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Apple has unveiled a cutting-edge office facility in Bangalore, spanning 15 stories and accommodating up to 1,200 employees. The distinguishing feature of this facility lies in Apple’s unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability, as the entire energy consumption within the office is derived from renewable sources. This development marks Apple’s continued dedication to green initiatives, following its commendable 25-year presence in India and complementing existing headquarters in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Gurugram. Earlier, Apple has urged its global supply chain to achieve decarbonization by 2030, intensifying collaborative efforts with suppliers. The company aims to evaluate and monitor the endeavors of its major manufacturing partners in decarbonizing their Apple-related operations, emphasizing the transition to 100 percent renewable electricity. Having achieved carbon neutrality for its worldwide corporate operations since 2020, Apple is resolutely striving to extend this neutrality across its entire global supply chain and product life cycle. https://solarquarter.com/2024/01/24/apples-green-horizon-bangalore-office-powered-by-100-renewable-energy-signals-global-decarbonization-drive/
Apple's Green Horizon: Bangalore Office Powered by 100% Renewable Energy Signals Global Decarbonization Drive
Apple has unveiled a cutting-edge office facility in Bangalore, spanning 15 stories and accommodating up to 1,200 employees. The distinguishing feature of this facility lies in Apple’s unwavering commitment to […]
https://solarquarter.com/2024/01/24/apples-green-horizon-bangalore-office-powered-by-100-renewable-energy-signals-global-decarbonization-drive/
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Our addiction to short-lived electronic devices such as smartphones has grown hand in hand with the mountain of electronic waste. E-waste is now the fastest-growing solid waste stream in the world. Recent statistics show that the world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of e-waste a year and only 20% of this is formally recycled. So how can we tackle this issue and embrace circularity in this sector? Apple's recycling robot, Daisy, is a pioneering example of urban mining, operating in Breda, the Netherlands. Daisy can disassemble 23 different iPhone models and is designed to process 1.2 million units annually. It efficiently extracts valuable materials from these devices, such as gold, copper, and rare earth elements. Apple's vision aims to build products solely from recycled and renewable materials. While this goal has no set timeline, the company is committed to using 100% recycled cobalt in all its batteries by 2025. Additionally, it plans for all device magnets to consist of recycled rare earth elements. This effort aligns with the company's broader decarbonization drive, introducing carbon-neutral products like the Apple Watch Series 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bu-gl7v-P8 However, the circular economy relies on not only the manufacturers' commitment but also on consumers' participation. Various tech giants offer e-waste take-back schemes and recycling programs. They aim to collect millions of tons of e-waste and increase the use of recycled materials in their products. Apple remains at the forefront of these efforts, pushing toward complete circularity. One of the main challenges? Trace contaminants that can reduce material grades. Overcoming this challenge requires innovative solutions and imaginative thinking. In its Material Recovery Lab in Austin, Texas, Apple applies machine learning to enhance traditional recycling processes and create a circular e-waste economy. https://www.ft.com/content/ea502221-6ed9-43a5-95ff-fff30517e144
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Kudos to Apple for the great initiative
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Great advancements in the recycling sector ... Kudos Apple company
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Damn, those are impressive numbers. Glad to see such a machine working on recycling
Ingmar Rentzhog
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By 2030 Apple aims to make all our products carbon neutral through recycled and renewable materials, clean energy, and low-carbon shipping. This video is a very good way of describing it! Watch to the end! Thank you Apple 💚 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNv9PRDIhes Read more: https://www.apple.com/lae/environment/
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Apple is leading a good example for other companies to follow
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Great effort
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Great effort by Apple.
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After years spent fighting independent repair, Apple appears to be throwing in the towel. On Tuesday, the most valuable company in the world delivered a letter to California Senator Susan Eggman expressing its support for SB 244, a “right-to-repair” bill that would make it easier for the public to access the spare parts, tools, and repair documentation needed to fix devices. https://grist.org/technology/in-a-historic-about-face-apple-publicly-supports-right-to-repair-bill/
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This is what inspires the journey
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Finally. This could be a game-changer!
