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[ "H5_1\nP_10\nH5_2\nP_11\nH5_3\nP_12\nH5_4\nP_13", "Energy efficiency is built in. \nThe energy consumed by our products during everyday use represents a big share \nof our carbon footprint. So we look at three ways to reduce a product’s energy consumption: more efficient power supplies to bring electricity from the wall to the device, more efficient hardware, and smarter power management software. \nAs a company that designs both the hardware and the software for its products, \nwe’re able to use that technological collaboration for greater energy efficiency. OS X, the Mac operating system, never misses a power-saving opportunity, no matter how small. It puts hard disks to sleep and runs processors in an ultralow power mode when you’re not hard at work on your Mac. And when you are, OS X uses less energy for apps that are open but not visible, pauses animated website plug-ins until you give the OK, and can even idle the processor between keystrokes as you type. These energy \nsavings might seem tiny, but when multiplied by every Apple computer in the world, they’re huge. \nA lot of the things that used to be done on a computer are now being done on an iPad or iPhone. Since these smaller devices use a lot less material and energy, their carbon footprint is much smaller than that of a computer. And as these devices become more and more advanced, their footprint continues to decrease as well—the A7 chip is up to twice as fast as the A6 while still delivering up to 10 hours of battery life. Which means that even though you’ll get better performance, you won’t be using more energy. \nSince 2008, we’ve reduced the average total power consumed by Apple products by 57 percent and reduced a portion of our greenhouse gas emissions, too. So even as we continue to grow faster than the rest of the industry, we’re doing it with products that are friendlier to the environment. \nENERGY STAR standards are just our starting point. \nEvery Apple product not only meets but far exceeds the strict guidelines set by the \nU.S. Environmental Protection Agency for energy efficiency. No other company in our industry can make that claim. In fact, we go beyond the ENERGY STAR specification, offering notebooks that are up to 3.8 times as energy efficient as the ENERGY STAR specification and desktop computers that are up to 4.2 times as energy efficient.3 \nThe EPEAT gold standard. \nThe Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) allows consumers \nto see the effect a product has on the environment. Each product receives a Gold, Silver, or Bronze rank depending on its efficiency and sustainability. Every Apple notebook, desktop computer, and display that EPEAT ranks achieves a Gold rating, \nthe highest possible. \nmore iPhone 5s boxes in each airline shipping \ncontainer. That saves one 747 flight for every \n416,667 units we ship. ", "Keeping recycling local. \nAll electronic waste we collect worldwide is processed in the region where it’s \ncollected—nothing is shipped overseas for disposal. The vast majority of our recycling is handled in-region, too, keeping our transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions low. We currently work with 153 partners around the globe whose \nfacilities are rigorously evaluated annually on health and safety, environmental \ncompliance, material tracking, social responsibility, and other Apple mandates. \nWe are committed to keeping our workers \nsafe from harmful toxins. \nAfter finding a safe replacement material for PVC, we certified its use in our cords in more \nthan 40 regions around the world. \nMany substances commonly used in the electronics industry can be harmful to people \nor the planet. So we design our products with cleaner, safer materials to reduce and eliminate these toxins. And we hold our suppliers accountable—we conduct factory audits, test components with independent laboratories, and verify the results in a lab \nwe built at our headquarters in Cupertino. It’s our mission to make sure anyone who \nassembles, uses, and recycles an Apple product can do so safely. \nWe continue to lead the industry in reducing or eliminating harmful toxic substances \nto keep both people and the environment healthy. We’ve removed many harmful substances from our product designs and go to great lengths to make sure they stay that way. And our suppliers must adhere to our Restricted Substances Specification, which goes beyond the minimum required by law. ", "TR", "TD\nTD_0\nTD_1\nTD_2\nTD_3\nTD_4\nTD_5", "How our carbon footprint informs our thinking. \nWe’re always trying to improve the way