According to Apple, it is already fully carbon neutral where its corporate operations are concerned. However, moving forward, the tech giant will be aim higher by targeting “net zero climate impact” across its entire supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. Apple’s self-imposed deadline for the milestone is 2030, which is “20 years sooner than IPCC targets,” according to the company.

Carbon neutrality is not the only goal Apple hopes to hit by 2030. It also wants to reduce business wide emissions by 75 percent. The company has said that the remaining 25 percent will be addressed through the development of “innovative carbon removal solutions”.

Apple will be adopting several strategies to reduce emissions and lower its carbon footprint, beginning with a transition towards “low carbon product design”. This will involve an increase in the use of low carbon materials during the product manufacturing process, as well as further efforts to recycle and recover materials from devices at the end of their life span. Apple also expect to dramatically increase energy efficiency for both its corporate facilities and its supply chain, though it did not lay out any concrete step it will take to accomplish this task in this announcement.

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