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this will help in minimizing electronic waste and the carbon footprint linked to manufacturing new gadgets .... could be profitable too
From 2015 through 2017, Greenpeace named Apple the "most eco-friendly tech company in the world." Innovation at Apple extends beyond product creation; the corporation is regarded highly in sustainable manufacturing. The organization's structures are fully carbon-neutral, which means that renewable energy is used in every space. Apple intends to claim the same regarding its goods by 2030. Read more; https://www.counterpointresearch.com/apple-adds-to-growing-industry-sustainability-drive/
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I wish all manufacturing companies adapt this
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Also heard that Apple is using conflict free minerals for their smartphones
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So everyone just forgot that Apple deliberately slowed down the phones to make people buy more?
Peter Kamau
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Apple today announced a major expansion of its Restore Fund, doubling the company’s total commitment to advancing high-quality, nature-based carbon removal projects. First launched in 2021 with an up to $200 million commitment with Conservation International and Goldman Sachs, the Restore Fund is now set to grow with an additional fund, including new investment from Apple, and a new portfolio of carbon removal projects. Apple created the Restore Fund to encourage global investment to protect and restore critical ecosystems and scale natural carbon removal solutions. This approach also helps address residual emissions businesses cannot yet avoid or reduce with existing technology. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/04/apple-expands-innovative-restore-fund-for-carbon-removal/
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Kudos @Apple, this is amazing
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Their innovative idea is great!
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Much love to Apple. The funding will go along way to accelerate nature based solutions
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Apple has announced a major acceleration of its work to expand recycled materials across its products — including new 2025 targets to use 100 percent recycled cobalt in all Apple-designed batteries; all magnets in Apple devices will be composed of entirely recycled rare earth elements; and all Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100 percent recycled tin soldering and 100 percent recycled gold plating. In 2022, the company significantly expanded its use of key recycled metals and now sources over two-thirds of all aluminum nearly three-quarters of all rare earth metals, and more than 95 percent of all tungsten in Apple products from 100 percent recycled material. “Our ambition to one day use 100 percent recycled and renewable materials in our products works hand in hand with our goal to achieve carbon-neutral products by 2030,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s VP of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives. “We’re working toward both goals with urgency and advancing innovation across our entire industry in the process.” Cobalt is a critical material in most consumer electronics batteries, but the mining of it is rife with human rights abuses including child labor. Apple-designed batteries found in iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook and many other products represent a significant majority of the Apple’s cobalt use; the company’s significant expansion of its use of 100 percent certified recycled cobalt over the past three years all but eliminates its need for unearthing new cobalt and makes it possible to include in all Apple-designed batteries by 2025. In 2022, a quarter of all cobalt found in Apple products came from recycled material, up from 13 percent the previous year. Apple’s use of 100 percent certified recycled rare earth elements has also expanded in the last year — going from 45 percent in 2021 to 73 percent in 2022. Since first introducing recycled rare earths in the Taptic Engine of the iPhone 11, Apple has expanded its use of the materials across its devices — including in all magnets found in the latest iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook and Mac models. As magnets are by far Apple’s largest use of rare earths, the new 2025 target means nearly all rare earths in Apple products will soon be 100 percent recycled. As part of the accelerated new timeline, all Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100 percent certified recycled gold plating by 2025. This includes rigid boards, such as the main logic board; and flexible boards, such as those connecting to the cameras or buttons in iPhone. Since pioneering an exclusively recycled supply chain for gold in the plating of the main logic board for iPhone 13, Apple has extended the material’s use in additional components and products — including the wire of all cameras in the iPhone 14 lineup; and printed circuit boards of iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac mini and HomePod. Apple is also working to encourage broader adoption of recycled gold for non-custom components across the electronics industry. By 2025, the company will use 100 percent certified recycled tin soldering on all Apple-designed printed rigid and flexible circuit boards. In recent years, Apple’s use of recycled tin has expanded to the solder of many flexible printed circuit boards across Apple products, with 38 percent of all tin used last year coming from recycled sources. The application of recycled tin across even more components is underway, and the company is engaging more suppliers in this effort. As Apple reduces its reliance on newly mined minerals, it is also pursuing ways to directly support communities whose livelihoods depend on mining. The