broad ecosystem. Growth indicators include increasing clean energy procurement and expanding sustainability research collaborations.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, strong SSL configuration, and implementation of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security. The use of Google Tag Manager is managed securely with asynchronous loading and appropriate link attributes to prevent referrer leakage. Cookie consent mechanisms are in place, supporting privacy compliance. However, the absence of publicly available security policies, incident response procedures, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms limits transparency and may impact stakeholder confidence. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is strong but could benefit from enhanced communication of security governance and incident management.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page detailing security governance and controls.
  2. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file.
  3. Provide clear contact information for security incidents and abuse reporting.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet or exceed WCAG standards.
  5. Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Google
Description
Google Sustainability focuses on leveraging AI and technology to reduce environmental impact, drive innovation, and promote sustainable practices across products, research, and operations.
Key services
Fuel-efficient routing, Solar savings estimation, Device longevity programs, Pre-owned shopping facilitation, Research tools for climate and sustainability, Clean energy procurement
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts, Hammer.js, Material Components Web
Frameworks
Material Design
Platforms
Google Cloud
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
95/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google Tag Manager with async loading
  • Cookie consent banner implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure external links with rel="noopener noreferer"

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. Strong focus on sustainability and environmental impact reduction.
  3. Comprehensive product and research offerings related to sustainability.
  4. Use of Google branding and official Google domains throughout.
  5. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on the page.
  6. Cookie consent and privacy policies are clearly linked and compliant.
  7. No security or vulnerability disclosure information publicly available.
  8. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
  9. Website is fully accessible and mobile optimized.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern and robust technical infrastructure leveraging Google's cloud hosting and content delivery networks, ensuring fast load times and high availability. The technology stack includes standard web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript) and Google-specific tools such as Google Tag Manager and Material Components Web for UI consistency. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility considerations. SEO is well addressed through proper meta tags and structured navigation. There is minimal technical debt evident, and the site benefits from Google's continuous infrastructure improvements. Opportunities exist to further enhance accessibility and provide richer structured data for improved search engine understanding.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 86/100 +9Low19 findingsView report
  2. 77/100Low22 findingsView report
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