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Helping their suppliers? Carbon neutral = carbon credits - emissions + number of trees planted.
Yup all those solar farms look green to me. Along with the millions of tons of waste and resources it takes to make them. But green it is.
It is actually not simply "trees planted". It also includes payments for "not cutting down trees". Watch the John Oliver expose of this fabrication. E.g. The Nature Conservatory which is a very large 503c org that uses donations to buy large lots of trees so they will not be cut down is now selling those same lots as "carbon offets" because NC could "...if they wanted to" harvest their trees. So despite the fact the NC will not cut down those trees, they get to sell offsets which I am sure Apple has bought in abundance because Greenwashing in concert with The Nature Conservacy is even better for PR. There are even worse examples than the NC. Carbon Offset has been proven in study after study to be little more than Greenwashing.

Again I ask Tim, LisaJ, et. al. -- WHERE IS MY Fairphone OPTION ?? Apple is likely one of the greatest greenwashers on the planet. Viturally all of their extremely highly mfg'ed products (think about lots of mined elements, trans costs, etc.) has a very limited life due to Apple's Design decisions. Apple could have offered a Fairphone or a Framework line of portables/PCs. Yet they did not, nor will they likely ever offer such options as long as Tim as at the helm and their bogus greenwashing continues.

Yet consumers also really dont care. New & Shiny wins almost every time.
 
The green grift is unbelievable. Sink a little money in to something and you’ll control whatever initiative you want. Amazing how quiet all these “green groups” are to China, India, Russia, etc.
They aren’t quiet. It’s pointed out quite regularly. But what isn’t amazing is how often parrots 🦜 regurgitate diversion talking points.
 
Meanwhile, there’s news of Apple having a hard time convincing investors that their “next big thing” isn’t a dud.
 
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What on earth are people talking about? I feel the word "carbon" triggered a script in people's head and they're just spilling it out into the forum... It's clear that nobody has actually looked at what Apple has published on their efforts.

If only we could power the world with cynicism, the lights would never flicker...
 
Carbon neutral, but at what cost in terms of environmental damage from mining to produce the materials needed?

It's a metric, but any metric in isolation is always going to give you a slanted view.
Apple doesn't mine. They have been able to detach themselves from that process
 
Baaa ha ha ha ha

The iPhones and stuff are built in CHINA, that place has zero F’s to give about the environment, the workers, etc

Pandering apple panders
 
The green grift is unbelievable. Sink a little money in to something and you’ll control whatever initiative you want. Amazing how quiet all these “green groups” are to China, India, Russia, etc.
Good luck with Plan B….Mars. Noob.
 
So they are completely pulling out of China & India? The #1 & #2 carbon emitters in the world? And have no immediate plans to change that (especially China as they permitted to build (6x more than the rest of the road) coal powered plants in 2022?
So they are completely pulling out of China & India?
The #1 & #2 carbon emitters in the world?
is this per capita ?

2021 numbers.
India: 1.93t
China: 8.05t
USA: 14.86t

 
It's all just marketing BS while Apple continues to manufacture in China, India and every other cheap labor provider that doesn't care whatsoever about "carbon emissions."

Keep drinking that Kool-Aid, Apple fans.
Carbon emissions per capita should be the correct data to look at.
India & China have larger populations so obviously emissions would be higher
2021 numbers.
India: 1.93t
China: 8.05t
USA: 14.86t

 
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Baaa ha ha ha ha

The iPhones and stuff are built in CHINA, that place has zero F’s to give about the environment, the workers, etc

Pandering apple panders
2021 numbers (per capita).
who doesn't give f about environment ?
India: 1.93t
China: 8.05t
USA: 14.86t

 
What's funny is that most of people believe this b***s**t of carbon impact when real pollution is something else and not something made to penalize only normal citizens. Real data and real facts are easy to be found on internet and they are from indipendet, not bribed, scientists, as always, to know the truth you just need to "follow the money".
 
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