Apple races to surpass rivals in quest to eliminate carbon pollution

Apple, Microsoft and Amazon have a run to see that they can first zero carbon pollution.

Apple said on Wednesday that it was more than half of it. From 2015 to, The company says It has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by about 60%. It covers everything from production and marketing to corporate operation and customer use.

Many companies have successfully erased carbon footprints of their original activities. Cheap solar And the wind and growing affordable grid-scale batteries have made relatively simple-and even conveniently convenient from the spending point of view.

However, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft have all promised not only their own carbon emissions, but also their suppliers and their customers to eliminate the use of strength. This is so -called Scop 3 The most difficult to deal with emissions because they go out of direct control of an organization.

In that case, Apple has taken some advanced steps. When the company Apple Watch has announced Series 9It also says that it will buy renewable energy for its customers. A year later, it The same For the new M4 Mac Mini Buyers.

Mac Mini announced the external role that semiconductor played on the carbon footprints of electronic products unknowingly.

Base model Mac Mini with 16GB RAM and 256GB storage produces 32 kg carbon contamination in its lifetime, while the top space version, which contains 64 GB RAM and 8 TB storage, carries a footprint of 121 kg. The larger number of chips is largely responsible for the image almost four times.

On Wednesday, Apple says they are working with its semiconductor suppliers to solve the problem, 26 of them have already promised to reduce at least 90% fluorned greenhouse gas in their expedition. Fluorinated greenhouse gases are widely used today for semiconductor manufacturing features in chips and to clean the equipment. However fluorned compounds are some of the most powerful greenhouse gas. For example, hexafluorothane produces 9,200 times more warming as the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide.

Apple has aimed to remove at least 75% of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, which means that it has left five years left for more than half of its target. The company has said that it will offset the remaining 25% through the carbon-dispersion program.

It is similar to how other companies are dealing with the most emissions, though they are different from their details. For example, Microsoft is investing in technical solutions Capture the air directly As well as nature -based solutions like ReconsiderationThe Apple has Decided Nature-based solutions give the best opportunity to reduce emissions in the nearest term.