company is partnering with experts such as the Fund for Global Human Rights to provide support for frontline human rights and environmental defenders, including in the African Great Lakes region; as well as vocational education programs that enable members of local communities moving away from mining to build skills and pursue new opportunities. Apple continues to broaden its efforts to sources primary minerals responsibly. In the transition to recycled and renewable content, it has prioritized 14 materials based on environmental, human rights and supply impacts that together account for nearly 90 percent of the material shipped in Apple products: aluminum, cobalt, copper, glass, gold, lithium, paper, plastics, rare earth elements, steel, tantalum, tin, tungsten and zinc. Apple was the first electronics company to publish a list of cobalt and lithium refiners in its battery supply chain, with cobalt in 2016 and lithium in 2020. In 2017, the company mapped its supply chain for rare earths. And since 2015, every identified smelter and refiner for the four main conflict minerals — tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold — has participated in independent, third-party audits. In 2022, about 20 percent of all material shipped in Apple products came from recycled or renewable sources. This includes the first use of recycled copper foil in the main logic board of iPad (10th generation), the introduction of certified recycled steel in the battery tray of MacBook Air with the M2 chip, 100 percent recycled tungsten in the latest Apple Watch lineup; and the aluminum enclosures found in many Apple products, made with a 100 percent recycled aluminum alloy designed by Apple. Apple has also announced progress on its 2025 commitment to eliminate plastics from its packaging through the development of fiber alternatives for components such as screen films, wraps and foam cushioning. To address the remaining 4 percent plastic in its packaging footprint, Apple is working to replace labels, lamination and other small uses. In the last year, Apple developed a custom printer to introduce digital printing directly onto the boxes of iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, eliminating the need for most labels. And a new overprint varnish found in iPad Air, iPad Pro and Apple Watch Series 8 packaging replaces the polypropylene plastic lamination found on boxes and packaging components — the company says this innovation has helped avoid over 1,100 metric tons of plastic and over 2,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide. Apple’s continues to work to pioneer advancements in end-of-life disassembly and recycling. Through extensive efforts including partnerships with leading research institutions and the Material Recovery Lab in Austin, Texas, Apple is developing ways to give materials in its products new life, and helping inform design decisions that support disassembly and recovery. https://sustainablebrands.com/read/waste-not/apple-products-100-recycled-cobalt-rare-earth-metals-2025 The company’s iPhone disassembly robot, Daisy, separates batteries from other components; and enables specialty recyclers to recover cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements — which are largely lost through traditional electronics-recycling processes. Apple estimates that more than 11,000 kilograms of cobalt have been recovered from batteries extracted by Daisy and then returned to the secondary market since 2019. Daisy is just one example of how Apple’s innovations in recycling and disassembly can drive industrywide change. The company’s Dave robot, now deployed with a recycling partner in China, helps further recovery of rare earth elements by disassembling Taptic Engine Apple has also begun deploying overhead projector-based augmented reality (AR) systems to recycling partners, which guides the disassembly of devices including MacBook and iPad by projecting video imagery directly onto a work surface. The company publishes Apple Recycler Guides for global recyclers to maximize efficiency of material recovery while safeguarding human health and safety. As recycled and renewable materials can contribute to lowering each product’s carbon footprint, enhanced recovery is also bringing Apple closer to its goal to be carbon neutral across its entire supply chain and the life cycle of every product by 2030.
Apple Products to Include 100% Recycled Cobalt, Rare Earth Metals by 2025
Accelerated timeline for cobalt and other elements paves new path for key recycled metals in batteries, magnets and circuit boards.
https://sustainablebrands.com/read/waste-not/apple-products-100-recycled-cobalt-rare-earth-metals-2025
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Yes, progress in technology is moving forward and sometimes you don’t have time to keep track of everything. So it took me a long time to figure out how to reset and set a password on a Mac. If it weren’t for the information that I accidentally came across https://setapp.com/how-to/how-to-reset-lost-mac-password in my search and helped me solve it. I thought I could say goodbye to all my important information. But everything was restored.
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This is nice coming from apple... At least it's encouraging the 3Rs
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Great inventions over the year and yet a great sense of responsibility, other companies should borrow a leaf from this. Hats off to @Apple for keeping our planet safe.
Ingmar Rentzhog
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Apple announced a commitment of up to $200 million for the launch of a new fund aimed at supporting carbon removal projects, with goals to remove 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, while generating a financial return for investors. https://www.esgtoday.com/apple-launches-200-million-carbon-removal-fund/
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Do we have more insight how they will remove the carbon?
