If something has distinguished Applebeyond the minimalism prevailing in its products and the creation of a complete ecosystem of devices, is its firm commitment to preserving the environment, with the hope of leaving our children a planet, perhaps not better, but more habitable.
As a consequence, the Apple’s efforts to protect the environment They have been praised on more than one occasion and have recently earned the highest score among different retailers in the United States and Canada for eliminating hazardous chemicals and plastics from their stores. It no longer only cares about reducing carbon footprint emissions as much as possible during the manufacturing of its equipment, but its strategy expands to its immense network of stores.
Apple beats the rest of the manufacturers
He 2024 Retail Report Card Toxic-Free Future, As this study is called, it highlights the conclusions of its investigation into the environmental practices of retailers in North America. Specifically, it looks at how companies are ensuring customers are protected from toxic chemicals and also how much they are reducing the use of plastics.
As we have progressed, this year Apple is at the top of the list with a score of 84%or an “A” grade. Next is Sephora (69%), a famous makeup store, followed by Walmart, Sam’s Club and Target with 65%.
As we can read in the report, which we link to you a few lines below, Apple has managed to lead this type of more environmentally friendly companies and health in general (in its stores, at least) for its commitment to the use of safer chemicals. What stands out Toxic-Free Future is that the company has always been at the forefront of collaborating with companies in the sector, whether through its programs to disseminate materials for transparency, or with its firm commitments to using recycled materials in all its products.
Apple wants to end plastic packaging by 2025
But Apple doesn’t want to stop there. In fact, among its environmental policies it wantsn put an end to all types of plastics that appear in their packaging with deadline next year:
At Apple we have committed to completely eliminating plastic from our packaging by 2025 and progressively replacing it with recycled and renewable plastics in our products.
With packaging we have already made significant progress: more than 97% are already made of fibre. Furthermore, since 2017, 100% of the virgin wood fiber in our packaging comes from responsibly managed sources.
And, going further. in Cupertino they have set the ambitious goal of achieve total carbon neutrality by 2030. This means stopping extracting new materials from the planet and focusing exclusively on the use of recycled resources to manufacture its products.
A commitment that reflects its commitment to sustainability and continuing to lead the technology industry towards a more environmentally friendly model.
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