Apple has apparently vowed to become carbon neutral entirely by 2030. The Cupertino based giant has announced its plans for the move, which will be universal across its entire business to achieve the goal in the next 10 years.
According to Apple, “zero climate impact” is the end goal. The company will work with suppliers to reach complete carbon neutrality by 2030. In other words, the company’s operations will have no impact on Earth’s climate. The 10 year long roadmap is based on a series of innovations that Apple is going adopt across its product design, supplier operations, and materials processing.
Meaning, it will also have its supply chain commit to a certain standard of eco friendliness. The company made the announcement in the 2020 Environmental Progress Report earlier today (22nd July 2020). Apple plans on reducing its emissions by 75 percent in the next 10 years, while also developing new carbon removal techniques for the remaining 25 percent of its carbon footprint.
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At the moment, the company reduces its carbon impact primarily by recycling. Apple said that its latest recycling innovation came with “Dave,” a robot that disassembles iPhones to collect rare earth materials. Dave is the newer generation, which arrives after the company previously introduced “Daisy” for the same task.
Furthermore, Apple also announced that it will be investing 100 million US Dollars into its supply chain, which includes its new US-China Green Fund partnership. This sizeable sum of funds will go towards strengthening the energy efficiency efforts for its suppliers. Apple claims that over 70 suppliers have pledged to use 100 percent renewable energy for the production of Apple product’s components.
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, stated that “the innovations powering our environmental journey are not only good for the planet — they’ve helped us make our products more energy efficient and bring new sources of clean energy online around the world. Climate action can be the foundation for a new era of innovative potential, job creation, and durable economic growth. With our commitment to carbon neutrality, we hope to be a ripple in the pond that creates a much larger change.”
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