Apple Environmental Report demystified - what it all means to the consumer

The production of consumer electronics is damaging to the environment, and there's no real way around that. Apple has been striving to help offset the damage they're doing by adopting more environmentally sound practices, but how much does it help?

Amber Neely 6 years ago 42

Apple encourages suppliers to move to green energy with new investment projects

Apple has made the move to using 100% renewable energy, but now hopes that it can convince its suppliers to do the same.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 0

Apple donates to preserve grasslands in Kenya, fight climate change

A large swath of grassland in Kenya is the site of Apple's latest environmental conservation initiative, with the company donating an unknown sum toward a project that aims to combat climate change by harnessing the power of nature.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 0

Apple part of third-party solar certification program in Singapore and Taiwan

Apple and the Center for Resource Solutions are launching a new solar certification program in Singapore and Taiwan by certifying the Wan Ja Shan soy sauce brewery's solar installation.

Mike Wuerthele 6 years ago 3

Apple & Tiffany partnering with Alaskan gold environmental stewards

Apple is partnering with environmental group RESOLVE to find new ways to responsibly source gold in Alaska for electronics manufacture.

Mike Wuerthele 6 years ago 8

Editorial: Why does Apple have a monopoly on responsive corporate values?

Apple pioneered the concept of making its products accessible to users with disabilities back in the 1980s. It has made environmentally sound manufacturing and supplier responsibility a key aspect of its global operations. It has taken a public stand for inclusion and diversity and has made privacy and security primary features of its products. Why haven't other tech giants offered more than a meek "me too" in these areas?

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 24

Laurene Powell Jobs joins Leonardo DiCaprio to form Earth Alliance

Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire philanthropist and wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is partnering with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and investor Brian Sheth for Earth Alliance, a philanthropic effort to help fight threats to the environment and to promote conservation.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 0

New Apple video ads sell App Store & iMessage security, recycling efforts

Apple on Monday unloaded a burst of short "message" ads on YouTube, continuing its ongoing focus on user privacy and security.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 0

Apple highlights Trade In program as 'one last great thing' to do with an old iPhone

Apple is promoting its Trade In program via a new video on its YouTube channel, one that suggests users could help respect the planet and "Do one last great thing with" their iPhone by turning it in for refurbishment and recycling at the end of its life.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 4

Designers have social duties beyond a product's launch, says Apple's Jony Ive

A designer's obligations to the world don't end after a product ships, said Apple chief design officer Jony Ive in an interview published this week.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 35

Tim Cook shares four 'shot on iPhone' images to promote Earth Day

Apple CEO Tim Cook has marked Earth Day by highlighting four environmentally-themed photographs as part of the company's ongoing "Shot on iPhone" social media campaign, with all of the images of animals and plant life taken using an iPhone.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 13

Conservation International & Apple have teamed to protect mangrove forests

Apple is working with Conservation International to protect and restore a 27,000-acre mangrove forest in Cispata Bay, Colombia, in a bid to preserve a slowly disappearing part of the ecosystem.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 10

Apple hosts Will, Jaden & Jada Smith at Apple Park for environmental talk

As part of its environmental press barrage on Thursday, Apple hosted a talk at Apple Park featuring actors/musicians Will, Jada, and Jaden Smith.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 6

Apple's 2019 Environmental Responsibility Report touts increased focus on recycling and material recovery

Apple is committed to building its products while simultaneously trying to "leave our world better than we found it," the company declares in its 2019 Environmental Responsibility Report, underscoring the progress the iPhone producer has made in its long-term renewable energy and recycling efforts.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 10

Apple opens Texas recycling lab, increases program efforts ahead of Earth Day

Apple is expanding its recycling programs in a number of ways, including quadrupling the number of places in the United States an iPhone will be accepted for recycling, and the opening of a Material Recovery Lab in Texas to find ways to improve the environmental effort in the future.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 3

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