Apple's sustainable forests now offset paper used in product packaging

Apple's efforts to achieve a net-zero impact on the world's virgin fiber are paying off, as the company is now protecting or has created enough sustainable forestland to cover all paper packaging products.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 16

Apple ad explains origins of company's forestry program

A new Apple ad posted to YouTube on Thursday focuses on the company's worldwide effort to preserve and manage forestland, itself part of a wider goal to achieve a net-zero impact on the world's supply of virgin fiber.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 7

Apple's Tim Cook says Indian operations to use all-green energy within 6 months

More details have emerged from Sunday's encounter between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during which Cook reportedly revealed he expects Apple's Indian operations to run entirely off renewable energy by the end of 2017.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 24

Apple issues new $1B bond to finance 'green' energy projects

Apple on Tuesday issued its second-ever "green" bond sale, valued at $1 billion, intended to fund the company's renewable energy builds as well as other environmental efforts, like improved energy efficiency.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 4

Apple, other tech companies pledge to continue efforts to meet Paris climate accord

Following President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw America from the Paris climate accords, Apple and other major U.S. brands on Monday pledged support for an alternate environmental initiative called the "We Are Still In" campaign.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 62

Apple's Tim Cook condemns Trump decision to back out of Paris climate accord, promises corporate efforts will continue

Apple CEO Tim Cook issued an internal email to employees on Thursday saying that while a personal appeal to President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris climate agreement failed, corporate environmental efforts will continue.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 0

Apple's Tim Cook asks President Trump to keep US in Paris climate accord

Apple CEO Tim Cook is reportedly among a number of corporate and political leaders trying to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump not to pull out of the Paris climate change agreement.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 1

Apple posts new Earth Day 2017 video in connection with environmental conference

Apple on Thursday took the unusual step of releasing a new video in its animated series for Earth Day 2017 — over a month after the actual holiday, but alongside an executive's appearance at an environmental connection in Detroit.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 14

Apple's upcoming Danish data center will help warm area homes

Once complete, Apple's data center in Viborg, Denmark will actually redirect heat to warm homes in the surrounding Jutland region, Apple noted this week.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 15

Apple promises future products to be made from 100% recycled materials

Apple is on the cusp of launching a new initiative, pledging to use 100 percent recycled materials in a closed supply loop for fabrication of its devices — but how it intends to do so isn't clear.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 13

Al Gore & Apple's Lisa Jackson to talk 'climate optimism' at San Francisco store

On Wednesday, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will sit down with Apple's VP of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives — Lisa Jackson — for a special event, hosted at the company's Union Square store in downtown San Francisco.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 0

Apple Park consumed more by parking space than actual offices - report

When it opens to workers later this month, Apple Park will reportedly offer nearly 3.5 million square feet of parking — even more than the roughly 3.4 million square feet of offices people will actually work in.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 40

Apple pushes supply chain to adopt renewable energy, gets 3 more suppliers to go all-green

In its ongoing renewable energy initiative, Apple is pushing its supply chain go green, announcing on Thursday that three more component makers are using solely renewable energy to build parts for its products.

Neil Hughes 9 years ago 5

Apple sticking with climate change fight despite Trump administration regulation loosening

Apple, Google, and Microsoft have banded together with a number of major corporations in the United States keeping to their pledges to combat climate change, despite actions by President Donald Trump to try and free companies from constraints in environmental policies put in place by the Obama administration.

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 54

Apple's 2017 Supplier Responsibility Report reveals 2.4M workers taught rights, carbon emissions cut

The welfare of workers employed by Apple's partners is continuing to improve, according to the iPhone producer's latest annual Supplier Responsibility Report, with the firms audited also found to be following its lead in becoming more environmentally friendly with their production processes.

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 1

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