Apple Wants To Go Green

Apple has turned stores green, pledging to clean up manufacturing process.

15:40 23 April 2015

Apple has turned its stores and most of operations green for Earth Day, pledging to make its manufacturing process more environment-friendly as well. 

 

All Apple stores in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, and the US now run on renewable energy including 87per cent of its worldwide operation. 

 

Lisa Jackson, VP of Environmental Initiatives, said: “We’ve made a big impact in our own facilities, and now we’re tackling the global supply chain.” 

 

The move comes after the company’s supply chain has come under increasing scrutiny as it has grown. 

 

Apple has also encouraged its suppliers to do the same including Flextronics, where they make the Mac Pro, which is now entirely by wind energy. It has also built a huge 40-megawatt solar energy project in China. 

 

Last week, Apple bought 36,000 acres of forest in the east of the US which will be used to make sure that the paper in its packaging is renewable. The new forest will produce the required virgin fibre for nearly half of what is used for the boxes of iPhone, iPad, and other products.