By 2030, Apple aims to achieve carbon neutrality not only in its products’ lifetime energy use but also across its entire supply chain, reflecting the company’s ambitious goal.
Apple has released its Environmental Progress Report for 2023, detailing its ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and become more sustainable. The report highlights the progress Apple has made in reducing its emissions and increasing its use of renewable energy sources, as well as its plans to become carbon neutral across its entire supply chain by 2030.
The report also emphasizes Apple’s commitment to transparency and accountability in its sustainability efforts, and its focus on equity and community engagement in pursuing global solutions to climate change.
Apple has set a new goal to make its products carbon neutral by 2030, including the entire supply chain and lifetime energy use of customers’ devices. Since 2015, Apple has reduced its emissions by more than 45 percent while reaching more users than ever before. The company believes that a thriving business and a thriving planet are not mutually exclusive, and it has called on its suppliers to decarbonize their entire Apple footprint by 2030. Over 250 of Apple’s suppliers, accounting for more than 85 percent of its direct manufacturing spend, are now part of its Supplier Clean Energy Program.
Transparency and accountability are essential for Apple, which is why it shares its progress and goals. The company wants to be a catalyst for broader change and is making it easier for users to understand the carbon impact of their Apple devices through Product Environment Reports. Recycled materials are a key focus of the company’s innovations, and it aims to reach 100 percent recycled or renewable materials in its products and end its reliance on mining altogether. Apple is also accelerating its work to use 100 percent recycled cobalt, tin, gold, and rare earth elements in key components by 2025.
Apple is committed to reducing its emissions further, and it only uses high-quality carbon offsets to balance emissions it cannot zero out. The company launched the Restore Fund, which aims to help businesses invest in high-quality, nature-based solutions that restore forests, wetlands, and grasslands that remove carbon from the atmosphere. Equity remains a central focus of Apple’s investments in clean energy and green technology, and it continues to invest in innovative, diverse entrepreneurs through its Impact Accelerator and expand its Power for Impact program, which brings renewable projects to under-resourced communities worldwide.
Apple’s efforts to tackle climate change are possible only when government, industry, and communities work together. The company believes that global challenges require global solutions that center on people. While there are challenges ahead, Apple will keep marching forward and hopes to share the journey with as many people as possible.
Here are the top five highlights from Apple’s Environmental Progress Report for 2023:
- Carbon Neutral by 2030: Apple has set an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral across its entire supply chain and the lifetime energy use of its products by 2030.
- Reduction of Emissions: Apple has reduced its emissions by over 45 percent since 2015, while reaching more users than ever before.
- Supplier Clean Energy Program: Over 250 of Apple’s suppliers, accounting for more than 85 percent of its direct manufacturing spend, are part of its Supplier Clean Energy Program, which aims to accelerate the decarbonization of Apple’s entire footprint.
- Use of Recycled Materials: About 20 percent of the materials used in Apple’s products are from recycled or renewable sources. The company’s goal is to reach 100 percent recycled or renewable materials and end its reliance on mining altogether.
- Focus on Equity and Community Engagement: Apple is committed to investing in clean energy and green technology and expanding its Impact Accelerator and Power for Impact program to bring renewable projects to under-resourced communities worldwide. The company believes that tackling climate change requires global solutions centered on people.