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Nice to hear this
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Ingmar Rentzhog
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In the near future, the effects of climate change have become embedded into people's everyday lives; eight interwoven stories explore the intimate, life-changing choices that must be made when the planet is changing faster than the population. This TV series is produced by Apple and air on Apple TV+ https://youtu.be/2QP-xrG0kZk
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Fore sure let's put more effort
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The trailer is super cool
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climate awareness through stories and documentaries is one of the best ways of passing information.
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With iOS 16.1, your iPhone can try to reduce your carbon footprint by selectively charging when lower carbon-emission electricity is available. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213323
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This is amazing
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Only available in the US at the moment
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This is brilliant. Hope this feature will be available in every single phone.
Kihm Francis
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Apple called on its global supply chain to take new steps to address their greenhouse gas emissions and take a comprehensive approach to decarbonization. The company will evaluate the work of its major manufacturing partners to decarbonize their Apple-related operations — including running on 100 percent renewable electricity — and will track yearly progress. Apple has been carbon neutral for its global corporate operations since 2020, and is laser-focused on its ambitious goal to become carbon neutral across its entire global supply chain and the life cycle of every product. “Fighting climate change remains one of Apple’s most urgent priorities, and moments like this put action to those words,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re looking forward to continued partnership with our suppliers to make Apple’s supply chain carbon neutral by 2030. Climate action at Apple doesn’t stop at our doors, and in this work, we’re determined to be a ripple in the pond that creates a bigger change.” Read more; https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/10/apple-calls-on-global-supply-chain-to-decarbonize-by-2030/
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Good to see one of the world's top brands take sustainability measures a notch higher and become a watchdog on its supply chain. Chocolate producing companies should be challenged to mind and control the high level of deforestation caused by farmers ditching old farm lands for new ones that has in turn resulted to the depletion of the tropical forests such as it is the case in Ghana.
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When top companies prioritize their actions towards climate change, then the battle is half won.
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Great. If they can be able to run on the 100% renewable energy, then that will really good. Let's hope they will put their words into action.
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In an age of resource scarcity where specific materials required to make computer (and phone, tablets, etc.) chips, our smartphones and tablets are still designed not to be easily repairable or even recycled, with components glued together as tight as possible. The following article from The Atlantic highlighted this ongoing issue, saying that even where facilities exist, recycling is really not an option for our old phones, which is really a shame: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/09/reuse-old-iphone-recycle-electronic-waste/671459/ Time to have companies think longer than a couple of years in a product lifecycle.
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All heads of this leading companies should be directly engaged & involved in our conversations. This has to change!!
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Apple should change this ... As a giant organization it should lead by a good example in encouraging sustainability and circulars
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This has to change
ibrahim farkash
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The company plans to use the world’s first commercial-purity low-carbon aluminum from ELYSIS in the iPhone SE. Investments from Apple’s $4.7 billion in Green Bonds have helped jump-start the development of new low-carbon manufacturing and recycling technologies, the company announced today. Apple has issued three Green Bonds since 2016, with projects showcasing how the investments can reduce global emissions and bring clean power to communities around the world. As part of this work, Apple is purchasing direct carbon-free aluminum following a major advancement in smelting technology to reduce emissions. The aluminum is the first to be manufactured at an industrial scale outside of a laboratory without creating any direct carbon emissions during the smelting process. The company intends for the material to be introduced in the iPhone SE. Read more https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/03/apples-four-point-seven-billion-in-green-bonds-support-innovative-green-technology/
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An industry in need of a lot of change -- I applaud the efforts!
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This is good, but I still believe that they should try to make their phones be used longer...