we conduct our greenhouse gas life cycle \nanalysis. And when our assessments reveal a material, process, or system that’s making a significant negative impact on our carbon footprint, we reexamine how we design that product, process, or facility. For example, we were using industry-standard methods \nto account for our emissions from aluminum, but because we use aluminum in so \nmany of our products, we decided to undertake an extensive survey of our aluminum \nsuppliers. Our study revealed that emissions associated with manufacturing our aluminum housings were nearly four times higher than we believed, so we’ve updated our 2013 life cycle analysis data to be more accurate. As a result, the carbon emissions we reported for 2013 are 9 percent higher than the carbon emissions we reported for 2012. However, this increase is due to previously underestimating our emissions, not \nbecause our emissions increased. In fact, when we recalculated the 2012 data using \nthe new methodology, our carbon emissions actually dropped by 3 percent year over year. 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Phase-out display glass has been completed in 2006. aresnic-free since 2008. \nStill widely used by Brominated flame A group of chemicals other companies in retardants (BFRs) are known as endocrine computers, cables, and toxic compounds disruptors used to soften power cords. We began added to plastic plastics in cables and phasing out polyvinyl enclosures, circuit power cords. Finished chloride (PVC) in 1995.4 boards, and connectors. eliminating from cables \nEliminated from our and power cords in 2013.4 products in 2008. ", "LI_0", "LBody_2\nLBody_3\nLBody_4\nLBody_5\nLBody_6\nLBody_7\nLBody_8", "TD_86\nTD_87\nTD_88\nTD_89\nTD_90\nTD_91\nTD_92", "Fiscal 2011 Location Corporate \nElectricity (million kWh) 235 \nScope 1 (tons CO2e) 14425 \nDefault Grid Emissions Scope 2 (tons CO2e) 82183 \nEffective Emissions by Renewable Energy Scope 2 (tons CO2e) 59516 ", "Smaller packaging means smarter packing. \nMaking thinner, lighter, and more material-efficient products not only reduces their \ncarbon footprint and conserves resources, but also helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced during transportation. We’re shipping more and more products per trip, and the savings is adding up. Along with designing the iPhone 5s box to be \n41 percent smaller in volume than the first iPhone box, we’ve also redesigned our iMac packaging. The slanted shape of the iMac box makes it easier to stack more \non each shipping pallet. So more products can be shipped in one trip, resulting in fewer emissions. ", "We take a rigorous approach to measuring our environmental impact. In fact, we know of no other company in our industry that goes so far in measuring, verifying, and disclosing its carbon emissions. Instead of reporting just the carbon footprint \nof the facilities we own, we also include the carbon footprint of our supply chain. \nAnd we don’t use generalized industry-standard measurement models—we use a comprehensive product life cycle analysis that measures the carbon footprint throughout the entire life of our products, so everything is meticulously accounted for. That means adding up emissions generated from the manufacturing, transportation, use, and recycling of our products, as well as emissions generated by all of our facilities. And while we’re constantly improving, we’re also constantly reporting—even when \nour numbers aren’t as good as we’d like them to be. 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", "Where feasible, we’re producing our own renewable energy by building our own \nsolar arrays, fuel cells, and micro-hydro \ngeneration systems. ", "6 \n3243 \n3243 _0", "44 \n22663 \n0 _3", "93 \n28988 _0\n28988 _1", "111 \n33492 \n7664 _0", "2 \n1263 \n0 _8", "123 \n36959 \n0 _15", "18 _0\n9965 \n0 _16", "3 _0\n1095 \n0 _17", "129 \n38666 \n0 _24", "21 \n11626 \n0 _25", "5 \n2031 \n0 _26", "No one spends more time with an Apple product than an Apple customer. By minimiz\ning or outright eliminating many harmful toxins, we ensure that each product is safe to \nuse, year after year. Our power cords are PVC- and phthalate-free. Our touchscreens are arsenic-free. And our cases and enclosures are BFR-free. No other company does more to keep its products free of so many toxins. ", "Designing greener products means considering the environmental impact of the materials used to make them. From the glass, plastic, and metal in our products to the paper and ink in our packaging, we’re conscious of how those materials affect our \nproducts as well as our environment. We continue to