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Apple’s carbon-neutral goal gathers pace as it brings 2GW of renewable energy online in China

  • The switch to green energy will help to avoid emissions of 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually in China, the company says
  • Some 15 Chinese suppliers have joined Apple’s clean energy programme since July, moving their production to 100 per cent renewable energy

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Apple is making considerable efforts to become a carbon neutral company. Photo: AP Photo
Yujie Xue
Apple has made deep inroads in helping its suppliers in China transition to renewable energy and achieve its carbon-neutral target by 2030 by exceeding its goal of bringing online over 2 gigawatts of renewable energy on the mainland.
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By surpassing its green energy goal, the Cupertino, California-based company said it can avoid the emission of nearly 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually in China – the equivalent of taking nearly 1 million cars off the road each year.

Last July, Apple said it planned to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. It is already carbon neutral today in its global corporate operations, and has been working on its global manufacturing supply chain by significantly increasing the number of suppliers that are transitioning to renewable energy.
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“We are committed to protecting the planet and helping to advance the transition to a greener economy. That’s why we are accelerating our renewable energy efforts,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said on China’s Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo on Thursday. “We will continue this urgent work to protect the precious resources we all share.”

Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the company is committed to protecting the planet and helping to advance the transition to a greener economy. Photo: Instagram
Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the company is committed to protecting the planet and helping to advance the transition to a greener economy. Photo: Instagram

Some 15 Chinese suppliers have joined Apple’s clean energy programme since July, moving their production to 100 per cent renewable energy, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

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