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This is good... These major organizations should be on the forefront of the fight against climate change
Leo Alexander
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Until now it has been hard and expensive for apple customers to get their products easily repaired. But finally Apple has announced they will make tools and parts available for their customers to replace broken parts themselves. The self repair service will start to be applied to customers of their newer line of phones, Iphone 12 & 13 during year 2022. Making it easier for people to repair their stuff instead of buying new is great & should be standard for most products. This is a good decision by Apple. Read more: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/11/apple-announces-self-service-repair
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New car chief Kevin Lynch pushing for debut as early as 2025 Apple Inc. is pushing to accelerate development of its electric car and is refocusing the project around full self-driving capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter, aiming to solve a technical challenge that has bedeviled the auto industry. For the past several years, Apple’s car team had explored two simultaneous paths: creating a model with limited self-driving capabilities focused on steering and acceleration -- similar to many current cars -- or a version with full self-driving ability that doesn’t require human intervention. Under the effort’s new leader -- Apple Watch software executive Kevin Lynch -- engineers are now concentrating on the second option. Lynch is pushing for a car with a full self-driving system in the first version, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. It’s just the latest shift for the car effort, known as the Special Projects Group or “Project Titan,” which has endured strategy changes and executive turnover since starting around 2014. In September, the former head of the team, Doug Field, left for a job at Ford Motor Co. after three years in charge. In picking Lynch as his replacement, Apple went with an internal executive who isn’t a car veteran. In trying to master self-driving cars, Apple is chasing a holy grail within the industry. Tech and auto giants have spent years on autonomous vehicles, but the capabilities have remained elusive. Tesla Inc., the market leader in electric vehicles, is still probably years away from offering fully autonomous cars. Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo has suffered a rash of departures in its efforts to develop the technology. And Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to sell off its autonomous-driving division last year. Apple is internally targeting a launch of its self-driving car in four years, faster than the five- to seven-year timeline that some engineers had been planning for earlier this year. But the timing is fluid, and hitting that 2025 target is dependent on the company’s ability to complete the self-driving system -- an ambitious task on that schedule. If Apple is unable to reach its goal, it could either delay a release or initially sell a car with lesser technology. Apple’s ideal car would have no steering wheel and pedals, and its interior would be designed around hands-off driving. One option discussed inside the company features an interior similar to the one in the Lifestyle Vehicle from Canoo Inc., an upstart in the EV industry. In that car, passengers sit along the sides of the vehicle and face each other like they would in a limousine. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/apple-accelerates-work-on-car-aims-for-fully-autonomous-vehicle
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Dear Astor Perkins Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Apple and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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I am all in favour of EVs (I currently drive a plug-in hybrid - too few charging points for a full EV where I live). I can even imagine self-driving cars working safely on the multi-lane highways of "concrete cities" like Los Angeles. But the stress of driving in a car you have no control over on the complex, overcrowded, legacy road system of the UK would be completely prohibitive as far as I am concerned. This is a climate "solution" that will only promote the covering-over of yet more of the planet's surface with concrete. Net result: much larger embodied emissions from car manufacture and cement production Let's go for more, and better, decarbonized public transport instead. In developing countries, fitting electric drivetrains to smaller vehicles like scooters and taxis can also help to reduce the choking levels of urban pollution
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Dear Astor Perkins Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Apple and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Did Apple listen to the critiques or is the company slowly understanding the potential of a new market? Probably a bit of both. The tech giant has announced it will be making repair kits available for its customers starting from next year. A new online repair store will offer more than 200 individual parts and tools for repairing the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 handsets with parts for the screen, battery and camera the most fragile elements of the phones. This service won't exactly be for everyone to try to repair their phone at home but more for "individual technicians with the knowledge and experience to repair electronic devices”. "Customers should consult an official repair manual before ordering the necessary parts. Customers who returned the broken parts for recycling would receive a credit towards their next purchase". Apple said The service will be extended to Mac computers that used M1 chips and additional parts and repairs for the iPhone 12 and 13 will be issued later next year. It would be great to even extend it to earlier models and other devices according to me! https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/11/apple-announces-self-service-repair/
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Good news for circular economy!
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This is a nice step
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Great step to encourage circular economy
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“the Business Roundtable [is] a lobby group that [Intel CEO] Gelsinger belongs to along with top executives at corporations like Apple, Microsoft, BlackRock, and Disney. The Roundtable is reportedly waging “a significant, multifaceted campaign” costing potentially millions of dollars to defeat the corporate tax hikes which would help fund and make possible Biden’s Build Back Better plan” “If the CEOs who belong to the Roundtable are successful in defeating the corporate tax increases at the heart of Biden’s spending plan, however, it could drastically reduce our chances of avoiding the 1.5 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures that scientists say is required to prevent climate catastrophe, says Danielle Deiseroth, senior climate analyst at the progressive polling organization Data for Progress.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/build-back-better-reconciliation-bill-business-opposition-1229461/
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Not only corp tax increases , but also tax fraud: https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/c5719060-7b71-4fa6-b11f-9e56ad09d4ce?utm_source=url-copy&utm_medium=wdht-rn-app-share&utm_campaign=douglas_marett I note that most EU countries have lower corp tax than the US, but individuals pay more tax in the EU. So the dynamic of who pays it important.