lead the industry in reducing or eliminating environmentally harmful substances, and we’re continually striving to \nmake our products the cleanest and safest they can be. ", "LI_3", "LBody_15\nLBody_16\nLBody_17", "Page 3 \nEnvironmental Responsibility at Apple ", "Page 4 \nClimate Change Facilities Product usage Transportation Recycling ", "Page 15 \nGreener Materials Removing toxins Product testing ", "Page 17 \nFinite Resources Conserving materials Recycling ", "Page 20 \nAppendix A Environmental Health and Safety Policy Statement ", "Page 21 \nAppendix B Carbon Assurance and Review Statements ", "Page 29 \nAppendix C References ", "Total Electricity (million kWh) \n20% Renewable—All corporate, data centers, and retail 26% Renewable—All corporate and data centers only ", "Emissions Avoided by Renewable Energy (tons CO2e) \n21% Reduction of total default grid emissions ", "Total Electricity (million kWh) _0\n48% Renewable—All corporate, data centers, and retail 65% Renewable—All corporate and data centers only ", "Emissions Avoided by Renewable Energy (tons CO2e) _0\n43% Reduction of total default grid emissions ", "Total Electricity (million kWh) _1\n72% Renewable—All corporate, data centers, and retail 94% Renewable—All corporate and data centers only ", "Emissions Avoided by Renewable Energy (tons CO2e) _1\n60% Reduction of total default grid emissions ", "Total Electricity (million kWh) _2\n73% Renewable—All corporate, data centers, and retail 94% Renewable—All corporate and data centers only ", "Emissions Avoided by Renewable Energy (tons CO2e) _2\n60% Reduction of total default grid emissions _0", "Good manufacturing processes and responsible recycling minimize toxins in our supply chain, which helps keep our land, air, and water free from pollutants. We set our own \nstandard to stop using many harmful toxins that are damaging our environment and hope that others follow our lead. ", "LI_1", "LBody_9\nLBody_10", "br_40\ntext_21\nbr_41\ntext_22", "br_42\ntext_23\nbr_43\ntext_24", "Environmental Responsibility Report ", "2014 Progress Report, Covering FY2013 ", "Contents ", "Reduce our impact on climate change by using renewable energy sources and driving energy efficiency in our products. ", "Pioneer the use of greener materials in our products and processes. ", "Conserve precious resources so we all can thrive. ", "Apple’s 2014 Environmental Responsibility Report, covering fiscal year 2013, highlights the progress we’ve made toward that goal. We have set three priorities for our work where we believe Apple can make the most impact going forward: ", "Why we measure our carbon footprint the way we do. 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Or anyone else’s. ", "Better for the environment. ", "Better for the people who use them. ", "Better for the people who make them. ", "We design products with safer materials. ", "Product testing ", "Energy (Direct and Indirect Consumption) ", "Renewable Energy Credits (Self-Generation, Direct Access, Utility Green Energy Programs, and Market RECs) – Corporate Campuses and Data Centers in Cupertino, California; Elk Grove, California; Austin, Texas; Maiden, North Carolina; Prineville, Oregon; Reno, Nevada; Munich, Germany; Cork, Ireland; and Australia ", "Water (Total withdrawal) ", "Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions: Direct Scope 1, Indirect Scope 2 by weight ", "GHG Emissions: Optional Indirect Scope 3 emissions by weight (Employee Commute and Air Travel ", "Waste Quantities and Disposition ", "Appropriateness and robustness of underlying reporting systems and processes, used to collect, analyze, and review the environmental information reported; ", "• Assurance of select environmental data and information included in the Report for the fiscal year 2013 reporting period (September 30, 2012 through September 28, 2013), specifically, in accordance with Apple’s definitions and • World Resources Institute (WRI)/World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Greenhouse Gas Protocol: ", "Text or other written statements associated with the Report ", "Activities outside the defined assurance period ", "Excluded from the scope of our work is any assurance of information relating to: ", "Interviews with relevant personnel of Apple (10 individuals including employees and external contractors at the corporate level); ", "Review of internal and external documentary evidence produced by Apple; ", "Audit of environmental performance data presented in the Report, including a detailed review of a sample of data against source data; and ", "Review of Apple information systems for collection, aggregation, analysis