Apple announced that the company has surpassed a 60% reduction in its global GHG emissions compared to 2015 levels.
The company’s 2030 goal is to become carbon neutral across its entire footprint in the next five years. The company achieved several other major environmental milestones, including the use of 99% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets and 99% recycled cobalt in all Apple-designed batteries, according to its annual Environmental Progress Report.
“We’re incredibly proud of the progress we’re making toward Apple 2030, which touches every part of our business,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, in a statement. “Today, we’re using more clean energy and recycled materials to make our products than ever before, we’re preserving water and preventing waste around the world, and we’re investing big in nature. As we get closer to 2030, the work gets even harder — and we’re meeting the challenge with innovation, collaboration, and urgency.”
Apple’s 2030 strategy prioritizes cutting GHG emissions by 75% compared with its 2015 baseline year, before applying high-quality carbon credits to balance the remaining emissions.
The company’s comprehensive efforts to reduce its carbon footprint in 2024 — including the continued transition of its supply chain to renewable electricity and designing products with more recycled materials — avoided an estimated 41 million metric tons of GHG emissions.
There are now 17.8 gigawatts of renewable electricity online in Apple’s global supply chain. The renewable energy procured by Apple suppliers avoided 21.8 million metric tons of GHG emissions in 2024, an over 17% increase from the previous year. Additionally, suppliers avoided nearly 2 million metric tons of GHG emissions last year by working with Apple to optimize their energy efficiency.
Apple is working across its supply chain to reduce the direct climate impact of industrial processes. This includes the manufacturing of semiconductors and flat-panel displays, both of which emit highly potent fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-GHGs). Apple announced that 26 of its direct semiconductor suppliers have committed to abate at least 90 percent of F-GHGs from their facilities with Apple-related production by 2030. In addition, 100% of the company’s direct display suppliers have made the same pledge. In 2024, display and semiconductor suppliers abated 8.4 million metric tons of GHG emissions.