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Apple has set a goal to become carbon neutral across its entire operation by 2030. Their goal is to reducing their emissions by 75 percent compared to 2015, and then investing in carbon removal solutions for the remaining emissions. Apple is stepping up! That is very good. Read about their climate efforts in this report: https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental_Progress_Report_2021.pdf
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Yes, it is true!
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And now for the next big challenge: Producing truly durable phones. https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/08863c46-6ff7-4edd-a930-9c8936afbc8b https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/08863c46-6ff7-4edd-a930-9c8936afbc8b
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Yes 👍 👍👍
Leo Alexander
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This new Apple fund plans to focus investments on forests and ways to scale up reforestation, highlighting buffer zones important for biodiversity. The fund will be taking advice from organizations such as, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.N. Climate Convention to evaluate projects and their carbon offsetting potential. Apple’s Restore Fund is part of the company's efforts to get to carbon neutrality by 2030 and even if offsetting isn’t an easy fix to deal with climate change this fund seems like a step in a good direction. Money aimed towards reforestation and nature-based solutions to climate change is still something that should be supported! Read more: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/apple-creates-200-million-fund-nature-based-climate-solutions
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Dear Leo Alexander Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Apple and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Oh 200 million,that's good. Is that reasonable. They are investing €356B in New buildings and infra in the next 5 years. They could build clean energy for several countries.
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Yes Apple could do more. This climate love is not for them building new buildings. I think good initiatives should be supported and bad ones should be noticed and warned about.
David Hjortsberg
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Lead the way Apple! https://youtu.be/66XwG1CLHuU
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Dear David Hjortsberg Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Apple and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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What do they play to do to end planned obsolescence? What about changing their business model to promote repairable devices designed to last? What about stopping the hype cycle to trick people into buying more of what they already have with the previous generation of devices? This is still just scratching the surface for true sustainability.
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Truly great! Thanks for sharing
Wil Sillen
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CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced over 110 of its manufacturing partners around the world are moving to 100 percent renewable energy for their Apple production, with nearly 8 gigawatts of planned clean energy set to come online. Once completed, these commitments will avoid over 15 million metric tons of CO2e annually — the equivalent of taking more than 3.4 million cars off the road each year. Additionally, Apple is investing directly in renewable energy projects to cover a portion of upstream emissions, as well as a major energy storage project in California to pilot new solutions for renewable infrastructure. “We are firmly committed to helping our suppliers become carbon neutral by 2030 and are thrilled that companies who’ve joined us span industries and countries around the world, including Germany, China, the US, India, and France,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives. “In a year like no other, Apple continued to work with a global network of colleagues, companies, and advocates to help make our environmental efforts and everything we do a force for good in people’s lives — and to work alongside the communities most impacted by climate change.” Last July, the company unveiled its plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030. Since that announcement, Apple has significantly increased the number of its suppliers that are transitioning to renewable energy. Apple is already carbon neutral today for its global corporate operations, and this new commitment means that by 2030, every Apple device sold will have net zero climate impact. The company recently shared new details about its $4.7 billion spend in Green Bonds to support environmental projects around the world. Supplier Commitments and Global Energy Projects Apple is constantly developing new tools for its suppliers to help execute on their renewable energy goals, and bring new clean energy to communities across the globe. In Europe, DSM Engineering Materials’s wind power purchase agreement is bringing new clean energy to the grid in the Netherlands, and STMicroelectronics’s solar carport in Morocco is supporting regional energy production. Companies like Solvay are now expanding their use of renewable energy to their broader operations after joining Apple’s Supplier Clean Energy Program five years ago. In the US, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Marian, The Chemours Company, and Trinseo all recently committed to the program. And, in China, 15 suppliers have joined Apple’s program since July 2020. Sharing the experience gained through Apple’s own transition to 100 percent renewable energy with its suppliers, the company introduces suppliers to resources and training materials with country-specific information to guide them in their transition to renewables. Apple also educates suppliers through advanced and customised training with leading experts. And the company supports the creation and growth of renewable energy industry associations