and internal verification and review of environmental data. ", "BVNA undertook the following activities: ", "The Energy, Water, Waste, and Scope 1 amp; 2 GHG Emissions assertions shown above are materially correct and are a fair representation of the data and information; and ", "Nothing has come to our attention to indicate that the Renewable Energy Credits and Scope 3 GHG emissions assertion within the scope of our verification is not materially correct and is not a fair representation of the actual data for the assurance period. ", "Apple has established appropriate systems for the collection, aggregation and analysis of relevant environmental information, and has implemented underlying internal assurance practices that provide a reasonable degree of confidence that such information is complete and accurate. 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[ "TD_11\nTD_12\nTD_13\nTD_14\nTD_15\nTD_16\nTD_17\nTD_18\nTD_19\nTD_20\nTD_21", "Our \n Human Rights Policy\nWe conduct human rights due diligence to identify risks and work to mitigate them. We also seek to remedy adverse impacts, track and measure our progress, and report our findings. Our board of directors adopted the policy and is responsible for overseeing and periodically reviewing it. Apple’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel is responsible for its implementation, and reports to the Board and its committees on our progress and significant issues. \nEmbedding respect for human rights \nWe’ve worked to embed respect for human rights across our company — in the technology we make, the way we make it, and how we treat people. A number of teams are responsible for carrying out human rights due diligence, including the Privacy, Corporate, and Compliance teams within Apple’s Legal and Global Security organization, as well as Apple’s Environment and Supply Chain Innovation (ESCI) team within Worldwide Operations. \nWe are deeply committed to building a more just and inclusive world and are moving forward with plans to conduct a civil rights audit. \nIdentifying human rights risks is the first step to addressing those risks through improvements to our policies and management systems. We work to align our efforts with the business and human rights due diligence process set forth in the UNGPs to identify, mitigate, prevent, and remedy human rights risks. \nWe identify salient human rights risks through internal risk assessments and external industry-level third-party audits, as well as through the channels we maintain with rights holders and other stakeholders, including investors, human rights and labor experts, governments, and international bodies such as the UN. \nWe’re committed to continually assessing our progress and incorporating what we learn into our work. We track and measure our performance across a range of areas, and apply the lessons we learn to continually improve. We publicly report detailed information on our approach and our performance in the reports, websites, and other disclosures listed on \n page 8\nThe rainbow arches at Apple Park in Cupertino, California are a nod to Apple’s original logo and an expression of our inclusive values. \n\n Introduction Environment Our People Suppliers Customers Communities Governance Appendix\nL\ntext", "H6_1\nP_26\nH6_2\nP_27\nH6_3\nTable_2\nP_28", "H3_4\nP_30\nSect_15", "H1_10\nTable_4\nP_47", "TD_22\nTD_23\nTD_24\nTD_25\nTD_26\nTD_27\nTD_28\nTD_29\nTD_30\nTD_31", "TD_39\nTD_40\nTD_41\nTD_42\nTD_43\nTD_44\nTD_45\nTD_46\nTD_47", "TR_9", "TH_1\nTH_2\nTD_63\nTD_64\nTD_65\nTD_66\nTD_67\nTD_68\nTD_69\nTD_70", "TR_10", "TH_3\nTH_4\nTH_5\nTD_71\nTH_6\nTD_72\nTH_7\nTD_73\nTH_8\nTD_74\nTH_9\nTD_75\nTH_10\nTD_76\nTH_11\nTD_77", "TR", "TD\nTD_0\nTD_1\nTD_2\nTD_3\nTD_4\nTD_5\nTD_6", "TD_32\nTD_33\nTD_34\nTD_35\nTD_36\nTD_37\nTD_38", "TD_51\nTD_52\nTD_53\nTD_54\nTD_55\nTD_56\nTD_57\nTD_58", "TR_12", "TH_13\nTH_14\nTD_79\nTH_15\nTH_16\nTD_80\nTH_17\nTD_81\nTH_18\nTD_82\nTH_19\nTD_83\nTH_20\nTD_84", "H3_1\nP_12", "People and Environment in Our Supply Chain Annual Progress Report \nPublished annually since 2007 (formerly known as the Supplier Responsibility Progress Report), this report contains a detailed accounting of our progress, challenges, and future plans across all areas of our supplier requirements. \n\n Read our Annual Progress Report\nEfforts to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery Disclosure \nThis disclosure is a specialized filing that focuses specifically on our efforts to prevent and address forced labor risks throughout our supply chain, and includes our due diligence process for our entire business, including