Apple Announces New Investments in Wind and Solar to Decarbonize Operations

Apple Inc announced that they are making new investments to set up solar and wind projects in Europe to help decarbonize their company’s operations. In 2020, Apple pledged to completely remove carbon emissions by the year 2030.

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The company will now require its supply partners to report on progress on carbon neutrality goals, specifically, Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions reductions relating to the production of apple products, Reuters reports. They will also audit their supplier’s progress annually.

Over 200 suppliers, which make up about 70 percent of Apple’s direct manufacturing spending, have agreed to use clean power for all Apple products, according to the company.

Apple also said that the investments in clean energy are a part of their strategy to address the carbon footprint that comes from the electricity customers use to charge their devices, which makes up around 22 percent. The planned investments will add 3,000 gigawatt hours per year of new renewable energy on the grid, Apple said.

Projects worldwide are developing new ways to utilize solar panels and move away from dirty fossil fuels. Architecture students in Barcelona just built a solar-powered greenhouse that uses 50 percent less energy than it produces. Virginia is transforming abandoned coal mines into solar farms, and a start-up is helping retrofit old buildings in Brooklyn to use clean energy. The latest climate report from the IPCC is a final warning for governments around the world about Global warming, so it’s great to see companies taking the initiative and working towards a renewable future!

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