Apple is worried about its manufacturing partners’ carbon emissions and its own rising water consumption.
The company has been doing its best to cut back sharply on greenhouse gas output with lots of solar power plants and other eco-friendly investments. . Observers say it has improved its practices and earned better scores from groups such as Greenpeace.
Apple released its 2014 environmental responsibility report, saying investments in renewable energy helped slash its carbon footprint from energy use by 31 percent from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2013. That is despite power consumption soaring 44 percent over the same period.
Cynics said that it easy to do when you have outsourced most of your polluting manufacturing to China.
Apple agrees that its production partners Foxconn and Pegatron for the largest portion of its carbon footprint. It did not name them in the report of course.
