Tech multinational company Apple is headed to a promising future: it is aiming to be one of the world's first to offer carbon-neutral operations in its products. And, they are doing this by 2030, Forbes led in the reporting.
It recently unveiled that by this year, it will commit to cover the entire supply chain of its products, as well as the life cycle, and be more sustainable with electricity consumption in use and product, and more.
Apple's Tim Cook said in the official statement, "Businesses have a profound opportunity to help build a more sustainable future, one born of our common concern for the planet we share. 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."
The goal: Sustainability
Among the goals that the company seeks to have with its products is providing a design that is low in carbon content. This means that using recycled materials is preferred, as well as developing techniques that can even out the smelting process and introduce carbon-free aluminum.
These include the use of renewable energy sources, including those among projects spearheaded by Apple, with 1GW capacity of the company's operations in the corporation. They will also minimize carbon through planting forests in the United States, Kenya, Colombia, and China.
Official news from Apple added, "Apple is providing detail on its approach to carbon neutrality with a roadmap for other companies, as industries look to reduce their impact on climate change. In its 2020 Environmental Progress Report - released today - Apple details its plans to reduce emissions by 75 percent by 2030 while developing innovative carbon removal solutions for the remaining 25 percent of its comprehensive footprint."
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These carbon removable solutions will also include mangrove swamp reduction.
The funds
The funds to move toward the project completion will come from a $100 million worth of fund for racial justice and equity initiative involving businesses owned by minorities, through helping to organize the supply chain.
Lisa Jackson, the environmental lead at Apple, reiterated that systemic racism and climate change are issues that go together, and "they will not abide" different solutions.
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Last January, Microsoft also revealed plans to become carbon-negative, taking away its greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, and removing its historical emissions by 2050, the report added.
Meanwhile, Apple is offering users with an elegant iPad design as it continues to evolve its products, BGR reported.
Storyboards, for instance, will get a new twist, allowing users of Flipboard to curate "finite" pieces of content.
