The company has commitments from over 70 suppliers to use 100 percent renewable energy for Apple production

By Derick Lila pvbuzz

Apple announced it plans to make its entire business — including its supply chain and resulting products — carbon neutral by 2030. This strategy includes reducing emissions from the production process, removing carbon from the atmosphere, and working with renewable energy suppliers.

The tech giant plans to focus on creating new renewable energy projects and moving its entire supply chain to clean power.

The company currently has commitments from over 70 suppliers to use 100 percent renewable energy for production — equivalent to nearly 8 gigawatts in commitments to power the manufacturing of its products.

Globally, Apple is launching one of the largest new solar arrays in Scandinavia, as well as two new projects providing power to underserved communities in the Philippines and Thailand.

“We’re really proud of what we’ve done so far, but we also know that the moment we’re in calls us to meet this generational challenge of climate change, and to accelerate industry-wide change, to show what’s possible,” says Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy, and social initiatives, and a former administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency.

With this new pledge, Apple is following the announcements of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, all of which have introduced revised climate-related goals within the past year.

The company’s global corporate operations are already net-zero, and this new initiative means that by 2030, every Apple device sold will be carbon neutral.

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