manufacturing, materials and goods sourcing, and services. This report also demonstrates our alignment with the UNGPs and meets regulatory requirements in the UK, Australia, and California. \n\n Read our disclosure\nConsistently raising the bar. \nWe revisit all of our supplier requirements every year, consistently raising the bar that suppliers must meet in order to continue doing business with us, and publish the updates publicly. \n\n Read the Apple Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier\n\n Responsibility Standards\nTake a closer look. \nWe publish additional reports that provide a transparent look at our supply chain. Our Conflict Minerals Report describes our work to responsibly source materials. Our Smelter and Refiner List publishes a list of all identified tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold (3TG), cobalt, and lithium smelters and refiners across our global supply chain, and the Apple Supplier List shares the companies and their locations that comprise at least 98 percent of our direct manufacturing spend. \n\n Read our disclosures", "At Apple, we work every day to put people first — by empowering them with accessible technology, being a force for equity and opportunity, creating an inclusive and diverse work environment, and respecting the human rights of everyone whose lives we touch. \n\n Human rights\nOur People \nWe’re committed to inclusion and diversity for our team and in our world. And we have programs and benefits to support the development of our team members. We continue to prioritize the health and safety\n of our teams, customers, supplier employees, and communities. \n\n Inclusion and diversity Growth and development Engagement Benefits and compensation Workplace practices and policies Health and safety\nSuppliers \nWe hold ourselves and our suppliers to the highest standards of labor and human rights, health and safety, environmental protections, and ethics. We’re working every day to support more people in our supply chain and surrounding communities. And we’re collaborating with others to promote best practices and scale innovative solutions. \n\n Labor and human rights in the supply chain Health, safety, and wellness Responsible materials sourcing Education and professional development Environment\nCustomers \nWe’re focused on infusing our values into our products — engineering privacy and security into everything we make and designing our products and services to be accessible to and inclusive of the widest range of users. We also find innovative ways to support people’s education, health, and a range of human rights topics, with a specific focus on communities too often denied opportunities. \n\n Privacy Accessibility Inclusive design Education Health Caring for customers", "H6_4\nP_31\nSect_16", "We’re committed to helping address shared global challenges. That’s why we engage with public policy and the legal system when we identify an opportunity to support the rights and well-being of our people, customers, communities, and planet. \nAdvocating for strong climate policies \nApple’s climate policy advocacy centers on several principles, each of which govern Apple’s public policy positions on climate: Set strong targets based on science; disclose comprehensive emissions; create sector-specific policies; and support a green economy for all. \nIn April 2021, we made a public statement calling for mandatory disclosures of global greenhouse gases across all emissions scopes. The statement also focused the discussion within industry and government toward greater transparency and increased attention by regulators. \nIn May 2021, Apple also became one of the first companies to voice support for the enactment of the Clean Energy Standard (CES) that would decarbonize the power grid by 2035. And at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021, Apple called for bold government action on climate change, joining several new initiatives, including the First Movers Coalition, the Forest Investor Club, and the Clean Energy Demand Initiative. \nWe also advocate for country-specific measures that motivate climate action. For example, we’ve called for enhanced climate ambition and renewable energy deployment in Japan’s Basic Energy Plan and Nationally Determined Contribution (Japan’s plan to reduce emissions in furtherance of the Paris Agreement), and for decarbonization policies to prioritize support for new technologies that can fully account for reducing emissions across their life cycle. \nSpeaking out for rights \nWe believe that every person should be treated with dignity and respect, and we speak out publicly in ways that reflect our values. As just one recent example, we’ve continued our public support for LGBTQ+ equality by working with The Human Rights Campaign and other organizations to support LGBTQ+ equality protections and oppose discriminatory proposals. This includes legislative advocacy at the federal and state levels, and working with coalitions of businesses to stand against what we believe to be harmful and divisive legislation that threatens individuals, families, and communities. Most recently, that included sending a letter to Texas leadership opposing laws that discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community. \n Read more here.