Apple revealed today that its clean power sources had more than doubled in the last year. They helped to prevent 13.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution from entering the atmosphere by supporting renewable energy projects. According to the corporation, this is equivalent to removing 3 million cars off the road for a year.
It’s part of Apple’s aim to become carbon-neutral by 2030, in effort to fight global warming. The company’s 2020 climate pledge obligated it to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent this decade and developing strategies to decrease the remaining pollution.
Unlike other firms who have only vowed to eliminate pollution from their direct operations and electricity consumption, Apple has promised to reduce emissions through its supply chains as well as from its consumers’ use of the products. Since indirect emissions account for the vast majority of the company’s carbon impact, it will be the biggest boost by far.
In addition to being more than focusing simply on the company’s operations, reducing supply chain emissions has the added benefit of incentivizing other businesses to do the same. Apple releases an annual list of its top suppliers, who earn roughly 98 percent of the money spent on materials, production, and assembly by the company. Apple’s list of firms who have pledged to produce Apple goods using “100% clean electricity” globally includes about 60% of those big suppliers. Similar pledges have been made by dozens smaller suppliers.
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