that its suppliers can join to learn about local opportunities. In many markets where the company operates, suppliers have limited options to access clean energy. To break down that barrier, Apple created the China Clean Energy Fund, which enables Apple and its suppliers to invest in clean energy projects totalling more than one gigawatt of renewable energy in China. Apple also connects suppliers with opportunities to buy renewable energy directly from project developers and utilities as those models emerge around the globe. Looking ahead, Apple’s work with its suppliers will include sharing lessons learned from the next frontier of Apple’s renewable energy efforts: investing in storage solutions for renewable sites. Energy Storage and 2030 Progress Apple is constructing one of the largest battery projects in the country, California Flats — an industry-leading, grid-scale energy storage project capable of storing 240 megawatt-hours of energy, enough to power over 7,000 homes for one day. This project supports the company’s 130-megawatt solar farm that provides all of its renewable energy in California, by storing excess energy generated during the day and deploying it when it is most needed. Wind and solar power provide the most cost-effective new source of electricity to many parts of the world, but the intermittent nature of these technologies has presented an obstacle to widespread adoption. One solution to intermittency is energy storage, which can retain generated energy until it is needed. Apple is investing in utility-scale storage in California and research into new energy storage technologies, even as it builds upon distributed storage capabilities in Santa Clara Valley and through Apple Park’s microgrid. Overall, Apple has seen consistent reductions in its carbon footprint, even as net revenue increased. The company’s footprint has decreased by 40 percent, marking steady progress toward its 2030 target, and it has avoided more than 15 million metric tons of emissions through initiatives to use low-carbon materials, drive energy efficiency, and switch to clean energy.
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Dear Tomas Becklin Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Apple and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Here's a small booklet in a keyboard box by apple. Around the booklet there is a plastic ribbon. This is absolutely not needed. Even if Apple is worried that the booklet won't stay tight, they could use a paper ribbon.
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Dear Olo Kolo Thank you for getting your climate warning to level 2! We have reached out to Apple and asked for a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Apple focus on the unboxing experience is probably the most useless focus a business could have today. Apple needs to refocus its design to circularity and sustainable design. This plastic thing is probably there just because it should be a nice feeling to unbox the keyboard the moment before you throw all packaging away in the trash.
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Is there a youtube channel that does unboxing reviews but from an ecological perspective?
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Here is an idea for a new ‘GREEN’ line of iPhone models. Much like the (PRODUCT) RED iPhone which contributes directly to the Global Fund to combat COVID-19. How about offering a ‘(PRODUCT) GREEN’ iPhone which contributes directly to a global fund to combat the Climate Crisis? After all... many signs are now pointing to the fact that the Global Climate Crisis has been a major contributing factor to the cause of the current global pandemic. So let’s offer a solution to help solve the root cause of the problem! This ‘(PRODUCT) GREEN’ iPhone could be made from 100% recycled components, which is entirely possible due to your fantastic existing trade in scheme! It may not be possible to create the latest models in this way due to the fact that Apple is always producing new and more advanced technology with each new iPhone model released. However, if Apple could bring the ‘(PRODUCT) GREEN’ out as side model such as the iPhone SE, then at least consumers will have the opportunity to choose a 100% sustainable, guilt free and recycled product. 💚
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Fairphone is a good alternative
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It’s already possible to get a “Fairphone”. The amount of documentation and the level of repairability done by Fairphone should be mandatory in the EU.
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I would so be in to this! This one in particular 😆 with a headphones jack. Been holding onto to this 6 for years for environmental reason and the jack but it's going on me. Let's hurry up and make this happen!!!
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It appears like Apple is taking a big stand against sustainability. By preventing third party actors to repair the new iPhone 12 series. Chances are that the phones will get a much shorter lifespan and thereby create more waste and co2 pollution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY7DtKMBxBw&feature=youtu.be&t=909
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Apple needs to make all their products (which I own most of) more easily repairable. It is not sustainable to force replacement instead of repairing. Get with the planet program Apple.
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This makes me feel even better for exchanging my last iPhone for the Fairphone that I currently have.
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This is it. My current iPhone will be my last iPhone.
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I thought Apple already announced that all its operations now ran on 100% renewable energy? Have I misunderstood that?
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Commendable of Apple!
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Kudos!to Apple for the great commitment in decarbonizing the environment. Hope more companies can purpose to do the same for us to have a sustainable environment now and in the future.