\nIn the U.S., the legal system is one avenue through which Apple can take action to support our values. For example, in January 2022, Apple, along with other leading companies, filed an \n amicus brief\nIn November 2021, Apple filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent further abuse and harm to its users, Apple is seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services, or devices. ", "TR_8", "TH_0\nTD_60\nTD_61\nTD_62", "Thorough mapping informs our strategy. \nAn effective strategy requires deep understanding of our supply chain. To date, we have mapped over 1000 labor recruitment agencies that work with our suppliers across 32 countries. \nA leading strategy requires leading tools. \nThe Apple Responsible Labor Recruitment Toolkit, developed in partnership with the International Organization for Migration, provides suppliers and their labor agencies with easy-to-use tools that help them effectively manage and report data, mitigating forced labor risks before people even enter our supply chain. In addition to providing hands-on training, we are making these tools openly available for others to use. \nAwareness is power. \nWe require our suppliers to provide their employees with training on their workplace rights on their first day on the job. This helps to ensure that every person is aware of their rights and what to do if they’re not being respected, which includes the ability to anonymously contact Apple directly. Foreign Contract Workers, who make up a very small percentage of people in our supply chain, also receive training prior to leaving their home country, as well as upon arriving in their destination country. To date, our suppliers have provided workplace rights training to over 23.6 million people. In addition, last year we directly engaged with over 350,000 people in our supply chain to learn more about their workplace experience. \nInvesting in consistent improvement. \nThrough our new Supplier Employee Development Fund, we’re investing $50M to expand programs designed to continue to improve the rights training experience, worker voice platforms, and supplier employee education opportunities. \nWe hold suppliers accountable. \nOnce we’ve implemented thorough preventative measures, independent, third-party assessments verify that our suppliers are meeting our standards. Looking for evidence of forced labor is part of every supplier assessment. If we find any violations of our Code and Standards, we take swift action to remedy the issue and improve their operations. ", "A close look. \nWe regularly conduct independent, third-party assessments, including surprise assessments, of our suppliers, verifying compliance with over 500 points across our standards. This includes an extensive document review to be sure all hiring and personnel records are in place and accurate. In addition to specialized forced labor assessments for at-risk suppliers, we also require many suppliers to participate in facility-wide assessments, such as the Validated Assessment Program, to verify performance across the supplier’s entire business. In the event that we find gaps in a supplier’s compliance or capabilities, we require them to implement a Corrective Action Plan. To date, our assessments have covered 94 percent of our direct manufacturing spend. \nWe investigate every report. \nIn addition to thoroughly assessing our suppliers’ performance in upholding our standards, we also receive reports from the press, governments, civil society, and people in our supply chain, and we encourage the public to report concerns via \n https://www.apple.com/uk/supplier-responsibility/\nSwift action and steep penalties. \nForced labor in any form is a Core Violation (the most serious violation level) of our requirements. If a Core Violation is discovered, the supplier’s CEO is notified and the supplier is immediately placed on probation, pending the successful completion of a Corrective Action Plan. Probation can include no new projects, no