Apple to Be Carbon Neutral across Its Business By 2030

The world’s most valuable company is already carbon neutral today for its global corporate operations, and this new commitment means that by 2030, every Apple device sold will have net zero climate impact. It unveiled its plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life-cycle for all its devices by 2030 with details to reduce emissions by 75 percent by 2030 while developing innovative carbon removal solutions for the remaining 25 percent of its comprehensive footprint. “Businesses have a profound opportunity to help build a more sustainable future, one born of our common concern for the planet we share,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “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.” The company is pledging to identify new ways to lower energy use at its corporate facilities and help its supply chain make the same transition through a new partnership with the US-China Green Fund, investing $100 million to accelerate energy efficiency for its suppliers. The number of facilities participating in Apple’s Supplier Energy Efficiency Program grew to 92 last year, with these facilities avoiding over 779,000 annualized metric tons of carbon emissions. Apple is supporting the development of the first-ever direct carbon-free aluminum smelting process through a partnership with two of its aluminum suppliers, with the first batch due to be used in manufacturing the 16-inch MacBook Pro. A new aluminum production method will release oxygen, rather than greenhouse gases, during the smelting process. The company’s 10-year climate roadmap will lower emissions by continuing to increase the use of low-carbon and recycled materials in its products, innovate its product recycling, and design products to be as energy efficient as possible.