new business, and termination of existing business. In addition to commercial penalties, if a supplier is unable or unwilling to meet our standards, they risk removal from our supply chain. Since 2009, we have directed the removal of 24 manufacturing supplier facilities and 170 smelters and refiners for failure to meet our requirements. \nAction this year. \nIn FY21, across more than 1100 assessments, we found no instances where anyone was forced to work in our supply chain. We did find two cases where employees of the same supplier in Taiwan paid recruitment fees. Per our requirements, the supplier directly repaid their employees for those fees. To date, our suppliers have directly repaid $33.2M in recruitment fees to 37,322 of their employees. \nWe track progress and report transparently. \nConsistent improvement requires transparency and accountability. Since 2007, we have been publishing reports on our efforts across all of our work to transparently share our progress and challenges. 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And we go further to address a comprehensive set of critical issues that matter to our company and to our stakeholders. \nFrom our commitment to human rights to our 2030 environmental goals, ESG topics are deeply interconnected. We can make the biggest impact only when we understand how these issues relate to one another. \nESG priorities are managed across Apple, and our senior leaders play an important role in integrating ESG into functions across the company. We listen to stakeholders \n— including our people, suppliers, communities, shareholders, and other external groups — to understand the issues they care about. And we measure our ESG progress across our business so that we can work toward being more transparent with each year. \nAbove all, we’re always working to leave the world better than we found it, and to create powerful tools that empower others to do the same. ", "Today, our teams around the world infuse Apple’s deeply held values into everything we make. That work can take many forms. But whether we’re protecting the right to privacy, designing technology that is accessible to all, or using more recycled material in our products than ever, we are always working to make a difference for the people we serve and the planet we inhabit. \nAs a company, we know that our impact on people’s lives reaches beyond the technology we create. And we apply the same ethos of constant innovation and improvement to every aspect of our work — from building an inclusive company culture where everyone feels welcome to becoming carbon neutral across our global supply chain and the lifetime of our products by 2030. \nAt the heart of our efforts is a steadfast commitment to serving the communities we are a part of. We work with teachers, advocates, and entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds as part of our Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. We help create opportunity in communities on the frontlines of climate change through the Restore Fund, which supports carbon removal and sustainable forestry. And we provide resources and training to the next generation of innovators through the Apple Developer Academy and educational initiatives across the globe. \nIn this report, we are pleased to share our progress, which is a product of collaboration with committed partners worldwide. At Apple, we believe that the only way to effectively tackle global challenges is by working together, and we are grateful to share this road with so many passionate leaders. \nWe’re engaged in this work because it’s right — and because we want to leave the world better than we found it in everything we do. By leading with our values, we hope to be a ripple in the pond that inspires a far greater change. 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In fiscal year 2021, we avoided over 23 million metric tons of emissions across all scopes. Initiatives that we’ve been growing for years — like sourcing 100 percent renewable electricity for our facilities, transitioning suppliers to clean energy, and using low-carbon materials in products \n— yielded indisputable results. \nThanks to this work, we’ve begun to decouple business growth from emissions: While our revenue grew 33 percent, our emissions grew by less than 5 percent. To mitigate this increase in emissions, we applied an additional 0.6 million tons of renewable energy credits (RECs) and 0.5 million metric tons of carbon offsets to proportionally cover electricity use and direct emissions, respectively, across our value chain. 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